Announcements

Bakkt, a crypto marketplace and custodian, announced Monday a partnership with Google to extend the “reach and usability of digital assets to meet rapidly evolving consumer demand.” Bakkt users will now be able to add their virtual Visa Debit cards into Google Pay, providing the ability to pay in crypto at a variety of online…

Amid the Dubai Expo 2020, many crypto and blockchain events are being held in Dubai right now. From now till the end of 2021, the series of events keep coming. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), especially Dubai, is known for its friendly position in the crypto and blockchain spaces. Dubai has rapidly become a city…

The Biden administration is reportedly planning a wide range of crypto oversight and might issue an executive order for the agencies regarding it. The Executive order might be aiming to combat the growing threat of ransomware attacks like the Colonial Pipeline incident and other cybercrime associated with crypto-assets. Reuters reported, the US National Security Council…

Coinbase has informed more than 6,000 customers that they have been hacked. The hackers used an unusual vulnerability in the SMS account recovery process, which gave them access to personal information and wallets. The American crypto exchange already said that all customers affected will have the stolen assets refunded automatically. According to the letter posted…

Slovenia plans to mint national NFT tokens as gifts at Crypto Expo Dubai, banking on the growing crypto craze. The country’s world’s first promo experiment aims to boost tourism to Slovenia. Slovenia is set to make an impression as a crypto-friendly nation at Dubai’s upcoming mega-event. The country will become the world’s first nation to…

Financial services company MoneyGram International has partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization developing Stellar blockchain, to enable consumer’s cross-border transactions using popular stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) and convert directly to and from fiat. According to an announcement published Wednesday, MoneyGram’s network will integrate with the Stellar blockchain to enable cash funding and…