Generative AI storytelling startup Sekai announced Thursday that it raised $3.10 million in a seed round led by Hashed.
Asset manager Wisdomtree on Thursday announced the launch of its newest cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP), Wisdomtree Physical XRP (XRPW), on major European exchanges, including Deutsche Bo ̈ rse Xetra, six major Swiss exchanges, and Euronext in Paris and Amsterdam. The asset manager says its XRP ETP has a management fee rate of 0.50%, making it the most competitively priced XRP product in Europe. Wisdomtree explains that the product is fully supported by XRP, through an institutiona...
The Department of Justice announced a criminal charge on November 8 local time, accusing Iran of plotting to murder former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of this week's US presidential election. The Justice Department said an Iranian official directed a contact in September to develop a plan to spy on and ultimately kill Trump. The plan was thwarted by the FBI and failed. There has been no response from Iran.
The HKMA today announced that it intends to rename virtual banks as digital banks. The HKMA clarified that the choice of digital banks can be distinguished from the existing "digital banking services" of traditional banks. Digital banks place more emphasis on the business model and application of fintech adopted by virtual banks, rather than their form of deposit. In addition, the HKMA said that the renaming of virtual banks as digital banks does not mean that only such banks can provide digital...
On July 25th, the Core Foundation announced on Thursday that it will introduce a dual staking model for Core Chain. The model builds on Core's existing non-custodial bitcoin staking system, which was launched earlier this year. The dual staking model allows bitcoin holders to earn higher returns by staking bitcoin and CORE tokens. Since its launch in April, the non-custodial bitcoin staking system on Core Chain has attracted around 5,000 bitcoins, worth around $309 million, the foundation said.