Announcements

Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings remain unchanged from Q2 2022, or about $218 million worth, the documents released by the car manufacturer say ahead of its Q3 investor relations call. Despite the crypto bear market, Tesla remains one of the largest Bitcoin corporate holders. As Tesla reported to the public on Oct. 19, the company says it…

Bluesky, a decentralized social network project funded by Twitter, has announced the beta version of its upcoming app. Despite Bluesky having no current blockchain features, its decentralized design will likely appeal to crypto users. A waitlist for the decentralized social media app quickly reached its limit in one day. On Oct. 19, the project team…

Israel’s Ministry of Finance and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) are preparing to issue a blockchain-based digital state bond. In partnership with Fireblocks and VMWare, they are set to perform live testing of a new platform soon. The Israeli government and TASE are partnering with digital asset infrastructure firms Fireblocks and VMWare to perform…

Bitcoin has officially entered the Guinness World Records (GWS) for a number of entries, the first of which is being recognized as the “first decentralized cryptocurrency.” The latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania,” such as the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as…

Aptos Labs blockchain announced the long-anticipated launch of its mainnet on Oct. 17, becoming the first of the Facebook spin-off networks to premiere and test its multibillion-dollar valuation. However, until the Aptos token, wallets, trading venues, and DApps debut, there won’t be many use cases on Aptos. Aptos is the creation of several ex-Meta employees…

Mastercard announced on October 17 the Crypto Source program, which will make it easier for banks and financial institutions to offer cryptocurrency trading. The payments giant is teaming up with Paxos to launch the service and take care of compliance and security. The Crypto Source program will act as a “bridge” between the crypto trading…