Israel

CBDCs

Palestine’s Central Bank Reportedly Mulling a CBDC Launch

Cheyenne LigonJun 24, 2021

Palestinians do not have an independent currency, and rely on the Israeli shekel and Jordanian dinar.

CBDCs

Bank of Israel Has Already Tested a Digital Shekel

Jamie CrawleyJun 21, 2021

The official said he is not optimistic about an Israeli CBDC being launched.

Hamas

Israeli Seizure Order Shows Hamas Holds USDT, TRX, DOGE

Danny NelsonJul 7, 2021

The wallets, 84 in all, show the terrorist group has diversified its holdings far beyond bitcoin.

Opinion

Venmo’s Censorship of Gaza Payments Makes Case for Neutral Platforms

David Z. MorrisMay 20, 2021

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Gaza conflict, platforms like Venmo shouldn't decide who gets paid or not. We need open systems like Bitcoin.

CBDCs

Israel’s Central Bank Considers Issuing a Digital Shekel

Tanzeel AkhtarMay 11, 2021

The central bank is to focus more effort on CBDCs as a potential benefit to payments and the digital economy.

Israel

Pensions

Israeli Pension Giant Put $100M Into Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: Report

Ian Allison

Altshuler Shaham made the investment in GBTC in the second half of last year, when bitcoin was trading at around $21,000.

Payments

Payments Firm Simplex Becomes Visa Principal Member

Tanzeel Akhtar

Israel-based global fiat payment processor Simplex announced Tuesday it has become a principal member of the Visa network.

Israel

How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi Startups

Leigh Cuen

The three co-founders of Collider Ventures agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020.

Hacks

Unsuccessful Telecom Hack Targeted Israeli Crypto CEOs

Danny Nelson

Mossad and Shin Bet are have been made aware of an early September hack that hit 20 cryptocurrency executives.

Crypto Taxes

Israeli Draft Bill Would Nix Hefty Capital Gains Taxes on Bitcoin

Danny Nelson

The draft bill would define bitcoin and other cryptos as "currency" instead of an "asset" for tax purposes.

Crypto Tracing

Digital Intelligence Firm Cellebrite Launches Crypto Tracing Tool Powered by CipherTrace

Jaspreet Kalra

Israel-based digital forensics firm Cellebrite announced the launch of its cryptocurrency and blockchain tracing tool on Tuesday.

Israel

Israel’s Stock Exchange Says It Is Launching a Blockchain Platform for Securities Lending

Paddy Baker

The new blockchain platform can facilitate peer-to-peer trading and allow the securities lending market to reach its full potential, the exchange said.