Weekend Wrap: Ether Strategy’s wrong address, El Salvador’s Satoshi statue and more
A project that describes itself as an onchain MicroStrategy for Ethereum blamed a UI fault that caused users to send 165 ETH to the wrong address, while El Salvador has a new disappearing Satoshi Nakomoto statue. Source link
Retail CBDCs fail to address real consumer needs, survey shows
Interoperability, privacy, and infrastructure still pose hurdles to retail CBDC adoption, a survey by GlobalData reveals. Central bank digital currencies are still a tough sell, even where they’ve officially launched. GlobalData’s latest survey report reveals that for consumers in many countries, CBDCs just don’t offer enough to make the switch from familiar payment methods, as […]
THORChain suspends network to address $200M debt
On Jan. 24, THORChain announced via X that it had paused its network due to excessive debt and leverage issues impacting its ecosystem. The platform owes nearly $200 million in ecosystem debt. In DeFi, ecosystem debt occurs when a blockchain owes more tokens than it holds, as seen with THORChain’s current situation. This often results […]
Tether adds $700m Bitcoin to reserve address
Tether, the issuer of $140 billion stablecoin leader USDT, increased its Bitcoin holdings by $700 million. Tether added 7,629 Bitcoin (BTC) alued at approximately $700 million to its corporate crypto reserve address on Dec. 30, according to transaction data from on-chain insight provider Arkham. The (USDT) stablecoin operator now holds 82,983 BTC, worth $7.7 billion […]
