Mutually beneficial collaborations are essential in the blockchain space, and two leaders have partnered up to consolidate their operations. Algoracle, the Algorand blockchain's foremost oracle service, has announced a partnership with peer-to-peer social dApp 2i2i. The partnership intends to...
MasterCard has initiated the process of filing fifteen new trademark applications in the blockchain space, including Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Metaverse. Mastercard has filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), according to Mike Kondoudis,...
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is facing a $100,000 fine and five years in prison for assisting North Korea in benefiting from the use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain to circumvent sanctions. The American developer violated regulations governing interactions between...
Iranian authorities have issued guidelines for the issuance of digital currency in the country, but the rules are only applicable to the country's central bank's digital currency, the Digital Rial, and not to cryptocurrencies. The CBDC's pilot phase is...
Binance announced that it has obtained provisional authorization to operate as a virtual asset broker-dealer in Abu Dhabi. On April 10, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)'s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) granted Binance In-Principle Approval (IPA) for a...
Tanzanian financial officers are calling for a clear global policy on the use of cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). These officials believe that more debates should be held concerning these assets before a consensus is reached by...
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea is currently collaborating with cryptocurrency exchanges to share information regarding potential threats to their operations. The NIS decided to offer its assistance because of the increased threats that major crypto trading...
According to the Financial Times on March 6th, Meta Platforms Inc. has formulated plans to incorporate virtual currencies, tokens, and lending services into its applications, intending to use such virtual tokens to reward creators as well as for lending...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the country's apex bank and financial sector watchdog. In the course of its routine surveillance, the CBN discovered that some banks, including Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, United Bank of Africa, and Stanbic...
The Singapore parliament recently passed a law - the Financial Services and Markets Bill- that dictates the process overseas-only crypto companies must undertake before they are allowed to offer services within the country. According to the law that was...
