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PortuguêsUC Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen argues that Facebook’s planned Libra stablecoin faces too many “insoluble” problems, and too much resistance from governments, to ever launch. “Libra is an interesting idea…
Continue ReadingRichard Holden, an economics professor at the University of New South Wales Business School, says using distributed ledger technology could allay Republican concerns over mail-in voter fraud — but would…
Continue ReadingA New York Supreme Court has found that veteran cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its related stablecoin company Tether (USDT) must face claims they concealed the loss of commingled corporate and…
Continue ReadingCoinbase has scheduled its first-ever investor day on Aug. 14, amid rumors that the crypto exchange is exploring a public stock listing. It is unclear, however, whether the virtual event…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange OKEx launched saving accounts and margin trading for meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE). According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on July 9, OKEx announced that leveraged spot trading,…
Continue ReadingMichael Novogratz, one of the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) bulls in the world, does not recommend investors to put the majority of their funds into Bitcoin. Although Novogratz is confident that…
Continue ReadingBitTorrent, a major file sharing service operating under Tron (TRX) developer, has added Binance’s USD stablecoin, BUSD, as payment option. As officially announced on July 9, BitTorrent users are now…
Continue ReadingDirectors of Canaan Creative, a publicly listed bitcoin miner manufacturer, were suddenly dropped from the company’s business registry, prompting speculation of a power grab. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news,…
Continue ReadingClose your eyes and imagine the future. You walk into a shoe store. You buy a pair of expensive shoes with your favorite cryptocurrency. You did not have to pay…
Continue ReadingRecent investments into cryptocurrency mining equipment by smaller players could be a positive signal for the longevity and value of Bitcoin (BTC). In late June, United States-based blockchain firm Core…
Continue ReadingCoinbase, Inc. is reportedly preparing for a U.S. stock market listing that could come this year, according to Reuters reporting. According to Reuters sources, preparations for a listing are underway…
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Continue ReadingThe Cardano Foundation — the organization behind major cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) — warned that a suspicious firm is trying to rake in investments by claiming it has contacts with the…
Continue ReadingBinance Labs, the incubation and seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment this year, backing decentralized privacy startup HOPR. Announced Thursday, Binance Labs…
Continue ReadingDutch banking firm ING has taken a seat at the table of an organization working to develop best practices for the cryptocurrency industry. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk…
Continue ReadingIt’s not quite a seal of approval, but one of Europe’s largest financial markets is giving cryptocurrencies the equivalent of the bar codes found on soup cans and jam jars.…
Continue Reading$16.7 million worth of decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol Kyber Network’s KNC token have been locked up in staking within 24 hours of the service’s launch. The milestone was noted…
Continue ReadingChicago based firm Ceres wants to build a “seed to sale” transaction network for cannabis on the blockchain using its dollar-backed stablecoin – if the digital security is approved for…
Continue ReadingAnimoca Brands, the firm behind blockchain-powered games The Sandbox, F1 Delta Time, and Crazy Defense Heroes, has reported unaudited revenue for the first four months of 2020 of $7.34 million…
Continue ReadingBitFlyer, the biggest crypto exchange in Japan in terms of trading volume, has announced a partnership with Brave, the privacy-protecting browser. According to the announcement, BitFlyer and Brave will develop…
Continue ReadingAustralian comedian Jim Jefferies has amassed a larger stack of Bitcoin than billionaire Elon Musk. In a June 30 episode of Jefferies’ podcast I Don’t Know About That, the comedian…
Continue ReadingPaul Grewal, a former US magistrate judge in California and Deputy General Counsel for Facebook, is joining crypto exchange Coinbase’s legal team. In a July 8 announcement on the Coinbase…
Continue ReadingThe Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the NGRAVE ZERO has ended, raising over €385,000 ($430,000) through pre-orders via various reward tiers. More than 1,200 backers from around the world made the…
Continue ReadingDuring a Unitize panel on Wednesday, Ali Loveys commented that the biggest challenge in the blockchain space is not the technology itself, but rather whether the business model or values…
Continue ReadingThe world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has completed its second acquisition in 2020. Both acquisitions appear to further indicate Binance’s interest in crypto debit card issuance. After acquiring the industry’s…
Continue ReadingDeutsche Bank was recently ordered to pay a $150 million fine for “significant compliance failures” in its relationship with alleged child sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. The Bitcoin community on Reddit…
Continue ReadingBrazil may be getting its first token boom in 2020, three years after the trend swept Silicon Valley, powered by a growing interest in stablecoins. According to Binance’s representative in…
Continue ReadingThe first two days of Unitize, the virtual conference organized by BlockShow and San Francisco Blockchain Week, have come and gone with speakers from various sectors of the emerging crypto…
Continue ReadingLeah Callon-Butler, a CoinDesk columnist, is the director of Emfarsis, a consulting firm focused on the role of technology in advancing economic development in Asia. There are 1.7 billion unbanked…
Continue ReadingA subsidiary of India’s industrial goliath Tata has launched a solution allowing banks and financial institutions to offer crypto trading services to their clientele. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news,…
Continue ReadingCrypto lender Nexo is preparing to enter the prime brokerage space with Chainlink-powered audits that bring more transparency to its operations. The Swiss lender announced an integration with the oracle…
Continue ReadingEnterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the business end of the second-largest blockchain, has appointed a new executive director, Daniel C. Burnett. Burnett, who previously worked as a standards architect within Ethereum-focused…
Continue ReadingMonex Securities, a major Japanese online securities company, launched a cryptocurrency contract-for-difference service today. This marks the first time that a major online Japanese securities company has offered a crypto…
Continue ReadingTech Mahindra, the IT subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group, has launched a new blockchain-based digital contracts and rights platform for the media and entertainment industry. Developed using IBM’s blockchain…
Continue ReadingOcean Protocol, a decentralized data exchange protocol focussed on data collation, sharing, and monetization, has announced a pilot project partnering with Mercedes-Benz’ manufacturer Daimler AG. Daimler’s South East Asia subsidiary…
Continue ReadingBlockchain firm Quarkchain has announced a partnership with the ecological department of Northeastern Chinese province Shanxi. Quarkchain and the Shanxi province will jointly develop an environmental governance platform on blockchain…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange Kraken has added a new bank to its funding options for U.S.-based customers. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s largest freight carriers wants to use an enterprise blockchain from the Alibaba Group to cut costs. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media…
Continue ReadingDiDi, the Chinese equivalent of Uber, is forming a task force to design and implement trial of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) on its transportation platform. A spokesperson of…
Continue ReadingMost younger crypto holders don’t have any kind of plan to pass down their digital assets when they die. According to a survey conducted among 1,150 participants between October 2019…
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