Tag: Digital

Ethereum’s Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says

The rapidly rising validator count on the Ethereum blockchain following the Shapella upgrade in April last year is causing concerns about technical capacity and centralization, Fidelity Digital Assets wrote in a research report on Thursday. Fidelity noted that “with the lowered risk from increased liquidity, the active validator count has risen by 74%,” and said “future roadmap upgrades will become more difficult” with this larger set. The Shapella upgrade enabled withdrawals, for the first time, for validators who staked their ether (ETH) to secure and validate transactions on the blockchain.…

Russia Discusses Testing Digital Ruble for Budget Payments

The Central Bank of Russia and the Russian treasury are considering testing using the Russian CBDC, the digital ruble, to complete budget settlements. The tests would involve using this CBDC to make payments to businesses and citizens and receiving payments from these in CBDC, to ensure the targeted use of these funds. Russian Digital Ruble […] Source CryptoX Portal

Galaxy Digital (GLXY) Reports Full-Year Profit of $296M Following $1B Loss in 2022

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BlackRock Seeing Only ‘A Little Bit’ Demand for Ethereum (ETH) from Clients, Says Head of Digital Assets

BlackRock ushered in a bullish optimism within the digital assets market in January when it got approval to offer the Bitcoin Bitcoin Fund (IBIT) to investors, which in less than two months of trading, became one of the top five ETFs overall in the market. The fund has attracted $15 billion in assets, significantly more than any of the other nine funds. Source CryptoX Portal

Pioneering the Protocol Economy for Digital Ownership and Decentralized Growth

Most investors are familiar with the business model of the entrenched platform economy, in which a set of powerful tech companies rely on the network effects that they generate to obtain proprietary data, goods or content from users. These tech giants dictate terms favorable to their own businesses yet often limiting for users’ interests. One of the most exciting and perhaps underappreciated aspects of blockchain technology is that it has enabled a new business model – what we call the protocol economy. A blockchain, in its simplest form, is a…

BlackRock starts digital asset fund supported by $100m on Ethereum

BlackRock has announced the creation of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund in partnership with Securitize, a leading asset tokenization firm from the British Virgin Islands. While the specific assets the fund will hold remain undisclosed, Securitize’s involvement hints at a focus on tokenizing real-world assets (RWA). The process involves representing ownership of a broad array of assets through a blockchain token, a practice gaining traction for its potential to enhance asset liquidity and efficiency. Tokenization continues to expand, with predictions that “tokenized assets will grow by a factor…

Russia Introduces Bill to Apply Money Laundering Controls to Digital Ruble Transactions

A group of lawmakers in Russia introduced a bill that would extend money laundering controls to digital ruble transactions. The proposal, spearheaded by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov, establishes different responsibilities for platform participants and the Central Bank of Russia, which is appointed as the main AML […] Source CryptoX Portal

Galaxy Digital (GLXY) to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) for Europeans in ‘Matter of Weeks’

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