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OKX Ventures, the VC arm of crypto exchange OKX, and Aptos Foundation, the organization behind the Aptos layer 1 blockchain, have launched a $10 million ecosystem growth fund. The initiative aims to accelerate the growth of the Aptos blockchain ecosystem and promote widespread adoption of Web3 technologies. The fund will primarily support an accelerator program, operated in partnership with Ankaa, focusing on nurturing quality projects and applications built on the Aptos blockchain, the companie...

A joint effort by the Bank for International Settlements and the Bank of England has shown it can deliver near real-time data on stablecoins’ liabilities and the assets backing them. Dubbed Pyxtrial, the initiative could also extend to monitoring other tokenized products backed by real-world assets in an attempt to address major challenges for financial watchdogs, a report published on Wednesday reads. Pyxtrial includes features that allow authorities to pull data directly from issuers' systems...

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo formally introduced a bill to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday seeking to establish a national Bitcoin reserve as political interest for the industry comes into focus. Dubbed the Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act of 2024, the bill aims to strengthen "the position of the U.S. dollar in the global financial system," per the text of the bill. The legislation was first announced by Lummis during the annua...

Riot Platforms, a NASDAQ-listed Bitcoin miner, reported a net loss of $84.4 million in its latest quarterly financial report, even as the price of the world’s largest crypto remained relatively stable. Instead, its loss was primarily driven by a 52% year-over-year (YOY) decline in the number of Bitcoin mined between April 1 and June 31, Riot said Wednesday. Riot also reported a non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $32.1 million, along with depreciation and amortization costs amounting to...

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Project Pyxtrial is a first step towards a tool that could support supervisors and regulators in proactively detecting issues in stablecoin backing, a report said.

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The Bahamas' Parliament passed the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act, 2024 (DARE 2024), The Securities Commission of The Bahamas announced on Tuesday.