Category: Currency Market

[ad_1] A former MIT alumnus and SoftBank executive has launched a Dirham-backed stablecoin that aims to give countries plagued by high inflation environments exposure to assets linked to the United Arab Emirates’ native currency. Cointelegraph reached out to Akshay Naheta, founder and CEO of Distributed Technologies Research (DTR) following...

[ad_1] El Salvador has been advised by the global monetary watchdog to exercise caution in expanding government exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) due to the “speculative nature” of crypto markets. A Feb. 10 statement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasized that Bitcoin’s risks to El Salvador have “not materialized”...

[ad_1] One of the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club copycat NFT collection RR/BAYC has filed an opposition notice against 10 trademark applications from Yuga Labs. The move marks another strange twist in the ongoing intellectual property dispute between BAYC creators Yuga Labs and RR/BAYC founders Ryder Ripps...

[ad_1] It wasn’t long ago that crypto was referred to as just that: crypto. For those wanting a more technical-sounding slant, there was a broader phrase: blockchain technology. And, prior to all this, there was simply, in the very early era, Bitcoin. If you follow crypto developments nowadays, though,...

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm CleanSpark is planning to continue its strategy of scooping up distressed mining company assets this year.  The Bitcoin miner released its fiscal Q1 earnings presentation on Feb. 9, where the company said it remained optimistic about the coming year and continued growth. Chief Financial...

[ad_1] Crypto Mining is one of several methods for creating new digital coins. To do so, miners would need to use various processing units to solve complex puzzles known as hashes, validate cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network, and add them to the distributed ledger. Miners who successfully solve...

[ad_1] Max Levchin, the CEO of buy-now-pay-later company Affirm, has confirmed that they will be shutting down their “Affirm Crypto Program” amid dampening consumer spending and a changing macroeconomic environment. The CEO released a letter to shareholders on Feb. 8 alongside a 19% staff cut. He cited uncertain macroeconomic...

[ad_1] Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are a new and rapidly growing market in the cryptocurrency and digital art worlds. NFTs are one-of-a-kind digital assets that represent ownership of a specific item, such as a work of art, a collectible, or music. These tokens are stored on a blockchain, which is...

[ad_1] The UK’s financial market supervisor, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and...