Leap of faith from politics to Upland – a busy world of Web3, blockchain and metaverse July 3, 2023 Upland's Chief of Staff - Danny Brown Wolf - discusses making the move from politics and law with some notable overlaps in Web3.
OKX expands Man City deal to become Premier League champions’ sleeve sponsor June 30, 2023 Manchester City and OKX have expanded their sponsorship deal with the crypto exchange becoming the Premier League champions' sleeve partner.
Three quarters of Brits concerned about UK authorities controlling money via a CBDC June 30, 2023 Research from Trezor has revealed concern over the government's plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Smarter Contracts secures more than $1 million in funding June 29, 2023 Smarter Contracts has closed $1.095 million of funding, secured through two private investors and the recent prize win.
Technology used in Bank of England’s CBDC project now available to any business June 27, 2023 Blockchain finance platform Quant is set to make infrastructure used in the Bank of England's CBDC test project available to businesses.
Five-year prison sentence for man who hacked Twitter accounts of Kanye West, Elon Musk and Joe Biden in Bitcoin scam June 26, 2023 A British national who was involved in a crypto scam that hacked into the accounts of celebrities has been jailed for five years.
DEGA received 16 million ADA in support only 24 hours after ISPO launch June 23, 2023 DEGA launched its Gamified Multichain ISPO this week, receiving $4.2m worth of Cardano's ADA token in the first 24 hours.
UK must have a ‘Goldilocks’ approach to crypto rules or risk scaring firms off, warns minister Griffith June 20, 2023 The UK must strike a “goldilocks” approach to crypto rules and not scare off a crop of fintech firms with an overly “hot” regulatory clampdown, the City minister has warned.
IMF working on global platform for exchange of CBDCs to avoid economic fragmentation June 19, 2023 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working on a platform to enable countries to transfer transactions between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from different countries. According to Reuters, managing director Kristalina Georgiva said “CBDCs should not be fragmented national propositions…To have more efficient and fairer transactions we need systems that connect countries: we need interoperability.” [...]
Crypto: FCA cannot ignore ‘harms that exist’ in market as new rules come into force June 19, 2023 The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) crypto lead Matthew Long said regulators could not ignore “the harms that exist” in the market as new rules come into force. Speaking at London FinTech Week, Long said regulators around the world needed to be vigilant of the risks that the crypto sector poses to consumers. He said “opportunities [...]