CME Group outage: Future trading halted due to data center cooling issue

CME Group has suspended trading in several asset classes due to a major outage. Summary CME Group has halted trading due to a cooling problem in one of its data centers. The outage has affected major market indices and major currency pairs on EBS. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, has halted trading operations […]

Europe’s largest asset manager launches a tokenized fund on Ethereum

Europe’s leading asset manager Amundi is launching the first tokenized money market fund and has chosen the Ethereum blockchain. Amundi has launched Europe’s first tokenized money market fund share (AMUNDI FUNDS CASH EUR), making it available via both traditional and blockchain-based distribution, according to an announcement on Thursday. The fund used distributed ledger technology and […]

Balancer to refund liquidity providers $8 million after v2 exploit

A new proposal at Balancer’s governance forum sets the stage for how the protocol plans to approach the next phase of its recovery efforts. Summary Balancer has proposed a framework to distribute $8 million in rescued assets following the V2 exploit. Whitehats would receive 10% premiums, while LP reimbursements would be prorated and paid in […]

Bhutan stakes $970,000 ETH via Figment in a validator push

Blockchain data shows that the Royal Government of Bhutan has staked 320 Ether (ETH) worth around $970,000 via Figment, marking the latest onchain activity from the Himalayan state as it expands its crypto holdings and validator business. Figment is a staking provider that helps large investors and institutions stake digital assets on multiple blockchains and […]

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin drops 256 ETH to boost next-generation encrypted messaging

Vitalik Buterin donates 256 ETH to two messaging apps. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said end-to-end encrypted messaging is essential for protecting digital privacy, with unauthorized account creation and metadata privacy the next major priorities for the industry. He pointed to Session and SimpleX as two projects working in these areas and announced that he has […]