Abu Dhabi's financial regulator has opened a public consultation on a proposed regulatory framework to guide the supervision of fiat-referenced tokens (FRTs), a category of stablecoins. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market...
El Salvador's National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) has announced that it will offer training and certifications to 80,000 government employees on how to manage, interpret and implement public policies related to Bitcoin. According to a recent press release, the...
Blockchain data analytics platform CoinGecko has issued a warning about a fake airdrop scam that appears to be linked to it. In an August 21 post on X, CoinGecko warned its followers about deceptive claims regarding a GECKO...
State Street Corporation, a major U.S. banking institution, has formed a strategic partnership with Taurus SA, a leading provider of digital asset infrastructure, to enhance its digital asset capabilities. This partnership is expected to strengthen State Street Bank...
Crypto exchange Bitget has expanded the Fiat-to-Crypto options on its platform by integrating two new payment methods: Apple Pay and Google Pay. In a recent press release, the Seychelles-based exchange announced that iOS-based and Andriod-based device users can...
China’s highest court and public prosecution agency have, for the first time, acknowledged crypto transactions in their updated interpretation of the country’s anti-money laundering laws. At a joint press conference on August 19, representatives from the Supreme People’s...
The former CEO of the now-defunct Kansas-based Heartland Tri-State Bank, Shan Hanes, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Hanes, who hails from Elkhart, Kansas, pleaded guilty to...
Fairshake, a crypto-aligned super political action committee (PAC), has reportedly lost the support of billionaire Democratic donor Ron Conway. This comes after the PAC committed to spending millions to oust Democratic Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown. According to a...
Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is set to propose a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency sector. At a recent stakeholder engagement with the National Assembly’s Finance Committees, FIRS Executive Chairman Zacch Adedeji reportedly announced plans to propose...
HashKey Group has announced its entry into the Web3 space through a new partnership with Catizen, a Telegram Mini App. According to a press release issued today, August 19, this collaboration aims to harness The Open Network (TON)...
