The world’s second-highest-valued unicorn startup has partnered with the Chinese central bank to work on the forthcoming digital yuan. Chinese ride-hailing juggernaut DiDi Chuxing has joined the digital yuan project, a CBDC developed by the People’s Bank of China, or PBoC. According to an announcement DiDi shared with Cointelegraph earlier today, the company has entered […]
Continue Reading
Millennials and Zoomers are the least likely crypto investors to have a plan for their digital assets should they die unexpectedly. Most younger crypto holders don’t have any kind of plan to pass down their digital assets when they die. According to a survey conducted among 1,150 participants between October 2019 and June 2020 by […]
Continue Reading
As Bitcoin price stalled at $9,300 again, altcoins capitalized on the sideways price action to rally to new multi-year highs. Within the last few hours Bitcoin (BTC) price pushed above $9,300 after struggling to hold the $9,300-$9,400 level for the past three days. The move was accompanied by a notable surge in purchasing volume which […]
Continue Reading
The Japanese government will appoint Ryozo Himino as the next commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency. A crypto-sympathetic official has been named as the next leader of Japan`s Financial Services Agency. Jiji Press reported on July 7 that the Japanese government has decided to appoint Ryozo Himino to the next commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services […]
Continue Reading
Uniswap appears to be plagued with scam tokens claiming affiliation with popular DeFi projects. Scam tokens are a growing problem on the decentralized exchange and liquidity pool Uniswap — owing to the protocol’s open listing policy. In recent days warnings have been issued about scam tokens targeting four of the most buzz-worthy decentralized finance (DeFi) […]
Continue Reading
Andreas Antonopoulos says Bitcoin will probably never have privacy features like those in Monero. Bitcoin educator Andreas Antonopoulos says he would like to see more privacy features on Bitcoin, but they’re unlikely to happen anytime soon. In a livestream Q&A on Antonopoulos’ YouTube channel on July 7, he said Bitcoin (BTC) was unlikely to ever […]
Continue Reading
Coinbase’s chief tax officer Lawrence Zlatkin says global customers are the future as non-U.S. jurisdictions are more open-minded. Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, believes other countries are much more open-minded in terms of crypto regulation and taxes than America.. Lawrence Zlatkin, chief tax officer at Coinbase, shared the exchange’s outlook on taxation and the […]
Continue Reading
New movie “Money Plane” features a plot about a heist from a ‘bulletproof casino in the sky’ carrying $1 billion in crypto. Cryptocurrency has a starring role in a new casino heist action movie starring Adam Copeland, Denise Richards, and Kelsey Grammer that premieres later this week. According to the trailer, Money Plane (out July […]
Continue Reading
Crypto venture capitalist Brock Pierce said his presidential campaign would reach out to younger voters and technological innovators. Crypto venture capitalist Brock Pierce has revealed his campaign to become the next U.S. president will focus on creating a country where technological innovation is allowed to flourish. Pierce spoke at a Unitize conference fireside chat on […]
Continue Reading
DeFi’s surging popularity has seen the sector grow to comprise 240,000 users and more than $2 billion in value. The total number of users engaged with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols has increased by more than 140%, since exceeding six-figures for the first time in January. According to data published by Dune Analytics, the total number […]
Continue Reading