Reserve Bank of Australia is seeking potential use cases for CBDC
The Reserve Bank of Australia in collaboration with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) is investigating potential uses for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the nation. The collaborative project of the Reserve Bank of Australia and DFCRC would concentrate on “new use cases and business models” that might be supported by the issuing […]
Circle freezes 75,000 USDC linked to blacklisted Tornado Cash addresses
Stablecoin issuer Circle has frozen more than 75,000 USDC linked to unsuspecting Tornado users and has blacklisted the smart contract addresses linked to the users’ accounts. According to crypto data aggregator Dune Analytics, Circle, the creator of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, frozen over 75,000 USDC worth of funds linked to 44 Tornado users’ addresses […]
Glassnode: BTC and ETH derivatives gain despite crypto winter
A new Glassnode letter reveals a surge in the derivatives market and a more upbeat outlook among traders of bitcoin and Ethereum. Glassnode’s latest research reveals that there is considerable investor interest in trading BTC futures markets and hoarding their ETH bags, despite the fact that the bitcoin price has been trading sideways with a […]
Institutions rush to Ethereum as Merge approaches: Report
Institutional investments in Ethereum products have increased as a result of “more clarity” surrounding the Merge, according a CoinShares research. According to the most recent CoinShares report, institutional investors are pouring money into Ethereum based digital asset funds, which have seen positive inflows for seven consecutive weeks. Last week, said inflows were $16.3 million, bringing […]
Co-founder F2Pool reacts to claims of cheating Ethereum POW
The statement follows claims made by Israeli researchers that F2Pool had manipulated Ethereum block timestamps to increase mining earnings. Chun Wang, a co-founder of F2Pool, has replied to claims that his mining pool has tampered with Ethereum block timestamps in order to “consistently increase mining rewards.” The mining pool is accused of conducting a “consensus-level” […]