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Central Bank of the Philippines to Complete Wholesale CBDC Pilot This Year, Hints at Securities Focused Use Case

The Central Bank of the Philippines revealed that it aims to conclude the ongoing wholesale CBDC pilot, Project Agila, later this year. The pilot, which currently includes the participation of…

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Bitcoin Whale From 2015 Moves ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Worth $163M as Historic Wallets Wake Up

As bitcoin remains stable above the $69K mark, an entity from 2015 made onchain waves by moving 2,352.62 bitcoins valued at more than $163 million. This individual executed the transfer…

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Latam Insights: Argentina Arrests $400 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Founders, Brazil Defines Crypto Regulation as a Priority

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: $400 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme founders were arrested…

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Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Portfolio Value Soars to $13.2 Billion, Marking a 116% Gain

According to the latest figures, Microstrategy’s investment in bitcoin has doubled, showing a 116% increase after the cryptocurrency’s value experienced a significant rise this past week. The company, specializing in…

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Meme Token Frenzy Drives up Ethereum Fees, Testing Network’s Scalability

Amid a significant uptick in ERC20 tokens, especially meme coins, the expense of conducting transactions on Ethereum has notably increased, pushing the average fee to $22.19 for each operation. Further…

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