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Bank for International Settlements Reveals Launch of ‘Project Atlas’ in Effort to Track and Monitor Crypto
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), in partnership with financial institutions across Europe, has been working toward a data syste...
Bank for International Settlements and European Central Banks Developing Crypto and DeFi-Tracking System
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is collaborating with central banks in Europe to develop a crypto and decentralized finance (DeF...
Yield Protocol to permanently ‘wind down’ operations by December 2023
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Yield Protocol announced its decision to shut down by the end of the year due to the lack of b...
Bitcoin Blackmail Scams Most Successful Attack Vector, But Ransomware on the Rise
In crypto, the threat of scams looms large, and recent research by Coin Kickoff reveals a startling trend. Bitcoin blackmail scams have emer...
BIS, EU central banks building data platform to track crypto, DeFi flows
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has developed a proof of concept (PoC) for a system tracking on-chain and off-chain transactions...
Bitcoin Coming to Osmosis, Can Cosmos Become the DeFi Ecosystem for the Largest Crypto?
Bitcoin’s status as the oldest, most prestigious cryptocurrency comes with a slate of advantages. But its age also has drawbacks – parti...
Two Breaches Contribute to Majority of Q3 Crypto Losses
Web3 bug bounty platform Immunefi has revealed that two specific projects were responsible for the majority of the $662,850,580 in losses fr...
Portugal Central Bank Favors Global Crypto Framework
Banco De Portugal chief Mário Centeno said on Monday that crypto regulations are unlikely to work without a global framework. He argued tha...
Aptos (APT) Founder Names Three Things That Could Attract a Billion New Crypto Users
The co-founder of Aptos (APT) is weighing in on what developments in the digital assets space could attract the next wave of mass adoption. ...
CFTC Chair Demands ‘Additional Authority in the Crypto Space’ to Fight Fraud
In remarks to the Futures Industry Association Expo 2023 on Monday, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Benham tried to...
VC Roundup: Investors eyes blockchain analytics, gaming and crypto privacy
Crypto startups keep raising capital despite tight liquidity and adverse macroeconomic conditions. September saw major developments in the s...
Crypto synthetic assets, explained
What are crypto synthetic assets? Blockchain-based financial instruments called crypto synthetic assets imitate the value and behavior of ac...