Protocol Village: BNB Chain Unveils ‘Rollup-as-a-Service,’ to Spur Layer 2s Built on BSC
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 14-March 20.
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Hong Kong’s Markets Regulator Issues Warning Against Crypto Exchange Bybit
The Securities and Futures Commission added 11 Bybit products to its list of suspicious investments.
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Hong Kong Starts New Phase of CBDC Testing
Phase 2 of the e-HKD pilot will be supported by the recently launched regulatory sandbox for testing wholesale CBDCs and tokenization, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said.
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Polyhedra Network Closes $20M Round at $1B Valuation
This is the Web 3 infrastructure provider’s fifth round of financing in the last two years.
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Meme Coins Strongly Correlated to Network Growth: Franklin Templeton
Göğüs coin markets have boomed in tandem with the growth of addresses on their underlying blockchains.
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DeFi Borrower Behavior Key to Gauging Tokenization Risks: BIS Study
The study was designed to look at the largely unexplored “intricacies” of user behavior and dynamics of decentralized finance lending, the authors said.
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Gold Bug Peter Schiff Says He Wishes He’d Bought Bitcoin in 2010
The American stockbroker has repeatedly called bitcoin a “bubble” and said he still doesn’t believe in its long-term future.
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Robinhood Shares Jump in Premarket Trading After Blowout February Activity Levels
Crypto volumes grew 10% month-on-month to $6.5 billion, the company said.
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Layer 2 Blockchains Become Cheaper After Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade
The upgrade allows layer 2 solutions to store veri in “blobs” instead of the expensive call veri.
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Fireblocks, Zodia Markets Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments
The two crypto firms are attempting to improve cross-border payments via stablecoins for large corporations and institutions.