Below $200 Billion: Crypto Market Sinks to New 2018 Low

news Major Libra backers Visa and Mastercard are second-guessing their participation in the Facebook-led digital payments project, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Against a global regulatory blasting of the proposed cryptocurrency, the financial services pair and unnamed other companies are balking at Facebook’s call for a unified front. The Journal says that few want…

markets Investors who trade cryptocurrency also tend to take bigger risks in the stock market, suggesting they are seeking dopamine more than diversification, according to a recent study. The paper, titled “Are Cryptocurrency Traders Pioneers Or Just Risk-Seekers? Evidence From Brokerage Accounts,” appeared in the September issue of Economic Letters, stating that cryptocurrency traders’ behavior…

Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said. Feb 5, 2021 at 10:03 a.m. UTCCredit Card Companies Should Offer Stablecoin Payments or Be Left Behind: GartnerCentralized payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal will need to adapt if they are to…

The judge, who has overseen the case for nearly a year now, inched closer to resolving outstanding issues ahead of trial. Last week, it was the Daubert motions regarding expert witnesses. Yesterday, it was resolving most of the motions in limine, addressing testimony and evidence questions.You're reading The SBF Trial, a CoinDesk newsletter bringing you

Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Crypto media outlet Blockworks has raised $12 million in a funding round led by private equity firm 10T Holdings at a $135 million post-money valuation. The capital will be used to help expand the outlet’s research and data analytics offering, Blockworks Research.“For the past year, we’ve been…

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Three interpretative letters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lay the groundwork for banks to become crypto custodians, payment companies and miners in blockchain networks.(Irving Martinez/Unsplash)Jan 12, 2021 at 9:24 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 12, 2021 at 9:39 p.m. UTCHow the OCC Is Building Crypto America (and Saving Banks From Extinction)Over the last…

Apr 17, 2020 at 16:50 UTCPhoto by Birmingham Museums Trust on UnsplashBlockchain Bites: Binance vs. Ethereum, MicroBT vs. Bitmain, Libra vs. the WorldToday, Binance unveiled plans for a new smart contract blockchain competing with Ethereum, Bitcoin miner manufacturer MicroBT looks to beat Bitmain to market, and the road ahead for stablecoins looks bumpy."The industry needs…

Leading game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) is teaming up with The Telos Foundation, the organization behind the layer 1 blockchain Telos, to expand its Web3 gaming offerings.The deal will link Web3 games utilizing Telos' decentralized blockchain infrastructure to GameStop’s upcoming Web3 game launchpad Playr, providing new opportunities for mainstream gaming distribution.AJ Dinger, head of business…