Artist Ai Weiwei Uses Ethereum to Make Art About ‘Value’

U.K.-based cryptocurrency futures exchange Crypto Facilities is adding a bitcoin cash product to its offerings.

news Japan financial group Nomura has invested in Y Combinator-backed smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp. U.S.-based Quantstamp announced Wednesday that it is setting up a subsidiary in Japan following a “significant” investment from Nomura Holdings and Tokyo-listed internet group Digital Garage. Chuzaburo Yagi, senior managing director in charge of innovations at Nomura Holdings, said: “As blockchain…

Dec 4, 2019 at 10:32 UTCUpdated Dec 4, 2019 at 10:44 UTCMUFG Teaming up With Indeed.com Owner to Launch Digital Currency for PaymentsUpdate (10:40 UTC, Dec. 4, 2019): MUFG has issued a statement saying that while it has indeed agreed to enter a joint venture with Recruit, it has not made a statement on the…

The project is being supported by over 200 "finality providers," who will approve transactions to maintain the network's protocol's operation, similar to the role of validators in proof-of-stake ecosystems. Allnodes, Figment and Galaxy Digital are among the finality providers. Bitcoin (BTC) staking platform Babylon, led by a Stanford University professor and tipped to be one

Feb 26, 2020 at 09:10 UTCValletta, Malta. Credit: ShutterstockMalta’s Financial Watchdog Highlights Obstacles to Security Tokens After Industry ConsultationThe Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has released a feedback statement, unveiling industry answers to questions regarding offerings of security tokens within the country.In the document published Tuesday, the EU nation's financial regulator summarized two months of…

Craig Wright has failed in a legal bid to gain more than token damages from a libel claim against bitcoiner and podcaster Peter McCormack, relating to Wright’s claim to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.Offering Wright just 1 British pound ($1.29) in compensation was justified in view of the false case Wright advanced, three judges in…

Tokens based on the Bitcoin blockchain are emerging as the newest play among market participants after weeks of a bitcoin (BTC) price frenzy driven by expectations of an exchange-traded fund approval.The BRC-20 category of tokens has added some 21% as a sector in the past 24 hours. Infrastructure token trac (TRAC) rose 93% to lead

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesIt was a slow start for futures-based ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on their first day of trading. A total of nine of the ETFs offering exposure

Jan 10, 2020 at 16:09 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 16:11 UTCJuthica and Paul Chou image via CoinDesk archivesLedgerX Board Member Says Company in Disarray After Founders’ OusterA LedgerX director and investor has withdrawn his funds and alleged the company may be failing its investors in a dramatic letter obtained by CoinDesk.Nicholas Owen Gunden wrote…