PRESS RELEASE. [Singapore, April 12th 2024] Yala, a liquidity and stablecoin protocol, is excited to unveil its new vision for the future “to create a thriving, open ecosystem that unlocks the full potential of DeFi on Bitcoin”. This ambition reflects Yala’s dedication to catalyzing mass adoption of decentralized finance on the world’s most resilient blockchain, […]
The Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, unveiled the second wave of detentions linked to a crypto money laundering scheme derived from unregistered oil sales paid in different currencies and crypto. The former president of the state-owned oil company PDVSA, Tareck El Aissami, the former Economy Minister Simon Alejandro Zerpa, and entrepreneur Samark Lopez were […]
On Thursday, the financial technology firm and stablecoin provider Circle introduced smart contract capabilities aimed at enabling holders of the Blackrock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to exchange their shares for USDC through Circle. Circle Provides BUIDL Off-Ramp This week, Circle announced it is providing a redemption pathway for BUIDL holders through USDC. BUIDL, […]
On Tuesday, Proshares introduced two new offerings: the Ultra Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, sporting the ticker BITU, and the Ultrashort Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), known as SBIT. While BITU is designed to deliver two times the daily returns of bitcoin, SBIT is structured to produce double the inverse of bitcoin’s daily returns. Proshares Introduces Leveraged and […]
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings has crafted a block that prominently displays the letter “M” by carefully arranging transactions and fee rates within its mining pool. This novel approach introduces a creative twist to block creation in the blockchain realm. Despite this innovative step, Marathon has made it clear that it currently does not offer […]