Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted more net inflows in the last four days of trading than the entire first four weeks. According to data from Bitcoin tracking platform Apollo, ten spot Bitcoin ETFs have generated 43,300 Bitcoin — worth $2.3 billion at current prices — in inflows over the last four days alone. Comparatively, it took…
A new Ethereum token standard that has taken the blockchain sector by storm is drawing praise and criticism from industry veterans. Dubbed ERC-404, the standard mixes the technology behind ERC-20 tokens with that of ERC-721, which is used in the creation of nonfungible tokens (NFTs). One such use is in the realm of fractionalized NFTs, where the…
Cross-chain messaging protocol Wormhole has surpassed a cumulative 1 billion in messages sent since its inception in September 2021. According to data from Wormhole Scan on Feb. 13, the messaging protocol currently processes around 110,640 daily messages, moving $30 million in daily funds, oracle feeds and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) across 30 blockchains, with $39.6 billion in cumulative volume. In…
Did the New Zealand Reserve Bank governor just let the cat out of the bag? During a parliamentary committee meeting on Feb. 12, New Zealand Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr joked about the modern central banking system, which was met with laughter: “It’s a great business to be in, central banking, where you print money and people…
Moving the United States dollar to a “well-designed blockchain” could make billions of “clunky” pennies in the country useful again, according to a new ad campaign from crypto exchange Coinbase. The campaign came as part of National Lost Penny Day on Feb. 12, an annual day celebrating the creation of the penny and encouraging Americans…
As blockchain technology attains more mainstream adoption, students and the next generation of young entrepreneurs show that they have some knowledge of the technology. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Sui Foundation managing director Greg Siourounis spoke about the foundation’s efforts to establish a blockchain academy in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates-based school, the American…
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