Coinbase is acquiring a minority stake in Circle Internet Financial. Their Centre Consortium, which governed the USDC stablecoin, is being dissolved and Circle is bringing the stablecoin fully in-house. Six new blockchains will integrate with USDC, taking the total to 15. Though not identified, Polkadot, Near, Optimism and Cosmos are chains Circle has said it […]
Earlier today, the world’s leading crypto exchange Binance announced that it will retire selected deposit addresses and memos in batches by networks from July to September. The move comes as a measure to upgrade the Binance wallet infrastructure, enabling better efficiency and fund security for users. #Binance will be retiring selected deposit addresses and memos […]
Crypto custodian Hex Trust has announced the addition of a blockchain gaming specialist to its board of directors. Mark Cheng joins Hex Trust’s board of directors, according to a statement, to provide experience, knowledge, and network in digital assets, investments, and GameFI – the intersection between gaming and finance. Prior to joining Hex Trust, Cheng was a […]
Blockchain oracle network Chainlink has launched its staking feature to help increase the economic security of the platform’s oracle services. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Chainlink mentioned that the new staking feature is an integral part of its “Chainlink Economics 2.0” efforts that focus on security and sustainable growth. Before the staking feature, Chainlink […]
