{"id":1075,"date":"2023-08-24T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:50:38","slug":"australian-cbdc-may-be-useful-for-payments-coinbase-wins-approval-to-offer-crypto-futures-trading-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/australian-cbdc-may-be-useful-for-payments-coinbase-wins-approval-to-offer-crypto-futures-trading-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian CBDC may be useful for payments; Coinbase wins approval to offer crypto futures trading in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Weekly&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Update: 24 August 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">1) Australian CBDC may be useful for payments&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/australia-rba-cbdc-pilot-finds-uses-payments-tokenization\">[Cointelegraph]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Australian CBDC may foster innovation in financial markets and promote private digital currency advancements while enabling complex payment structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">2) Coinbase wins approval to offer crypto futures trading in U.S.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/coinbase-gets-approval-allow-crypto-futures-trading-us-2023-08-16\/\">[Reuters]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coinbase secured approval to offer cryptocurrency futures to U.S. retail customers, scoring a regulatory win against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">3) Balancer reveals &#8216;critical vulnerability&#8217; in some V2 pools&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/246821\/balancer-reveals-critical-vulnerability-in-some-v2-pools\">[The Block]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Balancer mitigated most of the threat, but 4% of TVL remains at risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">4) Binance futures launches copy trading&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tokeninsight.com\/en\/news\/binance-futures-launches-copy-trading\">[TokenInsight]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Binance Futures announced it will gradually launch copy trading feature from 6:45 am UTC on August 22.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">5) BNB chain exploiter liquidated for $30M on Venus Protocol&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2023\/08\/21\/bnb-chain-exploiter-liquidated-for-30m-on-venus-protocol\/\">[CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An infamous wallet that had borrowed over $150 million worth of stablecoins from lending and borrowing platform Venus Protocol was liquidated for over $30 million as bnb (BNB) prices fell to $209.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">6) Coin Center urges Congress for clearer crypto tax regulation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/246644\/coin-center-urges-congress-for-clearer-crypto-tax-regulation\">[The Block]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coin Center sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">7) Crypto prices rally back as SEC said to be ready to greenlight ether-futures ETFs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/246130\/crypto-prices-rally-back-as-sec-said-to-be-ready-to-greenlight-ether-futures-etfs\">[The Block]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crypto prices briefly bounced back on the news that the SEC is poised to approve ether-futures ETFs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">8) Curve founder believes $CRV OTC buyers will stick with 6-month lockup&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tokeninsight.com\/en\/news\/curve-founder-believes-crv-otc-buyers-will-stick-with-6-month-lockup\">[TokenInsight]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael Egorov, founder of Curve, confirmed that he had an agreement with the $CRV OTC buyers that they needed to lock the tokens for 6 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">9) Ledger announces U.S. PayPal integration, lets users buy crypto from within app&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ledger-announces-u-s-paypal-integration-lets-users-buy-crypto-from-within-app\">[Cointelegraph]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through the new integration, verified PayPal users in the United States will be able to buy BTC, ETH, BCH, and LTC directly through Ledger Live.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:2\">10) Social platform Friend.tech gains 100K users in days even in depths of a bear market&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2023\/08\/21\/friendtech-gains-100k-users-quickly-in-depths-of-a-bear-market\/\">[CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The growth correlates with the more than $25 million in revenue generated by the platform since its Aug. 10 launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balancer reveals &#8216;critical vulnerability&#8217; 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