According to the official announcement, MicroStrategy will redeem the $1.05 billion convertible bond in 2027 and settle all conversion requests in stock.
Eurozone banks need a digital euro in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to promote a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency usually pegged to the U.S. dollar, European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone said on Friday. That would help lure more customers away from banks and strengthen the case for the ECB to launch its own digital currency.
Howard Lutnik, Mr. Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, detailed his finances, according to documents released by the Office of Federal Government Ethics. Howard Lutnik, Mr. Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, said he would sell his stakes in companies including GE Healthcare, GE Vernova, GE Aerospace and Nasdaq once his nomination was confirmed.
SignalPlus, a cryptocurrency trading software developer, completed a $11 million Series B funding round, led by AppWorks and OKX Ventures, with participation from Avenir Group and HashKey. It is reported that SignalPlus is an Asian cryptocurrency trading software service provider that aims to expand globally. Founded in 2021, it provides institutional-grade trading tools in the cryptocurrency space.
Notice of the People's Bank of China on the Public Solicitation of Comments on the Administrative Measures for Reporting Cyber Security Incidents in the Business Field of the People's Bank of China (exposure draft).
According to the official website of the United Arab Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the SCA has released the draft regulation of securities and commodity tokens and invited the public to provide feedback by February 14, 2025. According to the draft, security tokens include equity tokens, bond tokens, Islamic bond tokens, and commodity tokens include gold tokens, oil tokens, etc. These tokens are all built on the blockchain/DLT platform and can be traded on the virtual asset...
According to the 2024 Ecosystem Year-End Report released by TON, the following achievements are summarized: Add 36.20 million wallets • Daily average active wallet reached 1.80 million Over 1,700 Mini Program developers earn $60 million with Telegram Stars Processing up to 40 million active addresses per month Looking ahead to 2025, TON plans to launch TON Teleport BTC for seamless Bitcoin integration, a Society DAO to enhance community engagement, and more Telegram collaboration tools.
On January 24th, according to official news, OKX has now fully upgraded the combined margin account model, combining the same perpetual contract, delivery contract, option and spot of the USDT standard, USD standard and USDC standard into the same risk unit, aiming to achieve cross-standard hedging, effectively reduce the margin required by users, and improve the utilization rate of funds. In addition, this upgrade also introduces a more scientific dynamic adjustment mechanism, reducing MR1, 6, ...
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: If our expectations for the economic and price outlook are realized, we will continue to adjust the intensity of easing policy.
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The timing and extent of interest rate hikes will further depend on economic, financial, and price conditions.
On January 24, according to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch ARCUSDT, SWARMSUSDT, and COOKIEUSDT perpetual contracts on the web, app, and API from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm (UTC + 8) on January 24, 2025. The detailed rules are as follows: -ARCUSDT contract trading opening time: 7:00 pm on January 24th (UTC + 8) -SWARMSUSDT contract opening time: 7:15pm on January 24th (UTC + 8) -COOKIEUSDT contract trading opening time: 7:30 pm on January 24th (UTC + 8)
New York's Department of Financial Services has issued a consumer alert warning against "sentiment-based virtual currencies," known as meme coins, highlighting their extreme volatility, lack of regulation and high risk of fraud, including "chive-cutting" schemes that suddenly drive up shipments. The department warned that these tokens are often...
On January 24th, the Bank of Japan raised its target interest rate from 0.25% to 0.50% if it expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points. The rate hike was the largest since 2007, and interest rates rose to a new high since October 2008. After restarting interest rate hikes in March last year, the Bank of Japan has raised interest rates three times in less than 12 months.
On January 24th, the Bank of Japan made an interest rate decision by 8 votes to 1, and the Bank of Japan's deliberator, Toyoaki Nakamura, disagreed with the decision to raise interest rates.