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0 CommentsA few days after Jack Dorsey’s resignation as Twitter CEO, payments giant Square announced changing its name to Block Inc., the company said in a statement. Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin funding initiative Square Crypto has rebranded to Spiral and is aimed to focus on “making Bitcoin the planet’s preferred currency.” The corporate rebrand, announced in a…
We must again turn our attention to Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions and the actions of American regulators – there has recently been a surprising turn in the events of the case. Facebook has announced the launch of its own crypto wallet, Novi. It is a colossal payment network that uses the Pax Dollar (USDP) stablecoin as…
Will Bitcoin kill the US dollar? Will money become tokenized? How do we use cash? Jeff Wilser and Helene Braun of CoinDesk have collected the predictions of prominent crypto investors, experts, and influencers, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Beryl Li, Dovey Wan, Haseeb Qureshi, Hasu, Balaji Srinivasan, Jeff Dorman, Brett Scott, Laura Shin, and others. This article…
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has recently called cryptocurrencies a “threat” requiring “urgent action” to address it. It is not the first sign that the UK may become a firm outpost for crypto-skeptics. Jon Cunliffe, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, claimed that cryptocurrencies pose threats to the entire financial…
Morgan Stanley continues to increase its exposure to Bitcoin and has bought a considerable amount of GBTC shares for totals of about $303 million. However, the $36 billion trust feels the push from cheaper ETFs. The FT found GBTC trades at a 15% discount on the value of its underlying assets. Banking giant Morgan Stanley…
The Starknet Alpha project has transitioned from several months of operation on the public testnet to the Ethereum mainnet, exceeding the initial schedule. The development progressed successfully during its time on the testnet, with regular updates introducing new features. Starknet Alpha is a Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, built on ZK-Rollup technology. This technology leverages…
