Phantom Wallet, the Solana-focused wallet, announced that it’s joining forces with 1Password, a popular password management platform, to make accessing the crypto wallet a bit simpler. Per an announcement shared with Decrypt, 1Password will specifically integrate its “Save in 1Password” API with Phantom. The integration means that instead of having to manage lengthy login credentials made up of strings of…
USD Coin (USDC) operator Circle has launched a new account service aimed at helping businesses transact in cryptocurrencies — potentially opening the door to wider mainstream adoption of digital assets. The new business-centric Circle Account allows enterprise clients to deposit, withdraw, receive and store cryptocurrencies and have all payments settled in the USDC stablecoin, the company announced Wednesday. Circle’s new…
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Terra (LUNA) has fared better than its top crypto rivals when it comes to withstanding the negative market impacts of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. LUNA’s price rallied nearly 18% this week to over $58, more than Bitcoin (BTC), whose returns in the same period came out to be a little over 1.5%. Similarly, the Terra token did better than its…
Just as it started to look like the crypto market was staging a comeback and bracing for a new bull run, geopolitical tensions stepped in to drive the price of Bitcoin (BTC) below $40,000 again, with most altcoins seeing deep red as well. Such periods of market uncertainty, however, are not unprecedented, and digital assets’ individual history already holds information…
The U.S. Secret Service has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency awareness hub, an online educational platform developed to aid the agency in its efforts to combat the illicit use of virtual assets. In an announcement released last Friday, the U.S. Secret Service said that the new initiative seeks “to provide public awareness information on digital asset security,” as the…
Japan’s biggest financial conglomerate, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), will abandon its three-year-old blockchain payment project to focus on other digital and fintech initiatives. MUFG officially announced Tuesday the suspension of Global Open Network (GO-Net) Japan, a blockchain-based project aiming at high scalability and multi-connectivity data processing “in response to the rise of the internet of things.” The project was…
Three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stolen from users of NFT marketplace OpenSea are to be returned to their owners, after rival platform Mintable tracked them down. According to a press release from Mintable, its team was acquiring Azuki NFTs on NFT marketplace LooksRare for its February Floor Buster flash sale when it found and purchased Azukis #1178, #4176 and #1180. In…
During a February 16 webinar on “crypto” hosted by the Hatch Center, the policy arm of national think tank the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, Hatch Foundation Executive Director Matt Sandgren was joined by U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Randal Quarles and Bitstamp CEO Robert Zagotta. The focus of the conversation was on ensuring that regulations coming…
zkSync, a provider of zero-knowledge blockchain solutions, has announced the successful deployment of its Rollup protocol on the Ethereum (ETH) testnet. The deployment is seen as a positive development by proponents of Ethereum, as it removes the need for human operators to validate transactions. Last year, the creators of zkSync described their vision for a permissionless, Turing-complete rollout that allows decentralized…
