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Privy, the Web3 data privacy solution, is reported to have completed a series A financing round that was led by Paradigm and participated in by Sequoia Capital and other well-known names who acted as earlier investors. On the same day, Privy announced that Huang, a former partner at Sequoia Capital, was
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Wintermute Asia, a branch of the algorithmic trading firm Wintermute Group, has executed its first options block trade through CME Group, marking a significant collaboration between crypto and traditional financial markets. Wintermute Asia, a subsidiary of the algorithmic trading giant Wintermute Group, marked a significant milestone in the landscape of cryptocurrency
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Bullish, which is run by former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) President Tom Farley, bought 100% of CoinDesk from crypto-focused investor Digital Currency Group (DCG) in an all-cash deal, the Journal said. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source
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With the growing use of crypto in Ukraine, there is a ‘pressing need’ for effective investigations, OSCE officials say. Ukrainian officials have completed the second training organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on crypto investigation in a bid to enhance its fight against money laundering. In a
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Payment processor Visa has completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank. According to the Nov. 1 announcement, the e-HKD program involves tokenization of deposits, where the money deposited with a bank is minted on the firm’s own blockchain ledger with the
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The deployment brings DAS technology into play, which offers an innovative scaling approach. It allows blockchain nodes to verify data availability for specific blocks without the need to download the entire datase In the latest development, modular network Celestia successfully deployed its mainnet beta, known as “Lemon Mint”, which brings data
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The transaction is part of SHPGX’s efforts to provide a solid response to the Shanghai municipal government’s requirements to use the digital yuan in cross-border trade. Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – digital yuan or e-CNY – has been used for the first time to settle a cross-border oil transaction. According
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Yuga Labs, a company behind the major nonfungible token (NFT) project, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), has completed restructuring amid the ongoing challenges in the industry.Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre took to X (formerly Twitter) on Oct. 17 to report that the company has finalized its restructuring that was announced
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Binance burned about 2.13 million BNB coins during the last three months thus bringing the total coins removed from circulation to about 50.2 million units. Binance, a leading blockchain ecosystem with the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange by Bitcoin’s daily traded volume and globally registered users, has announced the completion of the
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JPMorgan’s Onyx Coin Systems has scored another win in the Middle East with the completion of a blockchain-based cross-border payments pilot project with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB). The pilot phase was “executed seamlessly with satisfactory response times,” according to a statement. The FAB pilot wound up weeks after a similar
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