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Australian university researchers have questioned Bitcoin’s reputation as the best store of value network in cryptocurrency, with Ethereum on track “to becoming the world’s first deflationary currency.”A Nov. 18 paper by four Australian researchers discusses how the EIP-1559 upgrade makes ETH a potentially better store of value. The research comes
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York launched the New York Innovation Center (NYIC) to build and test new financial technology including central bank digital currencies (CBDC), stablecoins and cross-border payments, the central bank division announced Monday.The NYIC is the result of a strategic partnership between the New York Fed
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) has started eating up syndicated loans.Announced Thursday, Maple Finance, a lending platform that specializes in liquidity pools made up of institutions, has launched its first DeFi syndicated loan for Alameda Research, the trading firm affiliated with global cryptocurrency exchange FTX.In the traditional world, a syndicated loan is
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has been ramping up research into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), but is not convinced “that a strong policy case has emerged in Australia,” said Tony Richards, Head of Payments Policy at the RBA.Australia’s current payment infrastructure provides consumers with ample safe and convenient options,
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Dear Baroness Kidron, Many thanks for your letter of 08 October and its accompanying annex relating to the evidence gathering by 5Rights in relation to the ICO’s age appropriate design code (Children’s code). It is encouraging to see the deep dive that 5Rights have done on the code’s influence in the lead
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Bitcoin (BTC) shook out leveraged traders in classic style this week, but new data suggests that the market is broadly healthier than earlier in the year.Highlighting findings from its latest weekly newsletter, data analysis firm Arcane Research showed how aligned futures markets have become in Q4 2021."Healthier" market keeps bullish
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Singapore-based cryptocurrency trading platform AscendEX has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Polychain Capital and Hack VC with participation from Alameda Research and other investors, the company said in a statement.Jump Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Eterna Capital, Acheron Trading, Palm Drive Capital and Nothing Research also
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Cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital said it has received a $75 million investment from trading firm Alameda Research.The investment will be used for growth opportunities, Voyager Digital (TSX: VOYG), said Thursday. Shares of the company soared 17% as of 10:20 a.m. in Toronto.The firms will tap opportunities in non fungible
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Short-selling research firm Hindenburg Research is to offering a bounty of up to $1 million for information that can uncover details about stablecoin Tether’s backing.The firm said it “has doubts” about Tether’s backing and is launching the Hindenburg Tether Bounty Program to encourage a search for previously undisclosed details about
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The additions are: Accenture, Advanced Micro Devices, American Express, Applied Materials, Avery Dennison, Facebook, FedEx, HDFC Bank, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, IBM, Infosys, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Mastercard, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, Procter & Gamble, Tesla, Taiwan Semiconductor, Twitter, Visa, Viacom and Workday. Source
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