Don’t Tell Anyone, but Private Blockchains Handle Over $1.5T of Securities Financing a Month
Permission-based repo ledgers are among the most successful applications of blockchain technology.
Ether Traders Buy $4K Calls In Anticipation of Record High
Call buyers are implicitly bullish on the market.
McKinsey Sees Just $2T of Tokenized RWAs by 2030 in Base Case, With Broad Adoption ‘Still Far Away’
Previous reports from Boston Consulting Group and 21Shares forecasted over $10 trillion of tokenized assets by the end of the decade in their optimistic scenarios.
Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.
LayerZero Says Users Must Pay 10 Cents Per ZRO To Claim Token
The donations appear to be mandatory and the LayerZero Foundation will match proceeds upto $10 million.
Binance Fined $2.2M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit
Binance became the first offshore crypto-related entity, along with KuCoin, to be approved by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in May, conditional to paying a penalty.
Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry’s U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
The digital assets industry's Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.
Kraken Says Hackers Turned to ‘Extortion’ After Exploiting Bug for $3M
The bug found by a "security researcher" led to nearly $3 million stolen from Kraken's treasuries.
IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East’s Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency
The survey said that the 19 central banks in the region are exploring issuing a CBDC and the countries are mainly focused on how CBDCs can enhance financial inclusion...
Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21’s Passage
The House Financial Services Committee Chair spoke at Consensus 2024.