CFTC Commissioner Opposes Regulation by Enforcement, Says Crypto Needs Clearer Rules
A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn Stump, has voiced concerns about cryptocurrency regulation through enforcement —...
Year: 2021
Reddit Introduces ETH-Based Community Points Beta Program With Custom Tokens for Subreddits
The popular forum and news aggregation web portal Reddit has revealed the firm’s Community Points beta program where Reddit users...
Central Banks of France, Switzerland and BIS Complete Cross-Border CBDC Trial
Bank of France, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully tested the application of...
Data shows pro traders are currently more bullish on Ethereum than Bitcoin
ETH has outperformed BTC by more than 230% this year and derivatives data suggests traders believe the altcoin has a...
WisdomTree amends Bitcoin ETF application, naming US Bank as custodian
U.S. Bank launched crypto custody services for institutional investors in October as part of a partnership with New York Digital...
Volatility, hyperinflation and uncertainty: How everyday Venezuelans are using stablecoins to protect their livelihoods
Customers of stablecoin payment app Reserve express their dependency on technology for everyday transactions. Last month, Cointelegraph interviewed Reserve CEO...
Stacks’ Mitchell Cuevas talks building integrated DeFi bridges for Bitcoin users
“It’s unlikely that a native on-chain solution will supersede solutions like Stacks,” said Mitchell Cuevas, head of growth at the...
Microsoft leads startup Palm NFT Studio’s $27M series B round
M12 adds early-stage Palm NFT Studio to its portfolio with participation from venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners. Crypto startup Palm...
Analysts say Bitcoin’s behavior at $47.5K mirrors the pre-breakout 2017 market
Bitcoin price succumbed to another wave of selling, but analysts say the current market structure at $47,500 mirrors the early...
Crypto Biz: Smart money ignores BTC price correction as $800M set to flow into blockchain startups, Dec. 9
Crypto- and blockchain-focused capital raises continue to make headlines as venture funds look to support the emergence of Web 3.0....
Ross Ulbricht’s debut NFT sold for $6.2M at auction
FreeRossDAO buys the Silk Founder's NFT created from prison and auctioned off via SuperRare to fund future efforts to free...
MicroStrategy purchases $82M in Bitcoin, now holds 122,478 coins
MicroStrategy’s holdings are valued at more than $5.9 billion, representing more than $2.2 billion in gains since its initial purchase...
Ethereum transaction energy use equals 2.5 miles in a Tesla Model 3: Report
One Ethereum transaction uses enough energy to power a house all day, but how much does the fiat financial system...
SushiSwap CTO resigns citing internal structural chaos
"I am now going to take a one-month vacation with my wife and kids and go build my next project....
Semiotic AI granted $60 million by The Graph Foundation to support ecosystem growth
Semiotic AI will become the third core protocol developer to join the Web 3 network this year, and is set...
