DeFi
Technology
ECB’s Christine Lagarde is “prepared” for digital Euro as crypto interest rises
Christine Lagarde — the former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and the current President of the European Central Bank (ECB) — invited…
Lending
As crypto lending app Cred suspends withdrawals, Uphold terminates its contract
Crypto lending app Cred purged its services earlier this week amidst allegations of fraud coming to light. The service allows users to earn a…
Adoption
This country will now buy state-mined Bitcoin to fund imports
The Irani government will now allow imports to be paid for using Bitcoin, as per a recent report in local publication ISNA. The move…
DeFi
Report finds majority of DeFi exchanges have poor security
The popularity of decentralized exchanges (DEXs) has grown multifold in 2020, marked by the public interest in the broader DeFi sector and the demand…
Investments
U.S. megafund Fidelity targets Asian family offices wanting Bitcoin
US-based Fidelity Investments, a trillion-dollar fund manager with a deep interest in the cryptocurrency market, is targeting rich Asian investors by way of a…
Adoption
Chainlink oracles to bolster AML measures for Coinfirm’s DeFi solution
London-based Coinfirm will now utilize Chainlink’s market-leading oracle service to provide anti-money laundering (AML) tools for DeFi projects, it said in a release Wednesday.…
DeFi
Why Oasis Labs’ Dawn Song is big on privacy, quantum-resistant blockchains, and DeFi 2.0
Ever since smart contracts and blockchains gained prominence in the past few years, the concept of building scalable public ledgers that automatically handle and…
Politics
Why Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is against Coinbase’s apolitical stance
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is not convinced with crypto exchange Coinbase's decision to take an apolitical stance within the workspace, he said in a…
Adoption
Mastercard CEO is bearish on Bitcoin, but sees growth for CBDCs
Ajay Banga, CEO of global payments and card technology firm Mastercard, is not sold on the Bitcoin promise of banking the unbanked individuals, he…
Merge
ConsenSys finds massive DeFi yields are “number one threat” for Ethereum 2.0 upgrade
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have attracted billions of dollars worth of crypto capital this year alone, with investors oft-punting on projects that promise sky-high…
DeFi
Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov on DeFi, smart contracts, and how oracles solve big problems
Last week’s BlockDown 3.0 virtual event saw Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov discuss the rise (and fall) of decentralized finance applications, the Chainlink protocol, and…
Adoption
JPMorgan stablecoin goes live, interbank group renamed to “Liink”
JPMorgan, the US bank whose CEO Jamie Dimon once called Bitcoin a scam and held a bearish stance for the cryptocurrency market, today announced…