LongHash Ventures, the Singapore-based Web 3.0 blockchain accelerator and investor, has launched a US$15 million blockchain fund. The new fund will be used to invest in tokens and early-stage blockchain companies,...

The Bank of Korea on Monday issued a book on legal issues surrounding central-bank digital currency, also known as CBDC. The book calls for revisions to the law to create an environment where the CBDC can successfully...

Theres a new player in South Koreas crypto industry. A social media giant that wielded influence in the countrys internet scene in the early 2000s has rebranded its business and will soon be launching a new...

With the crypto market rally pushing Bitcoin and Ether prices to new all-time highs, one of the worst things that could happen to investors is to forget the passwords to their crypto wallets. Fortunately, theres an expert...

Two Swiss firms just launched the first tokenized asset under the countrys new blockchain law. New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology took effect on Monday, February 1, the same day when the token was...

SBI VC Trade, a subsidiary of Japanese financial behemoth SBI Group, has launched lending for the XRP cryptocurrency, according to its Feb. 4 announcement. From now on, the holders of the fifth-largest cryptocurrency...

According to a press-release, two global payment heavyweights, MoneyGram and Visa, have joined forces to launch the first real-time peer-to-peer solution to send remittances to Asia. This payments corridor will connect...

Per Yonhap News Agency, Hanwha Investment Securities will purchase 2.0694.45 shares of Dunamu, the parent company of UPbit, for approximately 58.3 billion won (approximately US$52.31 million). After the purchase, the...

Blockstream announces that they are now broadcasting the Bitcoin Core source code worldwide over Blockstream Satellite. With low-cost, widely-available hardware, users can set up Blockstream Satellite receivers and...

Colombian banks are set to form an unlikely alliance, with some of the nations biggest crypto exchanges set to work together on a cryptoasset transactions pilot. Per Semana, the pilot will, in most cases see crypto...

Microstrategys Bitcoin investment was viewed as risky resulting in its downgrade by one of the largest banks in the world. However, the business intelligence firms massive BTC holdings actually buoyed its shares, which...

The crypto industry will soon welcome another payments giant into its fold. Visa has recently revealed plans to allow cryptocurrency trading on its network. Visa Incs CEO Alfred Kelly revealed that the firms plan to...

Most central banks are already exploring the possibility of issuing their own central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a recent report, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) projects that a number of countries will...

2020 has been a banner year for the crypto market. Despite initially faltering in March with the coronavirus pandemic-induced crash, it recovered and even rallied to new heights with various cryptocurrencies such as...