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Bitcoin Seesaws Below $28K as Investors Eye Fed Interest Rate Decision
Day: March 20, 2023
Crypto Fear and Greed Index hits highest level since Bitcoin’s all-time high
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has hit its highest index score this year, reaching levels not seen since Bitcoin (BTC) posted its all-time high in November 2021. A March 20 update of the Index showed a score of 66, placing it firmly within the “Greed” territory. The Index’s score of 66 as shown on March 20. Source: alternative.me The Crypto Fear and Greed Index aims to numerically present the current “emotions and sentiments” towards Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, with the highest score being 100. The last time the…
Mastercard to settle transactions for stablecoin wallet in APAC
Global payment provider Mastercard is launching a stablecoin digital wallet integration with the Australian stablecoin platform Stables. Mastercard and Stables on March 20 announced a collaboration to allow retail customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to spend their stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted. The collaboration involves a stablecoin-only wallet built by Stables, coming with a payment card supported by Mastercard. The payment card enables users to save and spend the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin by converting the digital currency into fiat and settling on Mastercard’s network. The card will be…
Render Network Eyes Solana Migration Ahead of Network Changes
“The decision whether to continue with Polygon versus moving to Solana sparked a spirited debate between the pros and cons of each, with support for Solana’s runtime, developer community, low transaction fees, and speed contrasting Polygon’s centralization, reorg tendency, and user experience concerns,” the proposal reads. Source AheadEyesMigrationNetworkrenderSolana CryptoX Portal
Manta Network seeks to bring privacy to non-fungible crypto assets with new NPO platform
Zk layer 1 blockchain Manta Network announced on March 20 that it has added support for assets including Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Soul Bound Token (SBTs) to its protocol. The MantaPay protocol, which initially supported only fungible crypto assets, promises to now allow for privacy-preservation support for NFTs and SBTs through the use of Manta Network’s ZK technology. ZK technology is a privacy-focused technology that uses Zero-Knowledge proofs (ZK proofs) to enable fully private transactions on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Today, we are announcing an expansion of @MantaNetwork‘s ZK capabilities by enabling…
IMF examines CBDC design in context of Islamic banking, finds some risks magnified
A central bank digital currency (CBDC) can impact monetary policy by increasing money velocity, disintermediation, volatility of bank reserves, currency substitution and altered capital flows, even when it is not designed to do so, according to a study published by the International Monetary Fund. The unintended impact of a CBDC may be felt particularly acute in the Islamic banking system. The Islamic financial system accounts for less than 2% of global finance, but it is present in 34 countries and systemically important in 15 jurisdictions. Only two countries, Iran and…
Flagstar Bank Acquires Signature Bank’s Assets and Branches, Excluding Cryptocurrency Operations – Bitcoin News
On Monday, about a week after the collapse of Signature Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that Flagstar Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, acquired 40 former branches of Signature and its assets. Flagstar assumed nearly all of Signature’s deposits, except for $4 billion of deposits related to the bank’s crypto banking business. FDIC Expects $2.5 Billion Loss from Signature Bank Failure, Extends Bid Window for Silicon Valley Bank The FDIC has announced that Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, has…
Decentralized Exchange Camelot Crosses $100M in TVL Ahead of Arbitrum Airdrop
Camelot’s growth comes amid massive interest in Arbitrum’s ARB airdrop coming on Thursday. Camelot is a DEX built on Arbitrum, and users in the Camelot ecosystem are expecting ARB, once airdropped, to be listed on the DEX, which would mean ARB can be traded or deposited in Camelot’s liquidity pools. Source 100MAheadAirdropArbitrumCamelotCrossesDecentralizedExchangeTVL CryptoX Portal
Coinbase pauses support for Signature Bank’s Signet: Report
More than a week after New York regulators closed the crypto-friendly Signature Bank, Coinbase has reportedly stopped support for the institution’s Signet payment platform. According to a March 20 report from the Wall Street Journal, Coinbase users won’t be able to use Signet to send funds outside of banking hours until further notice. The crypto exchange was reportedly looking for another payment network provider and waiting on the outcome of the situation with Signature. The crypto-friendly bank was the third domino to fall following the failure of Silvergate Bank on…
In the aftermath of banks’ horrorshow: Law Decoded, March 13–20.
A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down. SVB Financial Group has filed a voluntary petition for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court. The company is no longer affiliated with Silicon Valley Bank, which operates under the jurisdiction of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and is not included in the Chapter 11 filing. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom arm of the bank was acquired by HSBC…