Societe Generale said it carried out a blockchain-based repurchase agreement with the Banque de France in what it called the first such tokenized transaction with a euro-zone central bank. The lender’s digital assets-focused subsidiary, SG-Forge, deposited as collateral some bonds issued in 2020 on the public Ethereum blockchain in exchange for central bank digital currency […]

The ranks of cryptocurrency developers held steady in 2024, as some recent entrants left the industry while veterans mostly stuck around, according to a <a href=”httpss://www.developerreport.com/developer-report” target=”_blank”>report</a> released Thursday by Electric Capital. The total developers working in crypto worldwide was basically flat, declining a statistically insignificant 7% from a year earlier, and the number of […]

Activist investor Starboard Value has made a large investment in bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) and is pushing for changes in the company’s business model, <a href=”httpss://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/activist-starboard-value-takes-stake-in-bitcoin-mining-company-riot-82b3796f?mod=hp_lead_pos10″ target=”_blank”>The Wall Street Journal reported</a>, citing people familiar with the matter. Starboard has been pushing Riot to convert some of its bitcoin mining sites into data centers that […]