Cyptocurrency

FTX Bankruptcy Claims Soar in Value in Over-the-Counter Markets as Estate Recovers $7.3B

The expected payout to FTX creditors has more than tripled this year after a successful asset recovery. FTX marshaling over $7 billion of assets, its valuable stake in Amazon-backed AI-startup Anthropic and the potential restart of the exchange contributed, Matrixport said.…

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Coinbase Receives Regulatory Approval to List Perpetual Futures Trading to Users Outside US

Coinbase International Exchange has acquired regulatory approval from Bermuda's financial regulator to enable eligible non-US retail customers to trade perpetual futures, a company said in a blog on Thursday. Thanks in part to Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) the exchange plans to…

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Ethereum Developers Appear Successful in Second Attempt at Holesky Test Network Launch

Ethereum developers on Thursday appeared successful in their second attempt to launch the Holesky test network, after an attempt earlier this month failed. As of 8:23 am ET, the process appeared to be going smoothly, though the developers signaled that the…

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First Mover Americas: MakerDAO Exchange Balance Jumps; CZ Denies He Owns CommEx

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day. Latest Prices (CoinDesk) Top Stories Changpeng “CZ” Zhao on Thursday denied that he…

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Buenos Aires Releases Blockchain Digital Identity Solution Powered by zkSync’s ZK Proofs

The Buenos Aires government is rolling out a new decentralized digital identity protocol using an application built on Matter Labs’ zkSync Era rollup. The program in Argentina’s capital is based on a “decentralized digital identity protocol” known as QuarkID, and relies…

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Bitfinex to Enhance Clients’ Assets Security Using Zodia Custody’s Interchange Product

Digital assets exchange Bitfinex is looking to increase the security for its institutional clients with Zodia Custody's Interchange product, continuing the trend of crypto exchanges separating custody from trading. Following the collapse of FTX last November, centralized cryptocurrency exchanges faced several…

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IOTA Network to Debut ShimmerEVM’s Smart Contracts and Tokens

Blockchain network IOTA will debut the first public IOTA Smart Contracts (ISC) and a related token on Thursday, developers told CoinDesk. The move comes after months of testing. These contracts will be released on ShimmerEVM, an Ethereum-compliant blockchain. ShimmerEVM is part…

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Breakthrough: Scientists Stumble Upon Shocking Innovation for Combating Plastic Pollution

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Listed Bitcoin Miners Could be the Ultimate Bet for 2024: Matrixport

The underperformance of listed digital asset companies means that there could be compelling  investment opportunities in the bitcoin (BTC) mining space, crypto services provider Matrixport said in a report on Thursday. If bitcoin were to climb to a new all-time high…

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Central Banks Successfully Test Cross Border Trading of Wholesale CBDC Using DeFi

The Bank for International Settlements with the help from the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland successfully tested out cross border trading of wholesale central bank digital currencies. With more and more nations exploring issuing a wholesale CBDC Project Mariana…

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Kraken Progresses European Expansion, Secures EU E-Money License and VASP in Spain

We are excited to announce we have received authorization from the Central Bank of Ireland as an E-Money Institution (EMI). In addition, we have also successfully registered with the Bank of Spain as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). These authorizations…

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