Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dritran Abazonic has stated that the country’s central bank would be working with Ripple to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC). While in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, the country’s Prime Minister allegedly met with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Vice President James Wallis.
January 31, 2023 2 mins read
CertiK, a blockchain security company, reckons it has identified at least one individual who has been related to the “Monkey Drainer” phishing scheme. A malicious actor going by the name “Monkey Drainer” has been using “ice phishing” to steal NFTs using smart contracts. The perpetrators of this phishing scheme have
January 30, 2023 1 min read
As early as August, eight months before the exchange’s tragic demise in November, the Australian financial authorities apparently voiced worries about FTX’s local Australian affiliate. Guardian Australia has received documents showing that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) was worried about FTX Australia’s operations after it was granted a
January 30, 2023 1 min read
Some governing bodies throughout the globe are planning to implement regulations on crypto advertising to protect the public from being misled. The head of Ireland’s central bank does not think highly of cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Irish Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf told legislators that the bank is
January 29, 2023 1 min read
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which enforces United States federal tax laws, has issued a list of reporting obligations for the general public concerning cryptocurrencies as the 2022 federal income tax return filing due date approaches. IRS tax forms that formerly referred to “virtual currency” up to 2021 have been
January 29, 2023 1 min read
This past Wednesday, the Robinhood Exchange’s Twitter account was compromised by hackers. Hacked account promoted fake PancakeSwap decentralized exchange selling crypto tokens and NFTs on Binance Smart Chain in since-deleted tweet. Aside from Twitter, all of Robinhood’s other social accounts were hacked as well. Internet detective ZackXBT provided a scan
January 26, 2023 2 mins read
Goldman Sachs‘ assessment of asset returns for the year so far indicates that Bitcoin has been their best-performing asset. This comes after a disastrous year for the cryptocurrency market in 2022, when the leading cryptocurrency surged above some of the banking sector’s greatest assets. The Goldman Sachs research highlighted the
January 26, 2023 1 min read
The CBDC Experiment was announced by the Central Bank of Saudi Arabia in a press statement published today. The central bank plans to continue its experiments with a possible CBDC deployment, according to the statement. The statement reaffirms the country’s commitment to explore the CBDC from a wholesale perspective. In
January 25, 2023 1 min read
Stablecoins and CBDC trials are becoming more popular in Europe. Spanish central bank Banco de Espaa approved a pilot programme on January 19. That would issue digital tokens tied to the euro. MONEI, a regulated fintech payments business, is leading the charge on this initiative. Furthermore, that will provide customers
January 24, 2023 1 min read
Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit, has stated that it would be participating in a new advisory group established by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As stated in the company’s release, SDF will be representing the cryptocurrency industry. As one of four representatives at the CFTC’s Global Markets
January 23, 2023 2 mins read
