Adoption Financial News
13.09 / 10:39
business
Blockchain
Stablecoin
Adoption
wallet
Africa
Opera
Opera browser debuts stablecoin wallet MiniPay in Africa
The web platform Opera revealed its plans to launch a non-custodial stablecoin wallet integrated into its mobile web browser which will be made available to its user base in Africa.
13.09 / 10:39
markets
business
Blockchain
Adoption
Europe
European Union
shares
Crypto ahead in fintech investments in France and Germany in 2023: Report
In the midst of the global fintech market downturn, the crypto and blockchain sector managed to become a leader in investments in a number of major European markets.
13.09 / 09:01
Blockchain
Adoption
Cardano
Emurgo to invest and fill 21 areas 'missing' from Cardano: Emurgo CEO
Decentralized identities and layer-2 solutions are some of the “gaps” in Cardano that the Emurgo team is working to fill, according to its founder and CEO.
13.09 / 09:01
Adoption
coinbase
Lightning Network
lightning
Bitcoin
network
bitcoin lightning
Coinbase to integrate Bitcoin Lightning network: CEO Brian Armstrong
Crypto exchange Coinbase has confirmed its decision to integrate layer 2 payment protocol Lightning Network as users seek faster and cheaper Bitcoin (BTC) transactions.
12.09 / 21:59
CBDC
Adoption
Central Bank
BIS
retail CBDC
Israel, Hong Kong complete retail CBDC test emphasizing privacy, inclusivity
The Bank for International Settlements and the central banks of Hong Kong and Israel released the results of Project Sela on Sept. 12. The project was a public-private partnership that used private intermediaries to create a retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC) combining the desirable characteristics of cash and the advantages of digitalization.
12.09 / 18:05
Blockchain
Ethereum
Adoption
Assets
Real World Assets
Fractionalization of real world assets: Is this the holy grail of blockchain tech?
“We’re so early” is one of the crypto sector’s best-known sayings, and when it comes to tokenizing real-world assets, it’s completely true.
12.09 / 16:09
Blockchain
Adoption
wallet
solana
MetaMask
MetaMask Snaps to let users interact with Solana DApps through Solflare
Solana wallet provider Solflare has integrated MetaMask Snaps to let MetaMask users manage their Solana portfolio directly from the popular crypto wallet.
12.09 / 16:09
Adoption
Asia
index
India, Nigeria, Thailand top Chainalysis’ 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index
India, Nigeria and Thailand are ranked as the top three countries in Chainalysis’ “2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index,” with lower middle-income (LMI) nations leading the way in the grassroots adoption of cryptocurrencies.
12.09 / 14:21
Adoption
Asia
index
India, Nigeria, Thailand top Chainalysis' 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index
India, Nigeria and Thailand are ranked as the three top countries in Chainalysis’ 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index, with lower middle income nations leading the way in grassroots adoption of cryptocurrencies.
12.09 / 14:05
Blockchain
Adoption
defi
Tokens
Assets
Asset Tokenization
RWAs
RWAs come to DeFi: How DEX derivatives can benefit from asset tokenization
Blockchain technology found a new meaning when asset tokenization bridged traditional finance markets with decentralized finance (DeFi). By turning well-known asset classes like real estate, precious metals and intellectual property into tradeable digital assets on the blockchain, real-world asset (RWA) protocols saw huge volume over the last two years.
12.09 / 14:05
Adoption
Payments
Lightning Network
lightning
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price
Privacy prevails and cypherpunks write code at Baltic Honeybadger
Bitcoin’s spirit animal is the honey badger. Bitcoin evangelist turned Bitcoin Cash promoter Roger Ver first popularized the meme in 2013 when he paid $1,500 a month for a billboard in California to display “Bitcoin is the Honey Badger of Money.”
12.09 / 14:05
Technology
Adoption
NFT
Investments
Trading
Tokens
Are NFT markets in a death spiral or ready for a resurgence?
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) saw a massive surge in popularity in 2021, accompanied by sky-high prices, but the market has since come crashing back to earth, and it’s unclear whether there will be a resurgence.
12.09 / 12:28
Adoption
Bitcoin Halving
Bitcoin
2024
Bitcoin to hit $100K in 2024? Canaan VP weighs up 2024 halving opportunities
Executives from prominent mining and manufacturing firms believe market forces resulting from the fourth Bitcoin halving scheduled in 2024 could force the price of Bitcoin (BTC) past $100,000.
12.09 / 08:01
Adoption
CFTC
regulation
cryptocurrency investment
investigation
CFTC Commissioner plans to modernize investor protection with technology
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero recommended regulators modernize its protection measures using technological advances as she warned that failure to do so would have a negative impact on American investors.
12.09 / 06:25
business
Adoption
NFT
virtual reality
Metaverse
Virtual Property
Metaverse is dead in the West, but ‘so hot' in Asia: Sandbox co-founder
The metaverse might feel like it's “dead” for users living in the United States but the industry is thriving throughout Asia, says The Sandbox co-founder and COO, Sebastien Borget.
12.09 / 05:23
Stablecoin
Adoption
Tether
Circle
SVB
DAI
Stablecoin de-pegging plagued USDC and DAI more than others: Analysts
Dollar-pegged stablecoins are not immune to dropping their pegs, but some such as Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) and MakerDAO’s Dai (DAI), have been more prone to depegging than others, according to analysts at S&P Global.
12.09 / 02:17
business
Law
Adoption
Ripple
regulation
SEC
hearing
SEC's Gary Gensler to hold firm on crypto enforcement in Senate hearing
Seemingly unfazed by a recent slew of court setbacks, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler remains headstrong that his agency should be the one to reign over crypto — with plans to tell lawmakers the same on Sept. 12.
12.09 / 00:09
business
Adoption
PayPal
Banks
Lightning Network
email
Bitcoin
Bitcoin will bring global payments out of the ‘fax era' — Ex-PayPal boss
While information today can be easily transferred over the internet via email or text, global payments on the other hand, have remained in a “fax era," according to the former president of PayPal.
11.09 / 12:39
11.09 / 10:55
Adoption
education
Bitcoin
Schools
El Salvador's Education Ministry Introduces Bitcoin Learning in Schools
Two years after bitcoin (BTC) was established as legal tender in El Salvador, the Ministry of Education has begun a pilot program "that could bring Bitcoin education to every school in the country in 2024."
11.09 / 10:23
Adoption
regulation
Indian Government
Bitcoin
crypto legislation
India working on 5-point crypto legislation as ban is ruled out
India is working on a crypto regulatory framework based on the joint recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that could result in legal legislation in the next 5-6 months. Siddharth Sogani, the CEO of CREBACO that has worked with government agencies and ministries, told Cointelegraph that the Indian government is working on a five-point crypto legislature with a global approach.
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