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Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US has raised $400 million in its first funding round from investors, including Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, reaching the market value at $8 billion. The investment gives FTX US a valuation of $8 billion, placing it among the world’s most valuable private crypto firms. Investors in the round…

Bank of America analysts said in a report that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would differ from digital currencies currently available because it would be the liability of the Federal Reserve, not a commercial bank. Analysts suggest that the United States is moving toward creating its own CBDC. According to a Bloomberg report, Bank…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged El Salvador to strip Bitcoin of its status as legal currency due to its large risks, citing it as a significant obstacle for the nation’s efforts to get a loan from the institution. This follows El Salvador asking the IMF for a $1.3 billion loan last year, but the…

Luxury automobile manufacturer Lamborghini is launching an NFT collection that’s out of this world. The initiative is a set of digital space keys. Five digital artwork NFTs have been made by a yet-to-be-disclosed artist. The Italian marque Lamborghini is renowned for its supercars such as the Huracán and Aventador. Still, now it wants to expand…

On Friday, a sudden price crash followed by several days of steady losses has pushed bitcoin to its lowest level in six months, down more than 50% from the all-time high it experienced in November. Analysts told The Independent what caused the slump and why Bitcoin’s recovery may be a ‘long shot’. Typically for the…

Fantom (FTM) surpassed Binance Smart Chain (BSC) over the weekend to become the third-largest decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem by total value locked (TVL), as the value locked on DeFi-focused projects built on Fantom surged 52% in the past week. Ethereum remains the top DeFi protocol by value locked. On Monday, more than $12.2 billion worth…