PANews reported on March 12th that, according to CoinDesk, Wells Fargo, a major US bank, has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for the cryptocurrency-related service, named WFUSD. According to the application, WFUSD will offer services such as "cryptocurrency payment processing," "execution of digital asset transactions," and "services featuring asset tokenization software." The name suggests that it could be a deposit token or stablecoin.
Previously in 2019, Wells Fargo disclosed plans to pilot an internal settlement service called "Wells Fargo Digital Cash" running on its proprietary distributed ledger platform.



Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin defended his blockchain’s 45-day exit queue after Galaxy Digital’s head of digital called it “troubling,” sparking backlash. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has finally addressed some concerns over the lengthening Ethereum staking exit queue, which has now grown to 45 days. His response came after Galaxy Digital’s head of DeFi, Michael Marcantonio, called the exit queue length “troubling” on X and compared it to Solana which only needs two days to unstake. He has since deleted the posts. However, Buterin seemingly took a more ideological stance on the subject, describing unstaking from Ethereum as “more like a soldier deciding to quit the army,” adding that staking is more about “taking on a solemn duty to defend the chain.”Read more