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Mastercard sees no justification for consumers to use CBDCs

Payments giant Mastercard says adoption is the most challenging part for state-issued digital currencies. The second-largest payment-processing provider, Mastercard, sees no prospects for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) shortly, as consumers nowadays are “comfortable using today’s type of money.” In an interview with CNBC, Ashok Venkateswaran, APAC head for digital assets and

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BlackRock ETH ETF helps price past $2k; community sees BTC ETF as ‘done deal’

The world’s largest asset manager filed for a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Nov. 9, four months after filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF. BlackRock’s filing helped ETH prices soar past $2,000 for the first time in over a year.BlackRock’s intention to file for an Ethereum spot ETF

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October sees a spike in spot trading volume after 4 months of decline

October marks a significant uptick in cryptocurrency trading, with volumes hitting a seven-month peak driven by major digital asset rallies and ETF speculation. In a recent update from the cryptocurrency market analytics firm CCData, a notable surge in trading volumes on centralized digital asset platforms was observed for October. This marks

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Marathon Digital sees 670% revenue gain in Q3 as Bitcoin production surges

Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings saw its revenue surge $670% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, amid a nearly five-fold increase in Bitcoin production.The results saw Marathon also swing to a quarterly profit, with $64.1 million of net income in the third quarter, according to the firm’s Nov.

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