Adoption
CBDCs
Here’s the first multi-CBDC settlement project and participating countries
Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa will be participating in the multi-CBDC platform pilot led by the Bank of International Settlements.
Regulation
Thailand bans crypto payments as of April 1
Thailand Secuirites and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued to ban digital assets from being used to pay for goods and services from April 1st.
NFTs
Qantas announces NFT collection and becomes the second airline offering NFTs
Qantas airlines recently announced they're stepping in to the NFT field. With that, they managed to be second in line after AirBaltic.
NFTs
Yuga Labs secures a16z board member, $450 million and reached a $4 billion valuation
Yuga Labs collected $450 million of funding in their first seed round, which increased their total valuation to $4 billion. Yuga Labs team announced that this money will be spend on building their new game-based metaverse.
Metaverse
Decentraland to host world’s first metaverse fashion week
Adding another first to its history, popular metaverse Decentraland announced first-ever metaverse fashion week. Many major designers and digital collections already announced their participation, as well as details on the events and public competitions.
Derivatives
Struct Finance’s customizable DeFi products raise $3.9 million
At a recent founding round, Struct Finance raised $3.9 million from 24 investors who see the potential in creating structured DeFi products.
Adoption
Prince Philip of Serbia says “only way around inflation is Bitcoin”
Recently, Prince Philip of Serbia talked about Bitcoin on a Serbian TV talk show. He said in order to get rid of inflation, money should be taken away from the states and Bitcoin should replace fiat currencies.
People
Vitalik Buterin tells Time Magazine crypto “has a lot of dystopian potential”
Vitalik Buterin talked about his worries during the 80 minute interview he gave to TIME Magazine after ETHDenver.
Adoption
FTX US President explains how crypto can help marijuana businesses
Harrison mentions the troubles Marijuana-Related Businesses' go though due to being unbanked and says crypto payments can be the solution they're looking for.
Exchanges
Here’s why Binance preparing to leave the Canadian province of Ontario
Binance's users from Ontario have been receiving mixed signals from the exchange platform since mid-2021. Yesterday, Binance finally made up its mind and announced its departure from the Ontario market as well as it'll provide fee waivers and reimbursements.
Regulation
Here’s how the new sanctions bill could hurt the crypto industry
Senator Warren and her team drafted a bill with intentions to intensify sanctions' effect on Russia, but ended up perturbing much of the crypto industry.
NFTs
Here’s how onXRP protects your NFTs against duplication and data-loss
Recent partnership between Pastel and onXRP create the first-of-its kind NFT marketplace with enhanced duplication and data loss protection.