A senior UN official has urged the organization to explore how crypto, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins can drive human development. In a blog post published Monday, UN Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja wrote that Bitcoin and Ethereum have…
Ben Chow, co-founder of Meteora, has stepped down from his role following the controversy surrounding the Libra meme coin, according to an announcement by Meow, the pseudonymous founder of Solana-based DEX Jupiter. Meow, who also co-founded Meteora, stated on X…
Shares of HK Asia Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, skyrocketed nearly 93% on Feb. 17 after the company disclosed its purchase of one Bitcoin. The announcement, made on Feb. 16, stated that the firm had acquired one BTC…
One of Russia’s most senior politicians has floated the idea of creating dedicated power stations that could serve an exclusive clientele comprising only crypto miners. The comments came from Aisen Nikolaev, the head of the State Council Commission on Energy,…
South Korean banks are growing keener than ever to strike lucrative new partnership deals with the nation’s biggest crypto exchange players, a report has claimed. Per Newspim, several banks are paying attention to developments at the market-leading exchange Upbit. The…
DOGE announced two separate actions aimed at holding federal agencies accountable on February 17. In one development, the agency launched a public oversight account on X, urging citizens to report alleged instances of waste, fraud, and abuse in the U.S.…