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NorthRock identified three main layer 2 networks on Bitcoin: Lightning, RSK and Stacks. Each layer 2 “is complementary and has different goals, but of the three Stacks is furthest along in terms of developing an ecosystem for more traditional crypto applications (NFTs, DeFi, Name Services, etc.),” NorthRock wrote. Source
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Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency (CBDC). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — expected by many to throw his hat into the ring for the 2024 U.S. presidential race — has called for a ban on a digital dollar
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Other services on the exchange remain as they were, and would not be affected by the upcoming change. Top cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced to its users that it will be suspending automated clearing house (ACH) deposits and withdrawals on March 27. According to a CoinDesk report, the decision stems from
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SVB collapse chilled NFT trading volumes: DappRadarThe recent collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) resulted in dwindling numbers for NFT trading volumes, with traders holding on to their assets amid the banking crisis in the United States.Before the crisis, NFT trading volumes were around $68 million to $74 million.
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A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down. SVB Financial Group has filed a voluntary petition for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court. The company is
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Over 40,141 bitcoin (BTC) were moved in a single transaction on March 16, 2023 — showing once again how the introduction of BTC improved large settlements. The bitcoin transaction in question moved $1.05 billion from 254 addresses to two separate output addresses. The cost of the transaction was 333,000 satoshi worth
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Representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve will be testifying before the United States House Financial Services Commission in a newly announced hearing investigating the collapse of two major banks.In a March 17 notice, Representatives Maxine Waters and Patrick McHenry — ranking member and chair of the
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Welcome to the latest edition of Cryptox’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible tokens. Every Wednesday, the Nifty Newsletter informs and inspires you to dig deeper into the latest NFT trends and insights.In this week’s newsletter, read about why Meta decided to “wind
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Last week, another major quake shook crypto markets. Silvergate Bank — a crypto-fiat gateway network for financial institutions and a significant on-ramp for cryptocurrencies in the United States — shut down operations due to liquidity problems. A couple of days later, another Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured institution, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB),
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The Cosmos community has approved a vote to add “replicated security (RS)” to its chain, with 99.99% of votes in favor of the motion. The much-awaited upgrade is set to go live on March 15, 2023, with the v9-Lamba upgrade. RS is the first version of Cosmos’s Interchain Security (ICS) feature,
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