February 9, 2023 Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin says no chance ETH is classed as security The ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder said it’s as unlikely as ride-sharing service Uber becoming illegal. Ethereum co-founder and crypto entrepreneur Joseph Lubin is…
February 9, 2023 New York Fed says Bitcoin shares most features of ‘a store of value’ The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a Feb. 9 report that Bitcoin performs more kin to a precious metal like gold but…
February 9, 2023 Bitcoin [BTC]: Will increasing Taproot adoption boost prices? Bitcoin Taproot adoption boomed as there was a 5% increase. Miners faced the heat as selling pressure increased. The recent increase in Bitcoin [BTC]…
February 9, 2023 Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Goerli Testnet with Open Source Codebase and Audits Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet…
February 9, 2023 Mississippi senate passes bill to protect cryptocurrency miners from discrimination The state already has crypto miners, the bill to protect them still has to pass the house of representatives and be signed by the…
February 9, 2023 DeFi TVL increased 26.82% in January DeFi’s total value locked (TVL) recorded an increase of 26.82% in January to reach $74.6 billion, according to DappRadar’s January Industry report. “The DeFi…
February 9, 2023 3AC and CoinFLEX launch website, waitlist for crypto claims exchange The exchange will allow crypto bankruptcy claims to be traded, according to an official Twitter announcement. A crypto exchange project initially proposed by 3AC…
February 9, 2023 Kraken to end staking in $30M SEC settlement Crypto exchange Kraken will discontinue its staking services as part of a settlement with the SEC, according to a press release from the regulator…
February 9, 2023 Rocket Pool’s Ethereum staking service reaches $1B in TVL The milestone comes less than two years after the launch of its mainnet. According to data from DefiLlama, Ethereum staking service Rocket Pool reached…
February 9, 2023 China’s 180M digital yuan airdrop, Devastation in Turkey, Laos’ CBDC: Asia Express Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. China airdrops 180 million digital yuan to celebrate Lunar New…