Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, published its latest quarterly attestation report for the token’ reserves on August 19. The report by Tether’s new auditing firm BDO Italia confirmed a more than 57.5% decrease in Tether’s commercial paper holdings over the prior quarter. However, many still await Tether’s audit report from a “Big…
The EOS Foundation plans to hardfork the EOS blockchain on September 21. This Proof-of-Stake blockchain is set to rebrand to EOSIO as the project tends to distance itself from notorious developer Block.one. In response, the EOS token has rallied more than 24% over the past 24 hours. In a tweet on August 17, the EOS…
Worldwide 2022 New Payments Index consumer polling by Mastercard revealed that crypto payments are rising in popularity worldwide, as 93% of those surveyed have heard of cryptocurrency, and 41% have done at least one crypto-related activity in the past year. However, consumers are still looking for more stability within the industry. Mastercard’s 2022 Global New…
Play-to-earn game Axie Infinity has completely removed the token rewards from its classic game mode to attract its users to a new game mode called Axie Infinity Origin. The team also described the move as part of its efforts to balance the economy for the SLP token. Meantime, the in-game NFT sales so far have…
Strike, the leading blockchain-based startup, entered into a collaboration with financial giant Visa Inc. to offer crypto rewards through its new crypto card. The startup also said that access to the card could be granted by joining a waitlist. Digital currency-based payment protocol Strike, built on the Lightning Network, has announced the launch of a…
BlackRock announced Thursday the launch of a private trust that will hold Bitcoin and seek to track the asset’s performance, with Coinbase serving as the trust’s custodian. The news marks a giant leap forward in Bitcoin’s institutional adoption, which brought out a flurry of bold calls. This development comes one week after BlackRock announced a…