IMF backs Nigeria crypto adoption amid local SEC crackdown
The IMF recommendation sets out to remedy the macroeconomic challenges Nigeria faces while attracting global investment.
Blockchain
Bitcoin’s Ordinals, Runes key to solving the mining subsidy problem: ViaBTC
Each Bitcoin halving sees Bitcoin miners rewarded with a smaller block subsidy, but ViaBTC is optimistic that innovative Bitcoin applications...
Taiwan proposes tougher AML measures for crypto service providers
Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice proposed four amendments to the country’s AML regulations focused on cryptocurrency firms that plan to impose...
EU seeks stakeholder opinions on adding crypto to 12T euro investment market
If approved, the EU’s UCITS funds would make way for crypto assets to gain exposure to a 12 trillion euro...
Base set for ‘material share’ of SocialFi activity: Franklin Templeton
Base is already home to 46% of transactions related to SocialFi on-chain, but the asset manager says it has even...
Binance hits back at WSJ, Hong Kong crypto ETF’s take ‘$50B equivalent’: Asia Express
Binance hits back at claims it fired investigator who found manipulation, Hong Kong crypto ETFs take the “equivalent” of $50B....
Sci-fi author David Brin’s plan to stop artificial intelligence going rogue
Uplift and The Postman author David Brin has devised a clever plan to keep AIs from going rogue. But can...
Ether turns inflationary for the first time since Merge
This marks the first period of Ethereum becoming inflationary in the past year and a half since the Merge took...
Coinbase sees infinite interoperability potential with Ethereum and USDC
Coinbase head of tokenization Anthony Bassili described plans for its Base network at TokenizeThis 2024 in Miami.
Ripple joins multi-chain DeRec Alliance for secrets management
Ripple joins the Hedera and Algorand Foundations and industry players to advance a recovery standard to rival ERC-4337.
Binance co-founder and DWF Labs speak out against market manipulation allegations
Both firms deny any involvement in the allegations brought forth by The Wall Street Journal.
Tokenization to unlock interoperability across payments, investments
During the TokenizeThis 2024 event, executives from Ripple and Stellar discussed the latest trends in tokenization, including the blending of...
Ghana’s crypto stamps honor king’s Silver Jubilee
Ghana Post launched a crypto stamp collection to showcase its king’s 25-year-long journey of persevering in traditional values and adopting...
Stablecoins on Bitcoin coming soon, suggests Lightning Labs CEO
Elizabeth Stark unpacked the basics of Bitcoin Lightning at FT Live’s Crypto summit and teased a new development on Bitcoin’s...
Binance denies reports of DWF Labs market manipulation
DWF Labs was first hit by market manipulation accusations in September 2023.
