An Army of Bitcoin Devs Is Battle-Testing Upgrades to Privacy and Scaling

May 12, 2020 at 23:52 UTCPhoto by Stephen Wheeler on UnsplashBlockchain Bites: Will Crypto See Any of the CBDC Action?Top ShelfThe world is growing more comfortable with the idea of digital assets, with several nations stepping forward today to discuss the designs of central bank digital currency (CBDC) programs. Speaking at Consensus: Distributed's Future of Fiat…

Mar 18, 2020 at 15:00 UTCFATF blasted Canada's "deficient" crypto AML framework in its 2016 report. The new regulations are about to arrive. (Image via Shutterstock)Canada’s Financial Crimes Watchdog Gets Ready for FATF ComplianceCanada’s financial crimes watchdog is preparing to implement its broad new virtual currency oversight powers ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s…

news It’s a moment true bitcoin nerds have been waiting for. In the coming release of Bitcoin Core, the 18th major version of the cryptocurrency’s most widely used software, the code will finally, natively allow users to connect bitcoin full nodes to hardware wallets. It sounds technical, but it’s a big step for the security…

Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges are urging regulators to relax margin trading restrictions on popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC).Exchanges in the country once offered leverage of up to 25 times principal capital, and trading volumes reached as high as $500 billion annually in 2020 and 2021, according to Bloomberg.In early 2022, however, Japanese regulators limited crypto…

A draft of a stablecoin bill that had been circulating among U.S. lawmakers since last fall was published over the weekend. At its center are stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDC), which have conveniently been set up as a hot button issue for the upcoming election cycle.The stablecoin part of the bill is largely…

Sep 28, 2020 at 13:32 UTCUpdated Sep 28, 2020 at 13:33 UTC(FOTO:FORTEPAN / Korenchy László / Wikimedia Commons)Ebang has said the knock-on effects of the coronavirus outbreak caused revenue to fall by half in the first six months of 2020.Total net revenue for the Nasdaq-listed mining equipment manufacturer slumped to $11 million in H1 2020,…

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Banks transacting on permissionless blockchains face multiple risks including settlement finality, the Bank for International Settlements said in a working paper. The paper also said technology to address some of the risks, particularly privacy, is being developed. naming zero-knowledge proofs as a potential solution. Banks that transact on permissionless blockchains face multiple risks, including money

BTC, ETH keep recent gains ahead of the SEC's decision on VanEck's ether ETF application.The sharp narrowing in the Grayscale Ethereum Trust's discount suggests a 90% probability of an ETF approval, one analyst said.Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) consolidated recent gains early Thursday, lacking a clear directional bias before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's