“I really see the potential for a digital dollar as being complementary to a more stable, efficient system that would include stablecoins and commercial bank money, so I really see them potentially enabling private sector innovation,” she said. CBDC holdings and transactions would still be managed through private sector accounts, Brainard confirmed, and not at direct customer accounts at the Fed. Source
press release PRESS RELEASE. Miami, FL – VAST, the multimedia NFT marketplace that dropped the first-ever NFT sitcom featuring Snoop Dogg and The Harlem Globetrotters, has announced the completion of their strategic private investment round with leading blockchain venture capital firms: GHAF Capital, NGC Ventures, Skyman Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and Spartan Protocol. The VAST backers are made up of leading visionaries in the blockchain space whose portfolios form much of the backbone of blockchain infrastructure and innovation. Initial seed investors include: Huobi Ventures, Polygon Studios, HyperEdge Capital, GHAF Capital,…
Multi-strategy blockchain investment fund Old Fashion Research (OFR) has completed its first close. Led by several former executives from Binance, OFR invested in over 50 blockchain projects in its first year. According to an announcement, Old Fashion Research is now coming out of stealth mode, in which it has been operating since its foundation in late 2021. Since that time, OFR put money in more than 50 companies in different markets, such as WOO Network, Genopets, Metaverse Magna, MetaDerby and ZetaChain. The fund was founded by Ling Zhang, the former…
Canadian blockchain software development company Blockchain Foundry has partnered with Palmer Group to launch “Metacademy”, a Web3 education platform focusing on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). Blockchain Foundry Inc. develops and commercializes blockchain-based business solutions and provides consulting services to corporate clients. This announcement came after the launching of the public beta version of Metacademy.com (“Metacademy”). Users can learn and understand various knowledge of the blockchain universe for free on this platform, including cryptocurrencies, NFT, smart contracts, web3, etc. From Blockchain Foundry CEO Dan Wasyluk said: “We are excited…
Crypto prices have been exploring new lows for weeks and currently it’s unclear what it will take to reverse the trend. Despite the downtrend, cryptocurrencies within the Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem began to rally on May 24 and have managed to maintain gains ranging from 10% to 25%, a possible sign that certain sub-sectors of the market are on the verge of a breakout. Here’s a look at three Polkadot ecosystem protocols that have seen their token prices trend higher in recent days. Acala launches a $250 million aUSD ecosystem fund…
Web 3 game studio MetaKings has raised $15 million in a seed funding round that included Makers Fund and Bitkraft Ventures, according to a press release provided to CoinDesk. The funding will be used for game development and a marketing campaign for the studio’s first game, Blocklords, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) title set in medieval times that’s slated to launch next year. Source
Shortly after approving Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in the Central African Republic (CAR), the local government is moving to provide the digital currency infrastructure. CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera took to Twitter on May 24 to announce the upcoming launch of the country’s first major crypto initiative dubbed “Sango.” The creation of the CAR’s crypto hub comes soon after the National Assembly unanimously adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, Touadera noted. Following the unanimously adoption by the National Assembly of the #BTC legal tender status, we are pleased to showcase the…
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, one of the major banking institutions in Japan, will reportedly enter the cryptocurrency custody business. The company is entering a partnership with Bitbank, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, to launch a new company that will focus on offering institutional-grade custody for digital assets and NFTs. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to Enter Digital Custody Business Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, a major financial institution in Japan, has decided to enter the cryptocurrency custody business. The company announced that it will launch a digital assets custody company in partnership with Bitbank,…
“It was great working for Deutsche Telekom, with this awesome power behind you and being able to steer it once in a while,” Dittrich said. “But really, the speed at which you can move stuff in a company like Finoa is enormous and it’s fully crypto native. Something that had always been pretty exhausting at Deutsche Telekom was having to convince people, ‘do we want to do that blockchain thing?’” Source
Several crypto firms, including Binance and Circle, have launched a new crypto scam reporting platform. The tool “empowers anyone in the crypto economy to warn others about scams, hacks or other fraudulent activity as they encounter it.” New Crypto Scam Reporting Platform Launched A number of crypto firms have joined forces and launched a new, multi-chain scam reporting platform. TRM Labs, Circle, Solana Foundation, the Aave Companies, Hedera, Binance.us, and Civic announced last week “the launch of a new community-powered scam reporting platform, Chainabuse.” The platform, operated by blockchain intelligence…