The Japanese Government to Appoint a Panel for CBDC Studies
As competition for digital currencies heats up, the government of Japan is considering establishing a commission to investigate the viability of a digital version of the yen. According to recent reports, the Ministry of Finance is contemplating the possibility of forming an expert panel in April to investigate whether it would be possible to issue…
Decentralized Lending Platform Radiant Capital to Integrated in Binance’s Launchpool
Radiant Capital (RDNT), a decentralized and non-custodial lending platform, is the 32nd project to be enlisted to the Binance Launchpool. (1) Users can reportedly stake both Binance Coin (BNB) & TrueUSD (TUSD) into different pools to harvest RDNT tokens over forty days, according to reports. On March 31st, farming will get underway with a total…
Gemini Exchange Will Soon Establish an International Derivatives Exchange
According to a recent story published by The Information, Gemini is planning to introduce an international bitcoin derivatives exchange very shortly. According to the article, Gemini has been quietly at work over the past few months in order to get the idea closer to becoming a reality. As part of its efforts, the exchange is…
Coinbase to Strengthen its Canadian Presence, While Binance Announces Plans to Leave
In a manner that is analogous to that of the United States, regulators in Canada have been increasing the pressure they exert on active crypto companies in the region. As a result of the burdensome regulatory climate, a number of exchanges are making preparations to relocate outside of the nation. Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, has…
SEC Chair Gensler Asserts US has Laws for Crypto
In his most recent testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, Gary Gensler, Chairman of the US SEC, said that the United States had a perfectly suited law for the cryptocurrency business. According to a report (1), Gensler asserted that the existing Securities law already applies to crypto businesses and that there is no requirement for…
LATAM E-Comm Giant Mercado Libre Enables Crypto Trading in Chile
Mercado Libre Inc, the most valuable e-commerce firm in Latin America with a market valuation of $61.56 billion, has made the announcement that it will be expanding its cryptocurrency trading services to Chile. (1) Users in Chile may now purchase, sell, and store Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) directly within the Mercado Pago wallet app.…
Freeport to Launch Tokenized Replicas of Andy Warhol Artworks on Blockchain
On the forthcoming fine art platform Freeport, tokenized replicas of a selection of Andy Warhol’s works are scheduled to debut. This comes as a direct result of the recent permission that the blockchain-based platform that focuses on art received from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Freeport had been working diligently as of…
War of Stablecoins: USDT at 2-year High Market Share, USDC Withdrawals Pass $10B!
Circle, the company that issues USDC stablecoins, was dealt a significant blow earlier this month when the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) went bankrupt. SVB was Circle’s primary banking partner, and that partnership’s failure resulted in significant withdrawals of the USDC stablecoin. The USDC stablecoin at one point lost its USD peg, which caused more concerns;…
Wakweli, NFT Verifier, Collab with Polygon!
Wakweli, a company that provides infrastructure services for Web 3.0, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Polygon, a layer-2 protocol that is based on Ethereum. Wakweli will expand its Non-Fungible Token (NFT) certification system to Polygon for the benefit of all applications based on the protocol, according to the terms of the agreement contained…
Binance is Connected to China Claims an FT Article
The potential existence of a link between Binance and China was brought to light by the Financial Times. The Financial Times said it had certain confidential documents pertaining to the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The Financial Times pointed (1) out that these records disprove the previous statements made by a number of executives at Binance, including…