Category: Breaking

The Japanese company announced its plan to adopt bitcoin as a reserve asset to hedge against the volatility of the yen in May.

The boss of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said “cautious consideration” needs to be given to the decision of approving crypto-related exchange-traded funds.

A wallet linked to the $200 million hack of the Nomad bridge in 2022 transferred 14,500 ETH to sanctioned coin-mixing service Tornado Cash, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.

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A major upgrade to Vega’s blockchain and decentralized perpetuals exchange will allow users to bet on the outcomes of future events.

The $420 million OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund was previously available on Stellar and Polygon.

The feature was introduced in testnet in March, and allows users with a NEAR account to sign transactions on blockchains it supports, without the need for cross-chain bridges.

Algoz will use Zodia’s Interchange service to offer off-venue settlement and mitigate risks around liquidity and insolvency.

Ripple soared 17.5% while Solana climbed 8.9%, leading the index higher.

The Galaxy-backed stablecoin project aims to attract DAO treasuries to allocate in their new stablecoin.