Author: Ben Knight

If you haven’t followed the markets over the past 24 hours…it might be a good idea to keep your head in the sand. Cryptocurrency has been decimated this week, with hundreds of billions seeping from the market in a matter of days. The crypto market capitalization has dropped to US $2.92 trillion (AU $4.6 trillion)

Amid declarations of the apocalypse, cogs are still whirring in the background. Despite the broader crypto market’s struggles this week, several new projects are enjoying newfound success and adoption. One of the biggest stories this month has been Soneium – an Ethereum scaling solution developed by Japanese tech giants Sony…

Despite the crypto markets having a mostly quiet February, institutions continue working away in the background to bring innovations to the blockchain industry. Figure Markets has announced the release of a new yield-bearing stablecoin built atop Solana’s network. The token, YLDS, will follow the Secured Overnight Financing Rate minus 0.5%. …

The first steps toward the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) greenlighting a spot XRP ETF have been taken. Despite an ongoing legal tussle between Ripple Labs and the regulator, pundits believe the new-look SEC will eventually drop the lawsuit. And fittingly, on Valentine’s Day, the animosity might be starting to resolve as the SEC officially

If I told you that Berlín was the real-life embodiment of a fictional Bitcoin City, you’d be forgiven for wondering when Germany became so crypto-friendly. But look again – Germany has nothing to do with it. No, Berlín is a 20,000-strong city a few hours from the capital of El Salvador…