Three Dutch firms, Quantoz Payments, NPEX, and Dusk, announced on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, they have teamed up to launch the EURQ, a digital euro. Partnership 📣 We are pleased to share that, together with @npex, we have partnered @Quantoz!…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed the network’s long-term development on Wednesday, emphasizing the importance of balancing Layer 1 scalability with Layer 2 expansion while ensuring the blockchain remains decentralized and resilient. “Hybrid L1 + L2” Approach Proposed by Vitalik Buterin…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially acknowledged Bitwise’s application for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Tuesday, filed through the Cboe BZX Exchange. This recognition represents a key step toward integrating regulated XRP investment products into traditional…
DeFi platform MANTRA Finance said Wednesday that it secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This achievement allows MANTRA to operate as a virtual asset exchange, offering broker-dealer and investment management services…
South Korea’s most senior financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Kim Byung-hwan, says the nation needs to move “quickly” to regulate stablecoins. But the FSC chief has concerns about the “strength” of the USD. Per the South Korean…
The Czech National Bank (CNB) is considering studying Bitcoin
South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that TerraUSD and LUNA tokens do not qualify as a financial investment product under the Capital Markets Act, according to Korean newspaper Etoday reports. This decision confirms that the cryptocurrency cannot…
Abstract has released a post-mortem following a security breach involving Cardex, a third-party app within The Portal. The breach affected approximately 9,000 wallets and led to the theft of around $400,000 in Ethereum. Early this morning, the Abstract security team…
Binance Founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has donated nearly $100,000 to the victims of the recent Libra scam – but he received more than that amount in his wallet from people wanting to help the effort. It started when CZ replied…
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has launched a 12-point roadmap under the “ASPIRe” initiative to fortify the city’s virtual asset (VA) market. ASPIRe stands for Access, Safeguards, Products, Infrastructure, and Relationships. The roadmap aims to enhance…