Crypto Bridge Heists Swiping $1 Billion Spur Race for Alternatives High-profile hacks on crypto “bridges” — which let users swap digital tokens across blockchains — are creating opportunities for exchanges and other businesses to offer more secure alternatives. Crypto exchanges FTX and Coinbase Global Inc. are deepening their capabilities to...
Shortly after legalizing the use of cryptocurrency, the Central African Republic (CAR) recently became the second country in the world, after El Salvador, to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. Related: Central African Republic is the Latest Country to Embrace Crypto The announcement by the landlocked country, one of the...
Two mortgage fintechs will be the first to allow their customers to register loans with DART, a digital lien and eNote registry system that’s an alternative to the mortgage electronic registration system commonly known as MERS. Blue Sage Solutions, a cloud-based lending platform, and Docutech, a digital fulfillment firm and...
The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank, DBS, says cryptocurrency “can be an alternative to gold.” He added that regulating crypto “out of the formal banking system is an unwise thing to do.” DBS’ CEO on Cryptocurrency and Regulation DBS Bank Group CEO Piyush Gupta talked about cryptocurrency and its...
