Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has completed the first use-case of carbon credit trading as part of Australia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/06/anz-bank-completes-carbon-credits-trading-as-part-of-australias-cbdc-pilot/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

ALSO: Ether falls but still outperforms bitcoin for another day as investors look hopefully at the Shanghai upgrade. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/06/first-mover-asia-crypto-liquidity-providers-can-be-profitable-by-considering-trade-volume-volatility-other-factors-data-firm-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Arbitrum Foundation pledges not to move remaining 700 million ARB tokens without DAO approval of new proposals. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/05/arbitrum-foundation-offers-crypto-governance-concessions-after-arb-holder-uproar/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Liquid staking tokens also rise on Wednesday. Bitcoin holds steady above $28,000. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/05/ether-circles-above-19k-as-shanghai-hard-fork-nears/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The firm introduced an upgraded credit underwriting process and appointed a new head of credit. The developments came after M11 Credit suffered $36 million of loan defaults on lending …

Trading volume on DEXs rose to $133.1 billion in March, the third straight monthly increase, according to DeFiLlama. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/05/cryptos-decentralized-exchanges-saw-most-volume-in-10-month-amid-us-crackdown-in-march/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Fabian Vogelsteller is launching his new project, a layer 1 blockchain “LUKSO,” and validators will be able to join the network through the Genesis Validator Smart Contract Deposit. Source: …

There’s value in crypto, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/05/crypto-investors-why-you-need-to-understand-layer-1-protocols/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The central banker said firms like Binance should be forced to disclose legal status and lines of accountability, with extra rules on top of the EU’s planned MiCA Source: …

Builders behind the new utility say it will help Ethereum users avoid the scourge of MEV and earn a profit, to boot. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/05/mev-blocker-wants-to-help-you-outrun-the-frontrunners/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines