The Fed’s near-zero interest rate experiment was destined to have unintended consequences. Backstopping SVB’s collapse is just the first one

Good morning. Well, that was fast. The U.S. government yesterday effectively eliminated the cap on Federal Deposit Insurance, telling depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and at another failed bank—Signa...

Introducing News Explorer: An Experiment in Human-AI Collaboration

With today’s refresh of the Decrypt homepage, you may have noticed the addition of a new section with a modest footprint: a human-curated feed of AI-summarized breaking news headlines generated from s...

Frax’s shift to a fully backed stablecoin signals the end of DeFi’s algorithmic experiment

The Frax community recently approved a proposal to make its FEI stablecoin fully backed by USD equivalents, rather than maintaining a partially backed and semi algorithmic stablecoin. With Frax’s deci...

Spotify to Experiment With Playlist NFTs

Streaming giant Spotify is experimenting with NFTs. However, there’s no promise these “token-enabled playlists” will be a permanent feature. Spotify is trialing a new feature known as “token-enabled p...

Zambia’s Blockchain Experiment: Revolution in Crypto Regulation

Zambia partnered with “DLTledgers” to develop a regulatory framework to ensure transparency and accountability in the crypto market. How this new addition will affect investors in Zambia is a topic of...

Nigeria’s CBDC program called ‘a very dark experiment’

Ad Referencing the e-Naira, Journalist Nick Corbishley said, “A very dark experiment is underway in Nigeria.” In a tweet posted on Feb. 16, as riots broke out across several Nigerian cities, Corbishle...

IMF issues warning on El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment amid calls for greater transparency

Ad El Salvador’s embrace of Bitcoin has yet to realize any initially predicted risks. However, greater transparency and attention are still needed, that is, according to a statement by the Internation...

NFT project was actually a “social experiment” designed to shed light

Little Shapes NFT was first conceived as a “social experiment,” as disclosed by Atto, the pseudonymous originator of the project. The goal of the “social experiment” was to bri...

Little Shapes was a ‘social experiment’ to expose NFT botnets: founder

Atto, the pseudonymous founder behind Little Shapes NFT, has revealed that the project was actually a “social experiment” designed to shed light on large-scale nonfungible token (NFT) bot network scam...

Saudi Central Bank Says Ongoing CBDC Experiment Focused on Domestic Wholesale Use Cases – Fintech Bitcoin News

Saudi Arabia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment, which is being carried out in conjunction with local banks and fintechs, is presently focused on domestic wholesale uses cases, the cent...

Saudi Central Bank To Experiment With CBDC Alongside Fintech Lenders And Companies

As the adoption of digital assets continues to grow widely, entities are following suit while aiming to use digital assets in their own way. In today’s news, the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) unveiled its...

Cryptosat Completes Experiment to Initiate ZK-Proof System in International Space Station

California-based crypto-satellite developer Cryptosat and global hackathon organizer DoraHacks ran the first-ever cryptographic trusted setup for zero-knowledge in space. According to the official pre...

Cryptosat and DoraHacks complete ZK proof experiment on space station

The first successful experiment to launch a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof system in space occurred onboard the International Space Station (ISS) today, in a partnership between crypto-satellite developer ...

Charles Hoskinson To Test Cardano’s New Wallet With $1,000,000 Worth Of ADA Experiment ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Charles Hoskinson says he will test IOHK’s new Lace Wallet with $1,000,000 worth of ADA. He points to the recent LastPass hack as the key reason why ...

Charles Hoskinson Says He’ll Run $1,000,000 ADA Experiment With New Cardano Wallet To Test Security

Cardano (ADA) co-founder Charles Hoskinson says he’s willing to bet on an upcoming security feature for the new Lace wallet. Lace, built by Cardano developer Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), is a lightw...

ConsenSys introduces new experiment for sharing goods and wishes

ConsenSys has announced an innovation dubbed Soulflake xyz. The creation will enable users to share good wishes, gratitude, gifts, and love during this holiday season. Unveiling of Soulflake xyz for u...

Spain’s Central Bank to Experiment with Wholesale CBDC

The Central Bank of Spain announced plans to launch its own experimental program for a wholesale CBDC. The Bank of Spain is looking to collaborate with organizations that are interested in participati...

Spain’s central bank to experiment with wholesale CBDCs

Spain’s central bank, the Bank of Spain (BDE), said it intends to launch an experimental program to begin testing wholesale central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) and is seeking collaboration proposa...

Bank of Spain’s Newest Experiment- CBDCs!

The post Bank of Spain’s Newest Experiment- CBDCs! appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The Bank of Spain is launching an experimental study on wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to...

Ethereum Net Issuance Since Merge Reaches 2,400, Has Deflation Experiment Failed?

Arman Shirinyan Dream of deflation flies away from Ethereum as net issuance is positive again Ethereum’s deflation was initially considered as the main fuel for the growth of the second biggest ...

Botched Bitcoin Experiment Using Chivo Wallet Cost El Salvador’s Taxpayers Over $20 Million

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp After causing great excitement upon its launch last year, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has come under fire, particularly with the Chivo wallet, w...

The Bitcoin Experiment, which made MIT Students Rich

In 2014, MIT’s Dan Elitzer and Jeremy Rubin ran an experiment where they gave every interested student $100 worth of Bitcoin. That is roughly $300 per coin. The $100 worth of Bitcoin that the lucky st...

Amazon used AWS in satellite experiment

An image captured by the ION Elysian Eleonara satellite in January 2022. D-Orbit Amazon’s cloud computing division successfully ran a software suite on a satellite in orbit, in a “first-of...

Milwaukee Bucks Like To Experiment With Different Lineups

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – NOVEMBER 25: Head Coach Mike Budenholzer of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts to a … [+] call during the first half of the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Fiserv Fo...

Bank of Japan to Experiment with CBDC in 2023

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that it is working with the country’s top three banks to launch a trial of the digital yen. According to reports by Nikkei, Japan’s central bank has started planning ...

Japan Kicks Off Central Bank Digital Currency Experiment

Japan’s central bank has started planning a central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment with the country’s major financial players, according to a major newspaper report today.  The Bank of Japan ...

Derek Jeter’s Foray Into Sports Team Ownership Appears To Be A One And Done Experiment

Derek Jeter (r.) is a guest at Joe Torre’s (l.) “Safe at Home” gala on Nov. 10, 2022 at Gotham Hall … [+] in Manhattan. Christian Red It has been an eventful year for Hall of F...

‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’ – Bitcoin News

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactio...

New York Fed completes experiment using on-chain digital dollar

An office within the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has completed a test of a central bank digital currency for wholesale, cross-border transactions, exchanging a U.S. digital dollar with experiment...

Is Zuckerberg’s $100B metaverse experiment doomed to fail?

Not everyone is convinced that Mark Zuckerberg’s massive metaverse experiment is a good idea. Since Facebook rebranded to Meta in 2021, the social media giant’s focus has increasingly shifted to conne...

Twitter Starts Its Tweet Tiles Experiment Into NFT Marketplaces

5 hours ago | 2 mins read NFT News The Tweet Tiles trial is now active for the five NFT marketplaces. The marketplaces such as OpenSea and GuardianLink’s Jump.trade have been picked for the pilot. Twi...

The Madeira Bitcoin adoption experiment takes flight

This spring, the Madeiran archipelago “adopted” Bitcoin (BTC). Madeira’s President, Miguel Albuquerque, was invited onto the stage at Bitcoin Miami 2022 by Jan3 CEO Samson Mow to announce the promise....