Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s (DMCC) new crypto-focused Future of Trade report highlights growing opportunities for global trade’s $260.9 billion decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. Focused on DeFi, the report examines the key opportunities and challenges that the growing technology faces and how DeFi can bolster global trade. The thought leadership report series of DMCC – the…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Dec. 11 – 17, 2021): Dec. 11: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for a “comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated” approach  to harness the benefits of crypto’s underlying technology while mitigating its risks. The fund plans to work closely with the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and other members of…

The SubQuery Network is a data indexing protocol (decentralized data aggregator) for the Polkadot and Substrate Projects. The main objective of SubQuery is to expand access to the Polkadot blockchain data by creating new markets for data indexing and provision. In mid-December, the SubQuery Network announced its partnership with Solarbeam, the largest DEX on the…

The CNBC Millionaire Survey results show that 83% of millennial millionaires own crypto. Furthermore, 48% state they would be adding to their holdings in 2022. Meanwhile, baby boomers and Gen X are few investing in crypto. A new report released by CNBC shows that millennial millionaires are planning to add more cryptocurrency to their portfolios…

The crypto economy as of late has been developing most rapidly in Africa, Latin America and the post-Soviet states. We decided to take a closer look at the process. Africa as a region still has the smallest cryptocurrency economy on the planet. But that is precisely why it’s growing so fast, starting from a low…

Ethereum scaling project Polygon and Seven Seven Six, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm, have jointly launched a $200 million initiative to invest in Web3 social media and gaming projects. On Friday, Polygon and Alexis Ohanian’s VC firm, Seven Seven Six, announced a $200 million initiative backing projects operating at the intersection of social…

One of Ukraine’s oldest commercial banks, Tascombank, is launching a Stellar-based pilot for an electronic hryvnia, a digital version of Ukraine’s national fiat currency. The pilot, supported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, will test an electronic hryvnia in handling payroll for public employees along with peer-to-peer and merchant payments. In a statement published Tuesday,…

Would money be better if it was aligned with our reputations? – asks Imran Ahmed, the founder of Koru Finance. This article is part of Future of Money Week, a series exploring the varied (and sometimes weird) ways value will move in the future. Money is on most of our minds. But what would it…

The crypto economy as of late has been developing most rapidly in Africa, Latin America and the post-Soviet states. We decided to take a closer look at the process. Africa is still the poorest region of the planet, but its economy is booming. What’s more, this growth comes “from the ground up”, that is, the…

NYDIG, a crypto financial services firm, announced on Tuesday that it raised $1 billion in a funding round led by WestCap, valuing the Morgan Stanley-backed Bitcoin company at more than $7 billion. According to Reuters, growth equity firm WestCap led the round with other backers like Bessemer Venture Partners, FinTech Collective, Affirm, Fiserv, MassMutual, New…