Finance Protocol Usual Introduces Stablecoin Backed by Real-World Assets

“Existing stablecoin models lack transparency and equitable value distribution, privatizing their gains and socializing their losses, and going against the ethos that web3 was built on,” Person said in the release. “Usual is proud to be addressing this void by providing a permissionless, real-asset backed stablecoin that shares our profits directly with the community, and empowers our token holders to guide us to the future that they see fit.” Source

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Rises Above $60K

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PEPE, Not BTC, Is The Top Trending Token

Bitcoin’s near-vertical rise continues, with the cryptocurrency scaling the $59,000 mark early Wednesday. Ether (ETH) topped $3,300, and the CoinDesk 20 Index, a measure of the broader market, jumped 3.5% to $2,177. The bears, if any, have been put on notice as bitcoin (BTC) is now just 16% short of challenging the record high of $69,000. The distance could be covered easily before April’s mining reward halving, assuming Wall Street continues pouring money into the spot exchange-traded funds, maintaining the demand-supply imbalance. That said, the market increasingly looks overheated, not…

Crypto Stocks COIN, MSTR, MARA Rally as BTC Touches Highest Since November 2021

Coinbase (COIN), the only U.S. traded crypto exchange, added 3.9% after touching a 52-week high of $209.94 on Tuesday. MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, rose 7.5%. The software developer said Monday it bought another 3,000 BTC, taking its total stash to 193,000. BlackRock’s bitcoin exchange-traded fund (IBIT), added around 3.9%, the most among the spot bitcoin ETFs approved last month. Source

Yr ICO yn galw ar bobl i rannu profiadau wrth gael mynediad at gofnodion gofal, gan addo gwella’r cymorth

Mae Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth (ICO) yn galw ar bobl sydd â phrofiad o’r system ofal yn y Deyrnas Unedig i rannu’r heriau maen nhw wedi’u hwynebu wrth gael mynediad at eu cofnodion gofal gan sefydliadau. Gydag arolwg wedi’i lansio heddiw, mae rheoleiddiwr diogelu data’r Deyrnas Unedig yn ymrwymo i wella’r cymorth y mae’n ei roi i bobl a fagwyd yn y system ofal yn y Deyrnas Unedig a’r sefydliadau sy’n cadw eu gwybodaeth. Mae’r ICO yn cydnabod bod cofnodion gwybodaeth bersonol yn arbennig o bwysig i bobl sydd â phrofiad…

Supporting the right of access for people with experience of the care system in Scotland

Dominique Mitchell is Senior Policy Officer at the ICO Records of personal information are so important to people who have experience of the care system, as they are often key to understanding their personal history and identity. From reports written by social workers to photographs capturing memories, family and friends, records from someone’s time growing up in care can contain a large amount of personal information. Under data protection law, everyone has rights over their own personal information. This includes the right to ask for their personal information…

ICO calls for people to share experiences accessing care records as it vows to improve support

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on people with experience of the care system in the UK to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations. With a survey launched today, the UK data protection regulator is committing to improving the support it provides to both people who grew up in the care system in the UK and the organisations that hold their information. The ICO recognises that records of personal information are especially important to people who have care experience, often revealing elements…

Crypto Traders Hedge BTC Rally After 40% Rise in 4 Weeks, Options Data Show

While the consensus is that that event, coupled with the strong inflows into the U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), implies a supply-demand imbalance and potential for a continued move higher, some traders have started to position for a sharp decline. They have begun snapping up bitcoin puts, or options to sell, at strike prices well below the going market rate because perpetual funding rates point to a market that’s overheated and may witness a correction, a drop of more than 10%. Source