Coinbase Cloud Joins Chainlink as Node Operator to Bolster Security
Telecoms giants Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and news provider Associated Press are also Chainlink node operators.
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Borderless Capital Leads Wormhole-Powered $50M Cross-Chain Fund
Among the other investors are Jump Crypto, Arrington Capital, the Solana Foundation and Aptos Labs.
Ledger Continues to Defend Recovery System, Says It’s Always ‘Technically’ Possible to Extract Users’ Keys
“Technically speaking it is and always has been possible to write firmware that facilitates key extraction. You have always trusted Ledger not to deploy such firmware whether you knew it or not,” Ledger said on Twitter.
ApeCoin DAO Approves Proposal to Boost Bored Ape NFTs, APE Ecosystem Growth
The Ape Accelerator will incubate and launch new projects that strengthen the Bored Ape Yacht Club and ApeCoin ecosystems.
Ripple Starts Platform for Central Banks to Issue Their CBDCs
The firm will also showcase a real estate tokenization product as part of Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s e-HKD pilot.
First Mover Americas: Axie Infinity Rallies After Apple App Store Debut
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 17, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Ripple Buys Crypto Custody Firm Metaco for $250M
Metaco will continue to operate as an independent business unit led by CEO and founder Adrien Treccani.
Tether Says It Will Buy Bitcoin for Stablecoin Reserves Using Realized Profits
The company, which issues the $82 billion USDT stablecoin, reported $1.48 billion of net profits in 2023 Q1 and revealed $1.5 billion in BTC holdings.
StanChart-Backed Zodia and LMAX Digital to Provide CoinShares With Crypto Trading Infrastructure
LMAX Digital and Zodia Custody are to provide institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody to CoinShares.
Indian Authorities Asked to Restore Crypto Exchanges’ Access to UPI
India’s government and central bank have received proposals asking to restore access of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a widely popular real-time payment system, to the crypto industry.