? Road to Consensus: Jake Chervinsky – Crypto Twitter’s Favorite Lawyer

March 7, 2019
The Last Cryptocurency
CoinDesk Feed
CoinDesk Feed

Jake Chervinsky is a lawyer, just not yours. A litigator with New York-based Kobre & Kim, Chervinsky has become a preeminent Twitter personality thanks to his insightful, informative tweets about cryptocurrency, and particularly ETFs. Chervinsky joins host Nolan Bauerle to talk about the SEC, enforcement, and the Twitter school of law.

Jake can be found on Twitter at @jchervinsky.

Road to Consensus is a production of CoinDesk.

Israeli police have frozen cryptocurrency accounts linked to Palestinian militant group Hamas, local media outlet Calcalist reported Tuesday, citing an official press statement.A multi-pronged attack on Israel by Hamas over the weekend has broken into all-out war, with the former’s defense minister ordering a complete siege of the Palestinian enclave Gaza.The cyber arm of Israel

Payments Firm Wirex Launching 26 Stablecoins on the Stellar Blockchain

news Payments platform Wirex is launching 26 stablecoins on the Stellar blockchain network. The U.K.-based firm announced the news on Thursday, saying that the stablecoins will be backed by fiat currencies including the U.S. dollar, euro, the British pound, Hong Kong dollar and the Singapore dollar. Wirex, which is licensed by the country’s finance watchdog,…

Tokenized RWA Platform Huma Finance Gets $38M Investment, Plans Expansion to Solana and Stellar’s Soroban

The fundraising round consisted of $10 million equity investment and $28 million of investments in real-world assets on Huma's platform. Investors included Distributed Global with significant participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures. Huma merged with cross-border payments firm Arf earlier this year and the two are projected to hit

NEAR Foundation’s Marieke Flament Steps Down as CEO

NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament has stepped down after two years in her role running the organization behind the NEAR protocol (NEAR).Chris Donovan, the foundation’s general counsel, will take her place, according to a Thursday blog post. Flament will stay on as a strategic adviser to Donovan until the end of the year. Flament will

Blockchain’s First Hardware Wallet Will Let You Trade Crypto for Crypto

One of the oldest software wallet providers in the cryptocurrency industry is launching its first hardware product. Announced Thursday, Blockchain has partnered with hardware wallet maker Ledger and started taking orders for a new handheld device called Lockbox. The first batch of shipments will go out in November. While there are a number of hardware…

A Bitcoin Shortage? PayPal and Cash App Buying More Than 100% of New Supply

Nov 23, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(Lazy_Bear/iStock via Getty Images Plus)A Bitcoin Shortage? PayPal and Cash App Buying More Than 100% of New SupplyWhen demand from these two sources alone exceeds the entire supply of newly minted bitcoins, expect serious supply pressure to follow.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time…

Microsoft Releases Bitcoin-Based ID Tool as COVID-19 Tracing Draws Criticism

Jun 10, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Jun 10, 2020 at 16:08 UTCMicrosoft Releases Bitcoin-Based ID Tool as COVID-19 Tracing Draws CriticismMicrosoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, went live with a beta version on mainnet Wednesday as one of many efforts by members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to fast-track tools anyone can use for…

Bitcoin Price Hits Record Sixth Consecutive Month of Losses

markets View Bitcoin registered losses for a record sixth straight month in January, reinforcing the bearish view put forward by the moving average studies on the monthly chart. As a result, a re-test of December lows near $3,100 could be on the cards. The odds of a sustained rise to $4,000 would improve if the…

Flash Crash: Bitcoin Price Slides by $1.4K in Minutes

Aug 2, 2020 at 11:45 UTCUpdated Aug 2, 2020 at 11:59 UTCBitcoin prices, August 2, 2020. Bitcoin suffered a price drop of $1,458 in under an hour on Sunday. The sudden slide caught many traders off guard, forcing out a significant amount of buying pressure from the market. The biggest cryptocurrency by market value fell…

Share this: