Due to insufficient investor interest, 21Shares, a crypto ETP issuer located in Switzerland, would allegedly shut down five of its funds and delist another. According to Arielle Pennington, the company’s head of global communications, the company will keep offering its other products, which are in high demand. Bloomberg reports that
March 20, 2023 2 mins read
The DAI stablecoin’s issuing body, MakerDAO, has voted in favor of increasing its allocation to existing US Treasury holdings. DAI’s stablecoin liquid backing is being diversified by exposure to real-world assets (RWAs). Such as an increase in investments in government treasury bonds. Last year, MakerDAO’s RWA strategy kicked off with
March 19, 2023 1 min read
Binance introduced the “Secure Asset Fund for Users” (SAFU) on January 29, 2022; the SAFU is a $1 billion emergency insurance fund designed to protect Binance users in the case of a disaster. The SAFU fund’s initial holdings included BNB, BUSD, and BTC. Binance has replaced BUSD in the fund
March 18, 2023 1 min read
BitGo, a popular cryptocurrency wallet, has fixed a serious flaw that could have exposed the private keys of its retail and institutional users. In December 2022, the Fireblocks cryptography research team discovered the vulnerability and informed BitGo of it. BitGo Threshold Signature Scheme (TSS) wallets were susceptible to the flaw,
March 18, 2023 1 min read
Regarding the exchange’s incident, a new class action lawsuit has been filed against YouTubers who promoted FTX. In addition, the lawsuit seeks $1 billion in damages related to the Youtubers’ association with the defunct FTX cryptocurrency trading platform. Several people have filed lawsuits because of the FTX debacle. This lawsuit
March 17, 2023 2 mins read
With the opening of the ftNFT store in the Dubai Mall, the biggest shopping mall in the world, the future of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has just been more exciting. The opening of the first successful ftNFT store in the Dubai Mall promises to be another thrilling experience for NFT aficionados as
March 17, 2023 2 mins read
The biggest U.S.-based digital asset trading platform, Coinbase, recently stated that it will be stopping trading in six cryptocurrencies. According to the results of the March internal review conducted by the exchange, this is the case. For the record, Coinbase has recently tweeted that it conducts frequent reviews of the
March 16, 2023 1 min read
The Federal Reserve of the United States introduced its domestic instant payments system, called “FedNow,” on Wednesday, March 15. A strong collection of fundamental clearing and settlement functions and value-added services will be available from the start. To keep the boxes of security, resilience, and innovation from being checked off,
March 16, 2023 2 mins read
Attempting to negotiate with the hacker who stole millions from its Ethereum-based non-custodial lending protocol, Euler Finance has demanded the restoration of 90% of the stolen funds within 24 hours or face legal penalties. On March 14, Euler Labs sent an offer to the hacker responsible for the $196 million
March 15, 2023 2 mins read
Due to the drastic previous year and collapse of multiple behemoths including FTX, Anchorage Digital is the latest cryptocurrency company to announce strategic layoffs. The firm has had to lay off around 75 employees, or 20% of the total workforce. A corporate spokesperson informed that the layoffs are unconnected to
March 15, 2023 1 min read
