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banking news
- european business forum bitpanda said it agrees with a Austriamajor traditional banks of Raiffeisenlandsbank, to explore ways of providing digital assets to its customers. The announcement states that the bank will “become a leader in the EU through this planned collaboration with Bitpanda.” The bank plans to offer its customers a wide range of cryptocurrencies, stocks, etf, Precious metals and commodities through Bitpanda’s SaaS offering. He added that trading will not go live this week, as this is just the beginning of the collaboration.
investment news
- crypto-focused financial services firm Galaxy Digital Partnered with Asset Manager dws To develop a set of exchange-traded products (ETP) for listing in Europe. “The strategic partner plans to explore other digital asset solutions at a later date,” Said Press release. The alliance is expected to combine DWS’s portfolio management, product structuring, and distribution expertise in liquid and illiquid asset classes with Galaxy’s technology infrastructure and research capabilities for asset management and digital assets. It added, “The purpose of the alliance is to be a catalyst for both companies to jointly profit from emerging digital asset opportunities.”
- crypto lender nexo City: Nexo PvtAn exclusive suite of digital asset wealth management solutions designed for high-net-worth private clients, with “various complementary service features specific to dealing with high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and family offices” comes Said, Benefits offered by the service include dedicated relationship management, personalized onboarding, custom terms and rates, superior OTC services and priority support.
cbdc news
- Chinabiggest messenger of WeChat Said that it created the digital currency of the country’s central bank (cbdc) Pay for transactions through its short video and mini-app platform, which covers merchants ranging from small influencers to brands promoting products on WeChat. update is extended digital yuan payment option that WeChat started supporting last year. The announcement states that only merchants that accept the CBDC will be able to take payments in it.
blockchain news
- open-source blockchain close protocol has gone live as blockchain operating system (BOS), “What Makes Web3 Useful for Everyone,” Said Press release. BeOS establishes the NEAR protocol as the entry point for browsing and discovering apps and removes one of the main challenges of decentralization by allowing developers to deploy apps once and have them available everywhere, while Gives users an easy way to find them. “With the launch of BeOS and thanks to the FastAuth feature, users will enjoy a seamless Web2-style onboarding experience allowing them to create accounts for any app on BeOS without the need for crypto.”
- avalanchea proof-of-stake (POS) blockchain developed by Ava Labs, Active Cortina upgrades to its mainnet, brings changes for developers to help optimize the network. upgrade Involved Migrating X-Chain to run Snowman++ consensus, meaning the entire network is moved to a single consensus engine – integrating Avalanche Warp Messaging (AWM) and enabling X-Chain transactions required changes.
- Cronos LabsKronos Chain, a blockchain startup accelerator focused on decentralized finance, blockchain gaming and ecosystem development, announced that it will leverage aws activeOne Amazon Web Services program, to support Web3 startups scale and grow through the Cronos Accelerator Program. Per Following the announcement, selected projects will undergo a 12-week acceleration program and receive up to $30,000 in upfront seed funding from Cronos Labs, with the chance to secure up to $300,000 in further seed funding.
bitcoin news
- Apple removed the Virtual Scanner II app and with it, Bitcoin Latest macOS Ventura 13.4 beta, whitepaper in AppleInsider informed of, The PDF document went viral three weeks ago, and it seems to have gone unnoticed by Apple users until 2020 when designer Joshua Dickens Posted About it on twitter. The report states that the whitepaper could be used as a simple test file that is conveniently small in size, or could be a bitcoin investor building the test app, or could be put up as a joke. .
web3 news
- Near Foundation announced near horizonlaunched in partnership with Dragonfly, pantera, decasonic, blockchain, Fabric Ventures, dlab, broken into piecesAnd factomind, It is an accelerator that enables founding teams to scale their project with the support they need, increasing the number of founding teams building products with real-world value. close protocolSaid in the press release. Startups will interact with NEAR Horizon through a double-sided marketplace application built on the NEAR blockchain operating system.