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Stellar Node Outage Causes Two-Hour Complete Transaction Freeze - 0 views

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Stellar, whose lumens token is currently the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, went down entirely for around 110 minutes on May 15.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Stellar, whose lumens token is currently the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, went down entirely for around 110 minutes on May 15.</div>

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Neutral Dollar is Now Live - 0 views

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Neutral Dollar is a metastable basket of stablecoins. The result is a digital dollar designed to have lower volatility than individual stablecoins by combining fragmented pools of liquidity.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Neutral Dollar is a metastable basket of stablecoins. The result is a digital dollar designed to have lower volatility than individual stablecoins by combining fragmented pools of liquidity.</div>

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Currency Fears Drive Chinese Into Bitcoin - 0 views

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Crypto industry veterans say Chinese investors are behind the recent bitcoin spike, as they try to exchange out of the falling weak yuan, as Trump has raises tariffs.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Crypto industry veterans say Chinese investors are behind the recent bitcoin spike, as they try to exchange out of the falling weak yuan, as Trump has raises tariffs.</div>

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Coinbase Custody Now Has $1 Billion of Crypto Under Management, CEO Says - 0 views

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Coinbase launched its custody service 12 months ago, and the AUM has now crossed $1 billion with 70 institutions signed up.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Coinbase launched its custody service 12 months ago, and the AUM has now crossed $1 billion with 70 institutions signed up.</div>

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Bitcoin Rally Is Masking Capital Flight From Crypto Exchanges - 0 views

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Lost among the current bout of cryptocurrency euphoria is the fact that capital outflows are exceeding inflows on some of the biggest digital-asset exchanges

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lost among the current bout of cryptocurrency euphoria is the fact that capital outflows are exceeding inflows on some of the biggest digital-asset exchanges</div>

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Venezuela's Failed Cryptocurrency Is the Future of Money - 0 views

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Perhaps the chaos in Venezuela will be remembered for fusing-if only in theory-the technological and financial ideas that could someday allow us to link volatile resource prices with risky development to promote the economy's general welfare.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Perhaps the chaos in Venezuela will be remembered for fusing-if only in theory-the technological and financial ideas that could someday allow us to link volatile resource prices with risky development to promote the economy's general welfare.</div>

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Stablecoins by central banks: benefits for regulators, users, economy - 0 views

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For this article, we asked two questions. One question was about the benefits for a central bank from issuing a stablecoin and another was about the benefits for users and the economy from a stablecoin issued by a central bank.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For this article, we asked two questions. One question was about the benefits for a central bank from issuing a stablecoin and another was about the benefits for users and the economy from a stablecoin issued by a central bank.</div>

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More global banks commit to Finastra's Fusion LenderComm - 0 views

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Finastra has signed three global banks on its Corda Enterprise-based Fusion LenderComm platform as part of a coordinated campaign.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Finastra has signed three global banks on its Corda Enterprise-based Fusion LenderComm platform as part of a coordinated campaign. </div>

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Just 376 People Found to Own a Third of All Ether Cryptocurrency - 0 views

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Just 376 people hold a third of all Ether according to new research by Chainalysis Inc.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just 376 people hold a third of all Ether according to new research by Chainalysis Inc.</div>

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Bakkt Could Actually Launch Its Bitcoin Futures Trading In 10 Days Barring Any CFTC Obj... - 0 views

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Bakkt may finally receive the approval for its BTC futures in the next 10 days. It all depends on whether the U. S. CFTC decides to not to disapprove the futures.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Bakkt may finally receive the approval for its BTC futures in the next 10 days. It all depends on whether the U. S. CFTC decides to not to disapprove the futures.</div>

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Fintech Firm Billion Seals $2.1 Mln European Commission Grant for Blockchain System - 0 views

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Polish-British fintech firm Billon has sealed an almost €2 million grant from the European Commission's SME Instrument program to develop a blockchain document management system.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Polish-British fintech firm Billon has sealed an almost €2 million grant from the European Commission's SME Instrument program to develop a blockchain document management system.</div>

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Wild Crypto Market's Traders Get Something New: FDIC Protection - 0 views

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Crypto market prime dealer and trading system SFOX is partnering with NY-based MY Safra Bank to offer its traders deposit accounts backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Crypto market prime dealer and trading system SFOX is partnering with NY-based MY Safra Bank to offer its traders deposit accounts backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).</div>

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