Tag: Digital

BIS compares projects to transfer central bank digital currencies across borders

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The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub released a report Tuesday looking at four projects that examined wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) transfers across borders. The projects demonstrated the technical feasibility of the transfers, the BIS found, but practical and policy issues remain outstanding.  The report considered the Jura project involving the central banks of Switzerland and France. Project Inthanon- LionRock2 and the ongoing mBridge project, involving currencies in Asia and the Middle East, were also examined, as was Project Dunbar, a joint effort of Australian, Malaysian, Singaporean…

Digital Collectible Downturn — NFT Sales Slid More Than 74% Lower Than the Month Prior – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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While digital currencies suffered this past month, non-fungible token (NFT) sales dropped by 74.44% during the last 30 days. Data shows that during the last seven days, NFT sales have slipped 17.33% lower than the sales recorded the week prior. NFT floor values for popular collections have rebounded this week in terms of ethereum value, but with ether’s exchange rate so low, blue chip NFTs are selling for a lot less than they did last month. Data Shows NFT Sales Continue to Sink Lower Coinciding with the crypto bear market,…

Digital Asset Exchange Coinmena Secures Provisional License Allowing It to Operate in the UAE – Bitcoin News

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Coinmena, the Bahrain-headquartered and sharia-compliant digital asset exchange, announced recently that it had secured a provisional virtual assets license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The license allows Coinmena to not only expand its activities but to “further strengthen [its] banking relationships within the UAE.” Expanding Coinmena’s Activities in the UAE A Bahrain-headquartered digital asset exchange, Coinmena, has been granted a provisional virtual assets license by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The provisional license allows Coinmena to continue its operations in Dubai while “it undertakes the in-depth process”…

Meta Launches Metaverse Digital Clothing Store – Metaverse Bitcoin News

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Meta announced that it was launching a designer digital clothing store that will allow users to purchase pieces of clothing for their avatars in its metaverse. The company believes that clothing and other accessories will become an important part of the users’ identity expression and that this will entice them to spend money on digital clothes that will be wearable on all Meta’s apps, including Facebook and Instagram. Meta to Sell Metaverse Clothing With the rise of the metaverse, an alternative and digital take of our world, companies…

Marathon Digital keeps on mining despite BTC price slump

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Despite data showing that the Bitcoin (BTC) price may have fallen to the point of being unprofitable for the average miner, Marathon Digital Holdings says it will continue working to accumulate the leading crypto asset.  Charlie Schumacher, VP of Corporate Communications at Marathon Digital told Cointelegraph on June 15 that while the company “isn’t immune to the macro environment,” it is “fairly well insulated and well-positioned” to weather the current downturn, due to the low cost of operations and fixed pricing for power. “For reference, in Q1 2022, our cost…

Alameda Research lends Voyager Digital 200M USDC and 15k Bitcoin to Safeguard Customer Assets During the Bear Market

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Key takeaways: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has lent Voyager digital 200 million USDC and 15k Bitcoin. The digital assets are meant to safeguard Voyager Digital’s customers’ assets during the current crypto market volatility. The term sheet between Alameda Research and Voyager Digital provides a revolving term of credit facilities expiring December 2024 with an annual interest rate of 5%. The ongoing crypto drawdown with Bitcoin dropping below the crucial $20k support level has devastatingly impacted crypto lending services providers such as Celsius and crypto hedge funds such as Three Arrows…

Sberbank to Conduct First Digital Asset Transaction on Own Platform – Finance Bitcoin News

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Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is going to carry out the first transfer of digital assets on its own dedicated platform within a month, a top executive revealed this week. The announcement comes after earlier this year, the bank was authorized to issue digital financial assets. Sberbank Prepares for Deal With Digital Financial Assets on Proprietary Platform Russian majority state-owned bank Sberbank (Sber) will perform the first transaction with digital financial assets (DFAs) on a platform developed by the institution within a month, Tass reported. The news agency quoted Anatoly Popov,…

Crypto prices continue to tank, lawsuit takes aim at Binance.US, and Celsius moves $320M worth of digital assets: Hodler’s Digest, June 12-18

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Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week     Binance ends support for anonymous Litecoin transactions Binance has decided to ban Litecoin (LTC) transactions sent through the most recent MimbleWimble (MWEB) upgrade from its exchange, noting that such transactions would now result in the loss of the related LTC. Binance isn’t delisting…