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On April 13, a C6 Bank customer in Brazil shared screenshots of his online bank account, revealing that the financial institution was tracking CO2 emissions from his purchases and urging him to compensate monetarily. C6 Bank states that the new tool aims to inspire Brazilians to adopt more sustainable behaviors. ‘CBDC
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T. Rowe Price Associates, together with several prominent Wall Street companies, is set to explore the potential of the Avalanche blockchain to revolutionize financial trade execution and settlement using a new application called Spruce. T. Rowe Price Associates is joining forces with several Wall Street companies to explore the Avalanche blockchain’s
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According to several reports, the Salvadoran government-issued bitcoin wallet, Chivo, has been freezing wallets and requesting that owners verify the source of funds. The founder of El Zonte’s Bitcoin Beach stated that the government’s bitcoin wallet software is flagging and freezing wallets that receive transactions from Wasabi, a non-custodial bitcoin
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In the past 20 days, the Arbitrum blockchain has recorded a significant number of transactions coinciding with the recent ARB airdrop that occurred on March 23. About two weeks ago, on that day, the Arbitrum network recorded an all-time high of 2.72 million transactions settled in 24 hours. L2 Network Arbitrum
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“Crypto has witnessed both volatile and liquid markets, and with institutional adoption remaining strong, we believe the time is right for the offering that TNS brings to the table,” CDE’s CEO Boris Ilyevsky said. “Dedicated cloud infrastructure connectivity coupled with our derivatives exchange represents a mission-critical step toward supporting and
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“ckBTC means low transaction fees, speed, and, most importantly, no bridges,” said Dominic Williams, founder at Dfinity, in a note to CoinDesk. “This is a milestone in the Bitcoin journey, and the Dfinity Foundation is excited to see how projects building on the Internet Computer blockchain implement ckBTC and explore
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Open source bitcoin (BTC) developer Timo P — also known by the pseudonym 0xB10C — recently published a blog post highlighting the activities of an unidentified entity named LinkingLion. The entity has been connecting to bitcoin nodes and listening to transaction announcements since 2018, potentially allowing it to link transactions
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EU lawmakers have voted in favor of imposing a €1,000 limit on crypto transactions where the customer cannot be identified. “Entities, such as banks, assets and crypto assets managers, real and virtual estate agents, and high-level professional football clubs, will be required to verify their customers’ identity, what they own
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Nigeria has been struggling with a crippling cash shortage since the central bank started replacing old naira notes with new ones late last year. Currency in circulation has slumped to about 1 trillion naira from 3.2 trillion naira in September, Emefiele said, according to Bloomberg. The shortage of notes has
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Global payment provider Mastercard is launching a stablecoin digital wallet integration with the Australian stablecoin platform Stables.Mastercard and Stables on March 20 announced a collaboration to allow retail customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to spend their stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted.The collaboration involves a stablecoin-only wallet built by Stables,
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