Nearly 400 Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPS) in Estonia have voluntarily shut down or revoked their authorizations after the government's recently strengthened Terrorist Financing Prevention and Anti-Money Laundering Act (AML) came into force in March.
Internet payments processor Stripe has launched a fiat-to-crypto onramp to address the "cold start problem" Web3 companies face when customers don't have "cryptocurrency in their wallets to transact."
Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Stops Bitcoin, Second withdrawal on May 8, citing a large backlog of pending withdrawals. Binance tweeted on May 8 that it had “temporarily” shut down BTC withdrawals due to “a large number of pending transactions.”
The Approval of Nigeria's National Blockchain Policy has the country's crypto Community Ecstitute as it Signals More Room for Growth in the Country's Cryp To Industry. A Number of Local Experts Commented on the New Policy and the Implications for the Nigerian Blockchain Ecosystem.
Big Four accounting firm Deloitte has integrated blockchain technology to allow clients to store verification credentials in a digital wallet to streamline an "often inefficient" verification process.
Liechtenstein PM Daniel Risch Announces Plan to Accept Bitcoin, As payment for government services. As local news reports, the tiny European nation continues to embrace blockchain technology.
Bitcoin suddenly soars, Transaction fees and unconfirmed transactions sparked concerns on crypto Twitter over the weekend about a potential denial-of-service (DoS) "attack" on the network.
Worldcoin, a project that recognizes humans and differentiates them from artificial intelligence, has launched a gas-free crypto wallet for verified humans, according to a May 8 announcement.
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to pervade every industry around the world. The latest crypto industry adopter is Crypto.com, which announced its new generative AI user assistant.
Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has retracted images generated by artificial intelligence used in a campaign to promote police brutality during nationwide protests in Colombia in 2021.
Bitcoin worth $1 million, The price bet was 97% below its price target, with backer Balaji Srinivasan opting to donate a total of $1.5 million to three different entities as a settlement.
Shares in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will remain "under pressure" until regulators create legal "rules of the road" in the US, analysts at Citi Investments said.
On May 2, the European cryptocurrency investment company CoinShares released the latest "Digital Asset Fund Flow Weekly Report", reporting that the digital asset market experienced bearish sentiment for the second consecutive week, with a total of $72 million in outflows.
Kenyan lawmakers are considering a 3 percent tax on the transfer of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, and a 15 percent tax on online monetized content, under a newly introduced bill.
Funds on the platform of bankrupt cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital could begin returning to creditors in the "coming weeks," the Voyager creditors committee said
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that primarily prevents local governments in the state from passing laws banning cryptocurrency mining.
The administration of US President Joe Biden released a national standards strategy for critical and emerging technologies on May 4. The strategy states that the United States will prioritize standard-setting in eight areas.
The North Carolina House of Representatives has unanimously passed legislation aimed at banning payments to US states using central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.
