French banking giant Societe Generale’s crypto subsidiary Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE) has launched its MiCA-compliant EUR-backed stablecoin EUR CoinVertible (EURCV) on the Stellar network. The stablecoin is backed by Euros and issued on the Ethereum public blockchain. It’s also one of…
Altvest CEO Warren Wheatley confirmed the company’s initial Bitcoin purchase, amounting to a small fraction of one BTC, valued at approximately $98,000. Altvest Seeks Regulatory Approval to List Bitcoin-Linked Equity Instruments Wheatley noted that the firm has applied to local…
Blockchain founders like MOVE's Rushi Manche are clamoring for a spot in the president's crypto portfolio, hoping it will boost their token price. Updated Feb 13, 2025, 7:00 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 13, 2025, 5:25 p.m. UTC What to know: Donald Trump’s World…
Litecoin’s network activity has skyrocketed, with daily transaction volumes reaching $9.6 billion, fueled by mounting excitement over potential U.S.-listed Litecoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to a February 21 report from on-chain analytics platform Santiment, this surge in network utility has…
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As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.” Updated Feb 12, 2025, 3:16 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 12, 2025, 3:10 p.m. UTC What to know: The Ethereum community fears…