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news The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has confirmed it’s building a digital assets platform that it expects to go live next year. Saying it is “ready for digital tranformation,” the SET announced Wednesday that it will work “closely and collectively” with all stakeholders in the country’s capital market to build a new ecosystem that…

opinion Leah Callon-Butler is the co-founder of Intimate.io, a token project aiming to bring payments, privacy and reputation to the adult industry. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  “The stars have aligned,” he said, the room hanging on his every word. “In the same way that the industrial revolution created…

Apr 29, 2020 at 10:00 UTCSkew's founding team, Emmanuel Goh and Tim Noat. (Credit: Skew)Crypto Data Provider Skew Raises $5M, Launches Trade Execution PlatformLondon-based Skew, a provider of real-time data analytics for crypto derivatives, has launched a trade execution platform and raised $5 million to help build out its new brokerage services. Announced Wednesday, skewTrading is…

news Although Libra hasn’t yet officially launched, pundits, politicians, and developers are already weighing in with warnings, celebrations, and memes. US representatives from both sides of the aisle have already chimed in. “Facebook is already too big and too powerful, and it has used that power to exploit users’ data without protecting their privacy,” Representative…

Relative richness of ether's short-term options-induced implied volatility suggests a pick up in hedging activity. The U.S.-listed ether ETFs are expected to begin trading next week. The impending debut of U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) tied to ether's (ETH) spot price has investors scrambling to the options market to hedge or protect existing market positions from

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said that it’s going to publish a list of crypto exchange license applicants in the wake of the JPEX probe, which has led to multiple arrests in the territory.“The JPEX incident highlights the risks of dealing with unregulated virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) and the

Columbia University president's job is probably safe, Polymarket traders signal.Taylor Swift's new album is unlikely to break her record, Kalshi odds say.Traders are betting on a DeFi controversy.The president of Columbia University is facing a growing backlash regarding pro-Palestinian protestors who continue to occupy the campus, which coincides with her scheduled Capitol Hill testimony on

news Rachel-Rose O’Leary is a reporter at CoinDesk, covering how cryptocurrencies are being used in areas of economic, social and political unrest. This article is part of her ongoing dispatches from Rojava, Syria.  “Crypto-colonist.” “Neo-fascist.” These are two of the more critical responses to my relocation to North Syria, also known as Rojava, to assist…

A ban on cryptocurrency had been in effect for almost two years before it was overturned by the Supreme Court in March 2020.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Getty Images)Jan 29, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 6:34 p.m. UTCIndia Would Ban Private Cryptocurrencies Under Proposed LegislationThe Indian Parliament will consider a government-introduced…