The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the weekly withdrawal limit for individual banking customers would increase to $1,120 (N500,000) from January 9, 2023, from the current limit of under $50 (established on December 6). The CBN has imposed a cash withdrawal limitation for corporations of $11,200, a
The proposed merger between Bullish, a crypto exchange backed by Peter Thiel, and Far Peak Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has been called off. With the merger agreement reached in July 2021, Far Peak and Bullish planned the cryptocurrency exchange would be listed on the New York
The Japan Blockchain Association’s 4th annual Blockchain Award presented the Product of the Year award to Astar Network, the multichain smart contract platform. At the same event, Sota Watanabe, the founder, and CEO of Astar Network, received Person of the Year for a second straight year. In a survey conducted
Argentine authorities in the province of Buenos Aires have given the green light to a proposal. That would make cryptocurrency mining a taxable sector beginning in 2023. 4% of all profits made from “Processing and validation services for crypto assets and/or cryptocurrency transactions (crypto asset and/or cryptocurrency mining),” as stated
As the decentralized finance (DeFi) spin on the centralized exchanges is scrambling to shore up client trust in the aftermath of FTX, Aave will introduce a “proof of reserve” approach to secure bridging assets on Avalanche. Over ninety-nine percent of participants in the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that manages Aave,
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States is increasing its scrutiny of audit firms’ work with cryptocurrency companies. A senior US SEC official has urged investors to be “extremely careful” of relying on a crypto company’s “proof-of-reserves.” Paul Munter, SEC’s acting chief accountant stated: “We’re warning investors
Mercedes-Benz group, the German luxury automobile is planning to expand its empire in the virtual world too. The step forward towards this is the filing of trademark applications for NFTs and similar purposes. This metaverse initiative was in a public forum on the 19th of Dec, after the tweet made
On December 21st, Crypto.com had an NFT campaign prohibited by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising authority. A sponsored Facebook ad for the crypto platform was reported by ASA. The agency said in a press statement that it didn’t adequately warn about the potential downsides of investing in
As a result of pooling liquidity from several DEXs, aggregators may provide their consumers with more advantageous token exchange rates than any single DEX could provide. When executed properly, DEX aggregators may optimize slippage, swap fees, and token prices, providing customers with a more favorable exchange rate. OpenOcean, a DEX
As of Thursday, holders of Terra Classic (LUNC) and TerraClassicUSD (USTC) were distributed the second batch of Terra (LUNA) airdropped by the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance. The initial airdrop, which took place in May, is associated with Do Kwon’s “Terra Ecosystem Revival Plan 2,” which involves the
