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Walmart and Amazon Explore Stablecoins for Global E-Commerce Payments
Walmart and Amazon are reportedly mulling plans to issue their own US dollar-backed stablecoins for customers, signaling wider institutional stablecoin adoption…
GameStop Shares down 20% on $500M upsizing, signaling Bitcoin Investments
Video game and consumer electronics retailer GameStop has increased its planned private convertible note offering to $2.25 billion, signaling a deeper commitment…
Darknet Marketplace Haowang Still Up And Growing
Major darknet marketplace Huione is reportedly still operating and growing, despite the shutdown of its website and Telegram channels. Haowang Guarantee, formerly…
Czech Bitcoin Scandal Spirals Into No-Confidence Vote
The Czech Republic’s main opposition party has called for a no-confidence vote in the government on Thursday, accusing it of corruption over a $45 million Bitcoin…
Tencent exploring MapleStory developer Nexon acquisition
Tencent, a Chinese technology and holding company with a global footprint, is reportedly exploring the possibility of acquiring game developer and publisher…
Shift to Digital Asset Tech Won’t Be Slow — Franklin Templeton CEO
In an opinion piece published in Fortune, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson wrote that the “advantages of blockchain are so compelling that we don’t foresee…
FSB Warns Crypto Nearing Tipping Point as Stablecoins Deepen TradFi Ties
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is sounding the alarm on growing risks from the crypto sector, warning that interlinkages with traditional finance are nearing…
Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Debuts on Ripple’s XRPL
Circle's USDC stablecoin (USDC) launched on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) on Thursday, bringing the overcollateralized dollar-pegged token to users of the layer-1…
Hong Kong Builds Crypto Tracing Tool with University
Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to develop a digital tool to track cryptocurrency transactions in suspected…
Nillion Launches Enterprise Cluster for Blockchain Privacy
Several technology companies have joined Nillion’s newly launched Enterprise Cluster — an initiative aimed at extending decentralized applications beyond…