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From European countries, Sweden and France recently announced accelerating efforts to create national digital currencies (CBDCs). Now Spain can join them. A proposal was sent to the Congress of this state to launch a token in connection with a decrease in the use of cash. A supporter of the launch...

American entrepreneur, the CEO of AI study and deployment company, OpenAI, Sam Altman presents a new startup, "WorldCoin" with two partners, Alexander Blania and Max Novendstern. The project gives a new type of crypto coin to every person. It needs to scan the people's eyeballs to provide...

Passengers of the Beijing subway now can use digital yuan as a payment method. The pilot program was released on Wednesday. As reports the Beijing Municipal Commission of Public Transport at the moment, the option is available at all 24 lines and 4 suburban railway lines in Beijing. Global Times...

At the end of last week, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele promised to give out $ 30 in bitcoin to all residents of the country. Then it became known that the state would send this cryptocurrency to Chivo crypto wallets. The developers of this service have become official partners of the El...

Reis Keiji, one of the founders of bankrupt crypto investment firm Africrypt, said that her portfolio did not come close to the attributed amount of $ 3.6 billion. “At the peak of the market, we managed just over $ 200 million,” Keiji said. According to him, the company irretrievably lost no...

American major bank BNY Mellon says it's the primary international bank to enable customers to hold, exchange and issue digital currencies. However, one of the bank's fund management branches doesn't quite agree with the company's crypto strategy. BNY Mellon's subsidiary Insight Investment which...

British authorities are tightening control over the cryptocurrency market. In connection with the tightening of the kingdom's position, local banks began to limit the operational capabilities of customers investing in bitcoin and other digital currencies. NatWest bank has set a limit on sending...

Chinese mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain will supply US-based TeraWulf with 30,000 Antminer S19j Pro devices. According to the agreement, miners will be delivered monthly from January to June 2022. As a result, the company expects the hashrate to grow by 3 EH/s. TeraWulf plans to go public....

Swiss digital assets investment company 21Shares is presenting the first Solana ETP on a global scale. The instrument will go live today under the ticker “ASOL” on Switzerland’s principal stock market, the Swiss SIX. Thus, investors will be able to follow Solana's investment results with a...

Leading cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase has revealed plans to create a crypto app store presenting third-party developed products. On June 30, the company published a blog post, where Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared the plans also talking about the path crypto and DeFi have been...

Most of the countries overseen by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) have not performed obligations for crypto companies. That is stated in the notification following the results of the plenary meeting of the organization. FATF standards are currently supported by 58 out of...

Soccer player Tom Brady and his wife supermodel Gisele Bündchen partner with crypto platform FTX. The couple's taking an equity stake in the company is a step in the long-term cooperation. 🤝https://t.co/BcOXRczr9F@TomBrady @giseleofficial— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) June 29, 2021...

Music, podcast, and streaming service Tidal, owned by payment company Square, will explore the possibility of using non-fungible tokens (NFT) on its platform. That was announced by Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z during a live broadcast on Twitter. In their opinion, the tool will allow artists to manage...

California-based entertainment and licensing company Evolution USA and Digital Collectibles Agency are launching NFTs of the movie "American Psycho". 🩸American Psycho NFTs are dropping on Curio NOW!!https://t.co/PncPYBXQUg— Curio (@CurioNFT) June 28, 2021 ...

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase, listed on the Nasdaq, has received permission to provide crypto custody services in Germany. That is stated on the website of the country's Federal Financial Supervision Authority (BaFin). According to the announcement, the German subsidiary of Coinbase Germany GmbH is...

New York-headquartered international bank Morgan Stanley acquired 28,289 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust via its Europe Opportunity Fund. The recent filing with the SEC shows that the deal took place in April. The Fund's objective is to get the highest amount of income by investing in assets that...

Earlier this week, it became known that one of the largest banks in South America is ready to work with bitcoin (BTC). Mexican Banco Azteca will be able to become part of the infrastructure for processing crypto transactions, said the head of this financial giant Ricardo Salinas Pliego. The...

On June 28, the asset management ARK Invest applied with the US SEC to create its BTC-based exchange-traded fund. The company's founder and CEO, Catherine Wood, who has always supported innovations, now has a goal to offer a Bitcoin-based product. Despite the present price decline, Catherine Wood...