Japanese port city wants to become the Web3 hub for the country

Through a new collaboration with Astar Japan Labs, the city of Fukuoka aims to become...

Pan-African crypto exchange Yellow Card wins virtual asset license

Yellow Card CEO said that the Botswana VASP license is the first license for African...

Ethereum at the center of centralization debate as SEC lays claim

Ethereum’s transition to PoS was celebrated as a key upgrade. However, a month after the...

Fireblocks launches crypto payment engine with Checkout.com and Worldpay as pilot partners

Checkout.com settled $1 billion in stablecoin transactions during its initial pilot phase of Payments Engine....

S. Korean watchdog goes after crypto whales to ensure AML compliance

The South Korean regulator noted that popular stablecoins used by the public might become a...

Santander bank trials blockchain platform for used cars in Brazil

Santander Brasil is also reportedly planning to launch crypto trading services to its customers, CEO...

Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC

Japan Credit Bureau will develop its CBDC infrastructure in collaboration with IDEMIA and Softspace. Post...

Web3 grows in online searches as interest in Bitcoin declines: Google Trends

Online searches for the term ‘Bitcoin dead’ reached an all-time high owing to peak anxiety...

Least volatile ‘Uptober’ ever — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

October 2022 has yet to prove itself as analysts predict “wild” Bitcoin price volatility for...

FTX to give a ‘one-time’ $6M compensation to phishing victims

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the exchange won’t be “making a habit of compensating” users...