Ukraine Chooses Stellar Foundation to Develop Its CBDC, Regulatory Infrastructure for Stablecoins
Jan06

Ukraine Chooses Stellar Foundation to Develop Its CBDC, Regulatory Infrastructure for Stablecoins

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has picked the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) to develop its central bank digital currency project (CBDC). Ukraine Picks Stellar Foundation to Develop Its Central Bank Digital Currency and National Virtual Asset Strategy According to the official announcement, both parties signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” to deploy Ukraine’s crypto strategy. The National Bank of Ukraine has...

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Grayscale Investments Clears Out XRP in Its Digital Large Cap Fund
Jan06

Grayscale Investments Clears Out XRP in Its Digital Large Cap Fund

Grayscale has sold all of its XRP holdings to purchase bitcoin, ether, and other crypto assets. In an announcement made earlier today, Grayscale made it known that the firm has sold all of its XRP tokens from the Digital Large Cap Fund. Grayscale Sells Off All XRP Holdings There appears to be more gloom for XRP as Grayscale Investment announced that it had sold off all XRP tokens it was holding in its Digital Large Cap Fund. This news...

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The Reported Number of Stolen BTC Drops by 92% as ‘Bitcoin Security Appears to Be Improving’
Jan06

The Reported Number of Stolen BTC Drops by 92% as ‘Bitcoin Security Appears to Be Improving’

The number of stolen bitcoins that were publicly reported in 2020 dropped to 4,472 coins or 0.02% of the digital asset’s circulating supply. This new figure represents a 92% drop from the 56,870 reported in 2019. When using current bitcoin prices, the 2020 thefts caused losses that are equivalent to $140 million versus the 2019 equivalent of $1.78 billion. According to data that was shared by Jameson Lopp, the CTO at Casa, this marked...

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Kyrgyzstan Central Bank Is Set to Introduce Bills to Monitor Crypto Exchanges Activities and Forcing Them to Apply for Permits
Jan06

Kyrgyzstan Central Bank Is Set to Introduce Bills to Monitor Crypto Exchanges Activities and Forcing Them to Apply for Permits

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) revealed its new-year plans for the national crypto industry. They are about to introduce two drafts to regulate the country’s exchanges that aim to combat terrorism, money laundering, and protecting consumers. Kyrgyzstan Central Bank Set to Introduce Two Crypto Bills to Combat Terrorism Financing and Fraud According to Sputnik Kyrgyzstan, the central bank’s bills hope to add a series of...

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Onboarding Institutional Crypto Investors- Coinbase Helps Execute ‘One of the Largest Digital Asset Trades in History’
Jan06

Onboarding Institutional Crypto Investors- Coinbase Helps Execute ‘One of the Largest Digital Asset Trades in History’

Over the last year, institutional investors have been flocking toward crypto assets like bitcoin and after Microstrategy’s initial bitcoin purchase, the trending institutional demand for crypto started swelling. On Tuesday, the San Francisco trading platform Coinbase published a study that details how the company helped the firm One River Asset Management make “one of the largest digital asset trades in history.” Not too long ago,...

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