Latin American Crypto Services Firm Ripio Receives License to Launch Exchange in Spain

The Argentinian crypto company’s license from Spanish authorities allows Ripio to add Spain to a growing list of countries where it operates. Ripio has obtained a license to operate as a digital asset exchange in Spain. According to an official announcement, the company now has approval to provide crypto exchange services and digital wallets to interested customers. Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano said in a tweet that the approval is a result of hard work from the team. With the license, Ripio has joined a few crypto companies officially greenlit to provide crypto…

Swiss National Bank to Launch Wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) Pilot Soon

The decision to prioritize wholesale CBDCs, which involve tokenized securities, showcases the SNB’s commitment to thoroughly assess and manage any associated risks before considering the introduction of retail CBDCs. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is set to create a digital currency known as a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC). According to a Reuters report, the announcement was made by the head of SNB, Thomas Jordan, during a Point Zero conference in Zurich yesterday, 26 June. wCBDC by Swiss National Bank The wCBDC will be issued on the SIX digital…

Apple to Launch New Products Including iPhone 15 and Watch Ultra This Year

Apple would likely go ahead with a fall release for the iPhone 15, along with a few other new products slated for this year and 2024. Apple has a few new products in its roadmap for 2023 and well into 2024. The expected new products include the iPhone 15 and a new Apple Watch, among others. A Bloomberg report has highlighted products Apple lovers should expect following the company’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset debut. For instance, Apple intends to release the iPhone 15 sometime in the fall of this year. While there is…

AAVE spikes 27%, whale accumulating ahead of GHO stablecoin mainnet launch

AAVE, the native governance token of Aave, a decentralized, multichain, and non-custodial lending and borrowing protocol, is up 27% as of June 25. The explosion of AAVE prices follow a lull and under-performance in the second half of the week when bitcoin and ethereum prices edged higher on improving trader sentiment and increasing institutional interest in some assets. AAVE pumping, whale accumulating When writing on June 25, AAVE is changing hands at $71, up 27% in the last 24 hours. Moreover, bulls have reversed all losses registered in June when prices plunged…

ETF Provider Primed To Launch First Leveraged Bitcoin Futures Exchange-Traded Fund in the US

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider in the United States is reportedly close to launching a first-of-its-kind Bitcoin (BTC) fund. Volatility Shares, an ETF provider based in Mt. Kisco, New York, will start offering the “2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF” (BITX) next Tuesday, June 27th, according to the company’s website. Volatility Shares says the product is the first US-based ETF to offer leveraged long exposure to the cryptocurrency futures market. Explains the company, “BITX will seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the return of the…

Gods Unchained Launches to 230M Users on Epic Games Store Ahead of Mobile Soft Launch 

According to executive producer, Daniel Paez, Gods Unchained is launching on the Epic Store to significantly expand its gaming audience. The Gods Unchained Web3 digital trading card game from Immutable Games is now available to a wider range of potential players as it launches on the Epic Games Store. Initially released in June 2019, Gods Unchained is a collectible card game where players build card decks and battle other players with their cards. Each card is an NFT tradable on the game’s marketplace on Immutable X, an Ethereum Layer-2 network. Launching on the…

Three Arrows Capital founders launch new VC fund

On June 21, OPNX exchange, a platform for trading claims against bankrupt crypto entities, announced a new ecosystem partner dubbed “3AC Ventures.” According to developers, “the partnership will invest in projects building in the OPNX ecosystem and working towards a decentralized future.” OPNX was founded by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, who co-founded the now-bankrupt Singaporean hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC).  Citing the announcement, Kyle Davies commented, “3AC is dead, long live 3AC Ventures.” On the firm’s landing page, users are greeted with the text “3AC Ventures is focused…

Smart contract activity spikes on Filecoin 3 months after FEVM launch

Smart contract activities on the Filecoin network have surged following the Filecoin Ethereum Virtual Machine (FEVM) launch in March 2023. More smart contracts deployed on Filecoin  On-chain data reveals that the number of unique contracts deployed is currently at 2,200, while contract transactions now stand at 224,200 after recording a 1,100 increase within 24 hours of market activity. Contract balance charts are also showing a steady upward trend.  Filecoin total contract balance The Filecoin Ethereum Virtual Machine (FEVM) enables the execution of smart contracts on top of the Filecoin network.…

Britcoin’s Launch Nears after Project Rosalind CBDC Study

The Bank of England is progressing with its Britcoin digital currency project as it released results from the Rosalind project, which started in July 2022. As the idea of making cash more decentralized continues to grow in popularity, the CBDC has also been an up-and-coming project in different countries. Britcoin, the name for the Bank of England (BoE) digital currency, is also closer to being launched. The digital currency, which is to be backed by the British Pound, is aimed at sustaining the trust people have in money while protecting…