Neither the author, Ruholamin Haqshanas, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The European Central Bank (ECB) believes Bitcoin and other crypto assets are not suitable means of cross-border payments. Instead, the central bank claimed that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can evolve to be the […]
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Impel Adds Bitcoin to ISO 20022 Financial Messaging on XDC Network
Dallas, Texas, 2nd August, 2022, Chainwire New Cross-chain Interoperability via WanBridge Provides More Robust Options for Instant Settlement Impel is pleased to announce today that bitcoin (BTC) has been added to its ISO 20022 financial messaging API as optional collateral for making payments. This addition enables BTC to be used in the instant settlement process […]
Ledger Raises $100M at $1B Valuation to Fund Expansion Plans
Neither the author, Kingsley Alo, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Reports suggest that Ledger, the manufacturer of hardware crypto wallets, is close to securing at least another $100 million in funding. The new development is expected to give the company a higher valuation than […]
North Korea Using Fake Resumes on LinkedIn to Steal Crypto: Report
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. North Korean government officials in Pyongyang are suspected of plagiarizing resumes and pretending to be from other countries in an effort to raise funds for the government, according to Bloomberg News. The thieves are […]
Ledger Looking to Raise $100M as Investors Flock to Hardware Wallets
In the world of hardware wallets, Ledger is arguably the most well-known. Based on recent reports, it appears as though the company is not only managing to survive the latest market downturn, but actually thrive as it looks to raise a fresh round of capital at a valuation larger than it attained over a year […]
Aave DAO Gives the Green Light for Creating GHO Stablecoin
DeFi lending protocol Aave (AAVE) has seen its community make an important decision this weekend. After a long voting process, the community has decided to approve the creation of a new stablecoin called GHO — a token that will be backed by collateral consisting of a number of other digital currencies. The community has given […]
One Firm Thinks the Risks of Crypto Contagion Are Waning, But is it Correct?
Neither the author, Michelle Jones, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Concerns about crypto contagion have been running rampant since the latest bear market began earlier this year, but one firm suggests that those fears may have finally peaked. Among the evidence used to suggest […]
A Top 5 News Rundown – BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, BNB
As July comes to a close, we have just been granted a week providing a much needed reprieve from a prolonged market decline. Now, there are signs of sentiment surrounding digital assets slowly beginning to turn positive again. The following are a few news highlights from recent weeks involving the current top five assets in […]
Which NFTs Are True Blue Chips?
To anyone not immersed in the NFT world, it might seem strange to hear of some NFTs being labelled blue chip. In traditional markets, blue chip refers to companies and stocks that are of the highest quality, widely recognized and with a strong track record. In other words, they are safe investments that have been […]
Bitcoin Rally Liquidates $300 Million Worth of Short Crypto Positions
Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets have witnessed a strong comeback in the past few days after suffering a major correction in the last eight months. As a result, bearish crypto traders took a substantial hit as more than $300 million worth of short crypto trading positions have been liquidated in the last 24 hours. […]
