The European Central Bank has taken its first steps towards launching a digital euro, announcing an "investigation phase" into CBDCs.

Solana-based wallet Phantom has raised $9 million in a funding round led by a16z. The project says it's going multi-chain.

Compass is planning to use nuclear energy to mine Bitcoin. The firm is partnering with an energy startup to use microreactors for mining.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says he has seen low interest in Bitcoin and crypto among the asset manager's clients.

ShapeShift is running an airdrop that will see it distribute tokens and governance rights to its userbase.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has placed a fine on the ICO rating site Coinschedule, according to a news release.

Bondly Finance was exploited today after an unknown party minted 373 million BONDLY tokens to sell on the open market. The token is down 82%.

Hong Kong authorities have arrested four men on suspicion of running a $155 million crypto money laundering syndicate.

Revolut has raised $800 million in a funding round led by SoftBank and Tiger Global Management, putting the firm's valuation at $33 billion.

Italy is the latest country to target Binance. Consob has warned that the firm is now authorized to operate in Italy.

The FCA is launching a $15 million campaign to warn young people about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies.

Fireblocks has integrated Polygon as part of a plan to offer its cybersecurity and asset management tools to institutions at a low cost.

Fed chair Jerome Powell has said that cryptocurrencies had "failed" as a payment mechanism in testimony with the Senate Banking Committee.

Cardano has implemented the latest version of its testnet, Alonzo White, bringing smart contracts one step closer to a final release.

PayPal has raised its cryptocurrency spending limits, allowing users to spend more cryptocurrency than they could before.

THORChain suffered an exploit on its Chaosnet deployment last night, leading to losses of around $5 million for ETH liquidity providers.

Jack Dorsey plans to build a Bitcoin-focused open platform for DeFi. Some have said that his idea borrows from Ethereum.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has responded to Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer’s recent slam on cryptocurrencies.

Binance is removing its stock trading feature. The exchange claims the update is part of a bid to shift its commercial focus to other areas.

Pontem, an experimental test network for Facebook's Diem blockchain, has signed a deal with Polkadot project PinkNode.

According to two unnamed sources, the Bank of America has started approving Bitcoin futures trading for some clients.