Joseph Branch

Joseph Branch

U.S. to launch analogue of Russian SBP

The U.S. Federal Reserve has confirmed that in July it will launch a long-awaited instant payment system (a counterpart to Russia's SBP), which some consider an alternative to digital currencies and central bank stablcoins, writes Cointelegraph. The Instant Payments Network will make payments in seconds and support transactions between

U.S. banks are ready to work with the crypto industry

Despite the collapse of Silvergate, Signature and SVB, U.S. banks are ready to work with cryptocurrencies, reports CoinDesk. Santander, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, BankProv, Bridge Bank, Mercury, Multis and Series Financial have all said they are willing to serve the cryptosphere.

Cuba started to accept cards of the Mir payment system.

Cash withdrawal is already available in Havana In the capital of Cuba, Havana, a number of banks have started accepting cards of the Russian payment system "Mir". This is reported by TASS citing its own correspondent. According to the agency, ATMs began to display the "Mir" logo. Cash withdrawal is

DeFiance Capital raised an "eight-figure sum" of investment

Venture capital firm DeFiance Capital has raised an "eight-figure sum" of investment. That's what The Block reports. According to sources familiar with the matter, the company held the first closing of its $100 million "liquid token fund." This was facilitated by a "good mix of investors," represented by other crypto

Meta is developing a decentralized Twitter-like application

Meta is working on the development of a decentralized Twitter-like application. The company itself confirmed the rumors: "We are exploring an autonomous decentralized social network for text messaging. This is a promising project in which users, including public figures and politicians, will be able to share the latest news and

China to allocate €200,000 to Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety

China will allocate €200 thousand for nuclear safety in Ukraine, said an official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning, Sina reports. "China's decision to donate €200 thousand to Ukraine's nuclear safety technical assistance program through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is aimed at supporting the IAEA's efforts

U.S. transferred bitcoins confiscated from Silk Road hacker

The U.S. government transferred about 50,000 BTC (over $1 billion) seized from the Silk Road hacker to the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange and unknown wallets. It was reported by PeckShield. Recall that Silk Road was one of the most successful "black" platforms at the beginning of bitcoin's development in

"The White House is aware of the Silvergate situation," spokeswoman

White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre commented on the situation surrounding the Silvergate crypto-bank at a press briefing: "So, we are aware of the situation and are following the news. I won't comment specifically on Silvergate. But apparently it's just one of the cryptocurrency companies that has faced significant problems.

Bitcoin NFT market to grow to $4.5 billion by 2025

Galaxy has published a report titled "Bitcoin Inscriptions & Ordinals." In it, the company states that the bitcoin-based NFT market will reach a capitalization of $4.5 billion by 2025. In a "bearish" scenario, the value will be much more modest - $1.5 billion, in a "bullish" scenario -

Exchanges in Ukraine have suspended operations with bank cards

Some crypto-exchanges have stopped operations on withdrawal of funds to Ukrainian cards. Binance confirmed this information on Twitter. The founder of Ukrainian exchange Kuna Mikhail Chobanyan also reported about the problem. Whitebit also joined the list. "Now fiat channels, namely deposit and withdrawal via bank card and other payment services