Christian Nwobodo

Journalist CryptoSlate

Christian is a crypto-curious nerd who loves to investigate how protocols work under the hood. Christian is interested in DeFi protocol research, token economic…

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Total Articles 358

Since Jul 2022

Last Active Mar 3, 2023

Primary Beat Regulation

Banking

Silvergate shares tank 46% after Coinbase severed payment partnership

Coinbase has dropped Silvergate as its payment partner; urges Prime users to update their payment instructions to Signature Bank.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Binance custody arm ‘Ceffu’ to apply for license in Singapore

Ceffu will apply for a MAS license to enable it to offer custodial services to institutional investors in Singapore.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

Holdnaut co-founders opt to sell bankrupt crypto lender

Simon Lee said that selling Hodlnaut instead of liquidating its assets will help maximize value for its creditors.

3 years ago

DeFi

Sushi boosts Treasury to $30.6M after Kanpai implementation

Sushi Head Chef Jared Grey said the protocol was well positioned financially to deliver on its proposed roadmap for 2023.

3 years ago

Payments

Visa, Mastercard to push back on crypto-related services

Visa and Mastercard have moved to suspend the launch of crypto-related services until market conditions and the regulatory environment improve.

3 years ago

DAOs

Illuvium DAO votes against NFT contest with disgraced Three Arrows Capital founder Su Zhu

Illuvium community members argued that sharing the stage with the controversial 3AC founder might pose a reputational risk to the project.

3 years ago

Trading

Liquity token (LQTY) surges over 30% following Binance listing

Binance will list LQTY in the innovation zone and open spot trading support from 11:00 UTC on Feb. 28.

3 years ago

CBDCs

Bank of England official says digital pound provides big opportunity for businesses

Ben Broadbent said the digital pound could help provide a reduction in friction and cost of payment to businesses.

3 years ago

Adoption

Coinbase survey indicates 20% of Americans own crypto

Crypto ownership is highest among younger Americans — 36% of Gen Z and 30% of Millennials reportedly owning crypto assets.

3 years ago

Adoption

Alchemy Pay obtains license from Central Bank of Indonesia, ACH surge 7%

The Indonesian license was issued jointly to Alchemy Pay and BDPay to allow the firms to offer remittance and fund transfer services.

3 years ago

Regulation

Chia founder argue XCH is not security, plans to register with SEC

Gene Hoffman explained that XCH has not been sold to the public — which is a condition for classifying securities based on the Howey Test.

3 years ago

Legal

Former SEC chief warns against using emojis for investment advice

US court ruled that using emojis relating to rocket ships, stock charts, and money bags could be classified as investment advice.

3 years ago