PRESS RELEASE. Chicago, IL — April 4, 2024 — Lumerin, a pioneer in the decentralized Bitcoin mining marketplace, and Quai, a groundbreaking Layer-1 crypto network for the global and compute economies, proudly announce a strategic alliance aimed at expanding access to Bitcoin mining. This collaboration seeks to combine Lumerin’s expertise in decentralized data stream routing […]
Diana Tlupova, Head of Compliance at Nexera ID, has argued players in the decentralized finance (defi) space can stay ahead of regulators who might want to impose stringent Know-Your-Customer (KYC) rules by using zero-knowledge (zk) proofs to authenticate user credentials. Tlupova contends that, in addition to allowing users to maintain control over their KYC data, […]
An independent nonprofit organization said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds has enabled the “mass marketing of a known worthless, volatile, and fraud-filled financial product to Main Street Americans.” The organization claimed that bitcoin proponents will likely portray the approval as some kind of government endorsement of cryptocurrencies. Large […]
Ripple and the Africa-focused payment fintech startup Onafriq recently said they are collaborating to enable crypto-based cross-border payments between Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the U.K., and Australia. Using Ripple’s platform helps Onafriq achieve its goal of making borders “matter less when it comes to payment within, to, and from Africa.” Accelerating Financial […]