The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) is preparing to implement the first phase of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) strategy. It is looking at CBDC for both retail and wholesale use. The CBUAE kicked off the new strategy with a signing event on March 23 with R3 and G42 Cloud, part of the…
The rewards for mining Bitcoin are about to be chopped in half for miners in a scheduled event called “the halving.” This anti-inflationary measure is predicted to occur on or about April 17, 2024. Though it won’t be the first such halving event, the crypto world is poised to enter the unknown, as recent all-time…
What is Bitcoin halving, and how is it related to cross-chain interoperability? The Bitcoin protocol reduces the supply of new Bitcoin by 50% via the quadrennial Bitcoin halving. This translates into a 50% reduction in revenue (in BTC terms) for Bitcoin miners and poses indirect implications for cross-chain interoperability. Bitcoin halving events, occurring approximately every four…
Layer-1 blockchain Tron is considering a Bitcoin layer-2 solution that would support a “wrapped” version of Tether (USDT), potentially allowing billions of dollars of liquidity to flow into the Bitcoin ecosystem. In February, Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, announced a roadmap for Tron’s Bitcoin layer 2 solution in an X post, which would allow stablecoins and tokens to move…
A hospitality worker has reportedly been found guilty of money laundering in a United Kingdom specialized court for major fraud cases, following the discovery of $2.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in her possession. According to a recent BBC report, the Southwark Crown Court has found Jian Wen guilty of laundering money using Bitcoin to purchase “multi-million pound…
Ethereum scaling protocol Polygon has announced that its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) is currently experiencing downtime due to an issue with its blockchain sequencer. In a post on X, Polygon reassured its two million followers that the issue is confined to the zkEVM specifically and does not impact any other chain deployed using the Polygon chain…
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