Ripple’s CEO says the cryptocurrency industry is still seeking regulatory clarity from the U.S. Speaking with Bloomberg News Wednesday (July 17), Brad Garlinghouse said America lags behind other countries that have already adopted crypto regulations. “What we are seeing, where it’s the UK, Japan, Singapore … even the European Union,...
Cryptocurrency miners are reportedly scrambling to boost their revenues by forging deals with AI developers. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (July 17), these miners operate vast, powerful computing sites and have struggled to turn a profit due to high energy costs and reduced...
In the world of cryptocurrency, a project with ties to the popular messaging app Telegram has been making waves this year. The Open Network (TON) blockchain, which is associated with Telegram Messenger LLP, has seen a notable surge in value even amidst a broader rally in...
By the middle of 2023, hackers had stolen $657 million in cryptocurrency. One year later, that figure had more than doubled to $1.38 billion, blockchain data firm TRM Labs said in a report issued Friday (July 5). “Similar to 2023, a small number of large attacks made up the...
Switzerland-based cryptocurrency wallet maker Tangem AG has launched a payments partnership with Visa. The collaboration, announced Friday (July 5), has resulted in a Visa payments card combined with a hardware wallet that lets Tangem users make payments using their crypto or stablecoin balances at merchants that accept Visa. “We are...
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture. It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto and digital asset sector has always found itself at — a juncture where regulatory developments,...
Singapore’s DBS Bank is reportedly set to begin a custody service for stablecoin reserves. It’s part of a collaboration between the city-state’s largest lender and a local unit of cryptocurrency issuer Paxos Trust, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 2), with the partnership also including cash management services. An official...
Digital asset funds have seen outflows for three consecutive weeks, although the outflow slowed during the most recent week. After experiencing outflows of $600 million in each of two consecutive weeks, these funds saw an outflow of $30 million during the week that ended June...
Crypto and Web3 firms have been asking for more regulatory clarity for years. And now, with the news Sunday (June 30) that the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) new regulatory requirements for stablecoin issuers have gone live, observers are wondering if the digital asset sector’s...
