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Hong Kong’s Central Bank Announces New Wholesale CBDC to Support Tokenization Market

Project Ensemble will "seek to explore innovative financial market infrastructure (FMI) that will facilitate seamless interbank settlement of tokenised money," HKMA said.Source link

Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Interest in ETH and SOL has increased substantially over the past few months and the ETPs will contribute to greater access to staking rewards for a wide audience, Figment said.Source link

Bitcoin Trade That Gave Bankman-Fried His Millions Returns in South Korea

Local market observers pointed out that the so-called “Kimchi premium” crossed a two-year high mark on Thursday.Source link

Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73M for ‘Fully Homomorphic Encryption’ Apps

The funding found was led by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs and included participation from Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood. The 'FHE' technology allows for processing of encrypted data, useful for privacy in blockchain and AI.Source link

BlockFi Settles With FTX, Alameda Estates for $874.5M

The settlement with FTX and Alameda Research is a key part of BlockFi's bankruptcy and reorganization plan.Source link