Argentina has lagged behind the region in new fintech trends such as Open Finance. 2023 could be the year for regulating crypto instead.
Speaking in Davos at the World Economic Forum, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, shared that an IPO would be...
MakerDAO is DeFi’s oldest project and is now the first to pass the $1bn mark of committed cryptocurrency; Collateral, locked...
While most big banks are reluctant to enter into the crypto space, many smaller banks are capitalizing on the opportunity;...
Chinese bitcoin exchange ViaBTC plans to open an overseas platform after Beijing ordered the closure of all cryptocurrency exchanges on the mainland; ViaBTC announced a week ago that it would follow Beijing’s orders and shut down its Chinese exchange business by the end of September. Source
Chris Larsen, Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman is benefiting from Ripple’s (XRP) recent rise; CNBC reports that his net worth climbed to $59.9 billion yesterday, at least on paper; this puts him high on the Forbes 400 list, just head of Larry Ellison; Larsen owns 5.19 billion of the digital currency and has a 17% stake in the company; he was previously a founder of Prosper. Source
Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by IVP; firm has exchanged over $25 billion of digital currency and plans to use the funding for expanding its business operations; the company currently has three main products: Coinbase for retail digital currency trading, GDAX for institutional and professional digital currency trading, and Toshi a browser for the Ethereum network. Source
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance was victims of what the CEO called a well orchestrated large scale security breach; more than $40mn...
Yesterday, the OCC said it was reviewing its regulations around digital banking activities that includes looking at cryptocurrency and blockchain...
Solana fell from a proof-of-stake leader to an unstable, frequently offline chain that has been the target of high-stakes, high-profile hacks.