A Solution to China’s Pharma Woes Might Be a Blockchain Away

Jan 23, 2020 at 09:00 UTCLIGHT TOUCH: "As a business owner, I advocate a free-market approach," says Lisa Song Sutton. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)"I would love to sit down with President Trump and have a discussion around bitcoin and cryptocurrency," Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor in Las Vegas, told…

Crypto exchanges would gain a path to registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and would be able to trade digital securities, commodities and stablecoins all in one place under a proposal from the Republican chairs of the two House of Representatives committees trying to hash out a bill.In the most significant crypto…

Oct 21, 2020 at 15:45 UTCUpdated Oct 21, 2020 at 16:14 UTCLitecoin (LTC) rose more than 10% on Wednesday, outperforming bitcoin (BTC) to top the list of the best-performing major cryptocurrencies after PayPal confirmed it’s entering the cryptocurrency market and included LTC on the list of cryptos its customers will be able to buy, sell…

Mar 10, 2020 at 17:01 UTCLast week's House Committee on Small Businesses hearing on blockchain was brief, but felt more productive than a day-long hearing by the larger House Financial Services Committee. (Image via a katz / Shutterstock)For once, U.S. lawmakers had an informative conversation about blockchain technology without posturing. The House Committee on Small Business…

Oct 15, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 15, 2020With bitcoin falling back towards $11K and news out of CoinDesk’s invest: ethereum economy conference, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS.This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io…

NEWS Two cryptocurrency startups have agreed to register their initial coin offering (ICO) tokens as securities after settling charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC’s Friday announcement centered on two firms: CarrierEQ Inc., also known as Airfox, and Paragon Coin Inc., both of which conducted token sales last year. Airfox raised $15…

Bankruptcy claims exchange OPNX has issued a new governance token dubbed "Open Exchange token" (OX), which is designed to reduce trading fees on the platform.The platform's existing native token, FLEX, surged by 16% after it was revealed in the whitepaper that FLEX can be converted for OX at a ratio of 1:100.OX is an erc-20…

Bitcoin hit a two-week high above $71,000 before paring gains, up 1.5%.May ISM manufacturing data showed a slowing U.S. economy, buoying rate cut expectations.Bitcoin miners CORZ, WULF, BTDR booked double-digit gains.Several altcoins led the price action Tuesday as the broader crypto market climbed higher with bitcoin (BTC) hitting a two-week high.Decentralized exchange Uniswap's governance token

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes arm is proposing to label crypto mixers as a "primary money laundering concern" in its effort to combat illicit crypto finance, highlighting the terrorist groups that have benefited from anonymous crypto funds, including possibly Hamas.The Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking