A new alt coin on the block is catching eyes – almost literally. Worldcoin co-founder Sam Altman wants to fuse blockchain and biometrics so those who allow their eyes to get scanned are rewarded with Worldcoin [WDC]. At press time, the price of Worldcoin [WDC] was $0.07004. The project’s aim is to on-board as many people asContinue reading “‘Don’t catalogue eyeballs’ is Snowden’s response to Worldcoin”

The ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF arrived with a bang, and hit more than $1 billion in assets under management [AUM] in around 48 hours of being listed. Adding to this, Bitcoin touched a new all time high of $67,017 last week. All impressive stats, no doubt, and experts had plenty to say. During an episode of theContinue reading “Analyst says Bitcoin futures ETF ‘better than nothing, but ‘not as good as’ spot ETF”

It’s all hands on deck for Ethereum as the second biggest blockchain by market cap prepares for the Altair Upgrade on 27 October. Following this, Ethereum users and developers will be gearing up for the long-awaited “Merge” in late 2021 or early 2022. However, Ethereum has also marked another intriguing milestone. Burning money Crypto influencer LarkContinue reading “Ethereum: over 600,000 ETH burned on the ride to the Merge”

XRP holders and court watchers tracking the SEC vs Ripple Labs lawsuit will soon have to pull out their 2022 diaries. With the court conceding to the SEC’s extension request and pushing the expert discovery deadline to 14 January, one can be assured that battle will enter yet another calendar year. However, 2021 is stillContinue reading “SEC v. Ripple: More back and forth over ‘highly relevant’ additional docs”

Interoperability is trending across the crypto sector and blockchains are coming up with innovative proposals and workarounds, in order to meet users’ diverse needs. A recent example of this was when the Wormhole Network added a fourth blockchain to its collection of supported chains. A ‘Terra-fic’ update On 20 October, the twelfth biggest blockchain byContinue reading “As Wormhole ‘unleashes’ Terra, a ‘cross-chain trade boom’ might ensue”

The SEC v. Ripple Labs lawsuit is soon to enter mid-fall. Alas, the theme of the season seems to be extensions and delays as both parties are divided over the same. Just recently, the American regulator requested that the expert rebuttal report deadline be moved to 12 November and expert discovery be pushed to 2022. However,Continue reading “SEC v. Ripple: More than 50,000 XRP holders and ‘friends’ want to…”

Winter is coming and so are the Beijing Winter Olympics, in just four months. Yet, in spite of the falling temperatures, China is only heating up when it comes to rolling out its CBDC. Now, more businesses are joining in to spread the digital renminbi and promote its use in diverse ways. However, there areContinue reading “China braces itself for CBDC rollout, companies to implement e-CNY payment pilots”

China’s ban on crypto transactions pushed the neighboring India to the fore when it came to populous countries seeing a rise in crypto adoption. Boosted by the relatively cheap cost of data, several Indian crypto exchanges have reported tremendous growth in short periods of time. For its part, the WazirX crypto exchange published its transparencyContinue reading “Indian exchange, WazirX, had 377 requests from law enforcement agencies in 6 months”

NFTs have been making a splash across the crypto-ecosystem. In fact, such has been the rage that one of the world’s biggest crypto-exchanges is now taking it seriously. The Coinbase NFT marketplace is due for launch before the end of 2021. After the initial announcement, however, there came a tidal wave of questions and reactions.Continue reading “Coinbase NFT: If you’re a creator, here is what you need to know”

The week has been an exciting for blockchains across the crypto ecosystem, especially after the Bitcoin market moved from fear into greed. What’s more, with the ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF due to launch on 19 October, there is more optimism than there was during the summer. CoinShare’ s weekly Digital Asset Fund Flows report shedContinue reading “Bitcoin leads inflows but here’s why it can rise higher”

After the release of The Bahamian “Sand Dollar” CBDC around a year ago, China is steamrolling ahead with its own e-CNY program. Not surprisingly, other countries are feeling the time crunch. Yet, after months of quiet preparation, one large player from Europe is now definitively in the race. En garde! According to a report by FinancialContinue reading “Banks in France run ‘almost 500’ test cases in CBDC experiment”

The United States of America’s federal system, which splits power between the national and state governments, is both a boon and a bane for the crypto-industry. While crypto-mining might be booming in Texas, crypto-platforms in New York have been coming under increasing regulatory pressure. What exactly happened? In the state of New York, crypto-lending platformsContinue reading “New York’s AG hits Nexo, four others with more regulatory action”