digital assets

Would You Sell Your House for Bitcoin? People Do
Would You Sell Your House for Bitcoin? People Do
March 14, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

It is 2024, and the $2.9 trillion cryptocurrency sector doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. That’s despite a 2022 and 2023 that saw the total market capitalization shrink...

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FDIC Vice Chair: Tokenization ‘Beginning’ to Deliver Benefits  
FDIC Vice Chair: Tokenization ‘Beginning’ to Deliver Benefits  
March 13, 2024  |  Blockchain

Blockchain is full of promise, cryptocurrency perhaps less so, and tokenization is already shifting what it means to “own” an asset. In a speech delivered...

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Goldman and BNY Mellon Join Multi-Lender Blockchain Project
Goldman and BNY Mellon Join Multi-Lender Blockchain Project
March 12, 2024  |  Blockchain

Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon are reportedly delving deeper into the world of blockchain transactions. The two banks were among several firms that took part in a series of...

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Hong Kong Kicks Off Wholesale CBDC Project
Hong Kong Kicks Off Wholesale CBDC Project
March 07, 2024  |  CBDC

Hong Kong’s central bank has launched a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project. The effort, dubbed “Project Ensemble,” is designed to support a new...

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Analysts Debate Role of Stablecoins as Tether Tops $100 Billion
Analysts Debate Role of Stablecoins as Tether Tops $100 Billion
March 05, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Tether, the leading global stablecoin, reportedly surpassed $100 billion in circulation this week. This milestone has fueled debate about the role of digital currencies in...

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Bitcoin Briefly Crosses Record $69K Threshold
Bitcoin Briefly Crosses Record $69K Threshold
March 05, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s price hit an all-time high Tuesday (March 5) before retreating by day’s end. The most popular cryptocurrency traded at more than $69,000 earlier in...

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Baanx Raises $20 Million to Bring Crypto Payments Offering to US
Baanx Raises $20 Million to Bring Crypto Payments Offering to US
March 05, 2024  |  Investments

Cryptocurrency payments company Baanx has reportedly raised $20 million. The firm will use the Series A funding to help it introduce its services in the U.S. and Latin...

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Crypto PACs Pump $13 Million Into Super Tuesday Races
Crypto PACs Pump $13 Million Into Super Tuesday Races
March 03, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies are contributing millions to digital asset-friendly candidates in the 2024 election. That includes donations to candidates in Super Tuesday primary contests in Texas, California and...

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Policymakers Chase Central Framework for Decentralized Finance Oversight
Policymakers Chase Central Framework for Decentralized Finance Oversight
February 28, 2024  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

You don’t know what you don’t know. And what you don’t know you can’t leverage or interact with, much less hope to regulate. That is...

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