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Jun 9, 2020 at 21:01 UTCUpdated Jun 9, 2020 at 21:12 UTCETC Group's new bitcoin exchange-traded product will be listed on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra market based in Frankfurt. (Credit: Video Media Studio Europe/Shutterstock)London-based investment firm ETC Group plans to list a bitcoin-backed security on the German electronic trading market later this month.  The firm announced…

Solana's (SOL) fastest-growing decentralized finance protocol, Kamino Finance, will shortly launch a points program, a contributor said Thursday, a move that sets the stage for a future token airdrop.The points program could further juice growth in what's already become the star of Solana's recent bounceback. Its SOL token has more than tripled since mid-October as

news Bakkt has raised $182.5 million to build out its global digital assets platform and bitcoin futures product. The round, which is Bakkt’s first, included 12 partners, according to a Medium post by CEO Kelly Loeffler. The crypto startup is owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is best known as the parent company of the New…

Nov 9, 2020 at 19:20 UTCUpdated Nov 9, 2020 at 19:21 UTCBillionaire Hedge Fund Investor Druckenmiller Says He Owns Bitcoin in CNBC Interview(Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images)Billionaire U.S. investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who just weeks ago was said to be shorting the dollar, is long on bitcoin.Druckenmiller said on CNBC Monday he owns bitcoin, becoming the latest high-profile,…

During last crypto bull market, I got into an argument with a few people I admire — the co-hosts of the “Crypto Critics Corner” podcast Bennet Thompson and Cas Piancey and pseudonymous crypto trader and renegade meme maker Poordart — about the nature of Ponzi schemes, and how they relate to blockchain protocols. In short

feature SIX Group, the Swiss stock exchange operator, has picked R3’s Corda Enterprise platform as the underlying blockchain for the digital asset trading, settlement, and custody service it is building. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, SIX chose Corda Enterprise after spending a good deal of time kicking the tires of various distributed ledger technology (DLT) stacks,…

Oct 26, 2020 at 11:13 UTCUpdated Oct 26, 2020 at 11:16 UTC(Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock)Tax Payers Must Disclose Airdropped, Forked Cryptos, Says IRS’ Draft 2020 GuidanceThe U.S. tax agency has clarified who needs to answer “yes” to a question over cryptocurrency activity included in the draft 1040 income tax form.As reported in September, the Internal Revenue…

news Financial messaging giant SWIFT has teamed up with the Singapore Exchange and four banks to trial a platform for e-voting based on blockchain tech, the firm said Tuesday. Joining the effort to see if distributed ledger technology (DLT) can help make shareholder voting more simple and efficient are Deutsche Bank, DBS, HSBC and Standard…

Jul 15, 2020 at 12:09 UTCAs allies and rivals move in on their central bank digital currency (CBDC) plans, Japan is now said to be seriously considering a digital yen. The government is set to examine the possible launch of digital yen as part of this year's policy agenda, the Nikkei reported Wednesday. Senior lawmakers…