Don’t Expect a Thai CBDC Soon
Officials from the Bank of Thailand recently announced that they plan to reschedule the first pilots for their CBDC initiative to late 2022 Unlike Japan, which has accelerated CBDC efforts…
Podcast: Why Jack Dorsey hates Web 3 & DAOs beating VCs for investments | Weekly Roundup
Welcome back to another episode of Empire’s Weekly Roundup. The Weekly Roundup airs every Friday morning with Jason Yanowitz and co-host, Santiago Roel Santos. In today’s weekly roundup Jason &……
Join The ‘Running Bitcoin Challenge’ To Fight ALS In Honor Of Hal Finney
Raise money and run a half marathon between January 1-10 to win prizes and honor the memory of early Bitcoin supporter Hal Finney. Donate bitcoin to fight ALS and win…
Binance Says Singapore License Withdrawal Due to ‘Redundancy’ not AML Shortcomings
Singapore is no longer a candidate for the firm’s official home, as the exchange withdrew its application with the local regulator on December 13 Binance did not give a reason…
Coinbase President: Crypto on Pace for 1 Billion Users Within 5 Years
Transparency and clarity around crypto regulation will be necessary for crypto ecosystem to thrive, according to Emilie Choi, Coinbase’s president and COO Company looks at potential “crypto winter”… ] Go…
Senators Can’t Agree on Path for Stablecoin Regulation During Hearing
The Senate Banking Committee heard from four stablecoin experts Tuesday to discuss the future of regulation Stablecoins are not effective when it comes to payments, some witnesses argued US Senators……
How Crypto-Related ETFs, Stocks Have Performed Compared to BTC
The returns of Amplify Investments’ Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK) total about 35% in the trailing year, while bitcoin’s price is up 115% over that time The stock prices of…
CoinShares Execs: Retail Investor Interest Going Beyond BTC, ETH
The majority of retail investor interest is now going beyond bitcoin and ether, according to CoinShares Chief Revenue Officer Frank Spiteri The firm is looking into how it can share…
Fine Art to Be Recreated Thanks to Inheritance Art
PRESS RELEASE. NFTs have exploded in terms of popularity and usage in 2021, and for good reason. Artists and content creators alike have been able to profit immensely from NFTs,…
HP-Branded Servers Hijacked to Mine $110,000 Worth of Cryptocurrency
Hackers recently took control of a group of HP-branded servers and used them to remotely mine a cryptocurrency called raptoreum, according to reports. This resulted in the compromised cluster of…