Alex Harutunian

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin proposes a mechanism to hide blockchain addresses. The stealth address system will provide privacy for user transactions in decentralized systems.

Payment Systems Department, Bank of the Lao PDR and Soramitsu signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch CBDC Proof of Concept on February 6, 2023

Steven Soderbergh funded the $300,000 grant for the Decentralized Pictures network in April 2022 to test the viability of blockchain film finance. And NFT-funded “Calladita” got that grant.

Tether and INHOPE have announced a collaboration to eliminate CSAM (child sexual abuse material) related payments on the network.

Moody's Corporation is preparing stablecoins scoring, Bloomberg reports.

Kevin Rose, founder of the NFT collection Moonbirds, had his wallet hacked. Rose’s estimated losses may exceed $1 million.

Paxos will increase the share of its USDP stablecoin in Maker's DAI Peg Stability Module (PSM). To facilitate this Paxos will transfer MakerDAO 45% of the income it gets from its own reserves on the deposited coins.

After years of speculation, retail giant Amazon is reportedly working toward NFTs in 2023.