Biotech Giant Plans to Securely Share Genetic Data on a Blockchain

Bitcoin may face selling pressure in the second half of April as the supposedly bullish impact of halving is already well entrenched, Hayes said in a blog post.U.S. tax payments could suck dollar liquidity from the financial system, fueling risk aversion and a fire sale of risk assets, Hayes said.Gear up for some pain in

This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Tax Week, presented by TaxBit. Kristin Smith is CEO of Blockchain Association. Miller Whitehouse-Levine is CEO of the DeFi Education Fund.The long-running scramble for control between America’s administrative agencies and our elected representatives passed another important milestone this week.As the U.S. Treasury Department prepares to finalize a new, expanded

news With February’s crypto market activity now etched in the record books, signs are emerging that a long crypto winter may be close to an end. The total market value of all cryptocurrencies jumped 14.14 percent over the 28-day period – the first monthly gain since July, according to CoinMarketCap, largely due to signs of life…

May 28, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated May 28, 2020 at 13:08 UTCThe Torus team (Credit: Torus Labs)Seamless login for the decentralized apps (dapps) of any blockchain. That’s the vision for Torus Labs’ new identity solution, DirectAuth. The Singapore-based firm released a software development kit (SDK) Thursday for blockchain-agnostic dapp logins. Torus launched its blockchain network…

Nigeria's money laundering case against Binance and its executives is set to resume on Sept. 2. Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been stuck in Kuje prison for five months while his health has deteriorated. Nigeria's money laundering case against crypto exchange Binance, detained executive Tigran Gambaryan and fugitive Nadeem Anjarwalla will resume on Sept.

Feb 28, 2020 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Feb 28, 2020 at 14:06 UTCThird-Party Cryptos Could Launch on XRP Ledger, Says Ripple’s David SchwartzRipple is developing a feature that could allow users to mint asset-backed tokens directly on top of XRP Ledger, the firm's tech chief has said. In a company video released Thursday, CTO David Schwartz…

news “Crypto Dad” just can’t stay away. Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has joined the advisory board to the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade group focused on blockchain and crypto policy in the U.S. Giancarlo helmed the CFTC for two years, following a three-year stint as a commissioner with…

news China’s cryptocurrency czar believes that while the world powers do not welcome Facebook’s Libra, the stablecoin’s advance might now be unstoppable. A few days before Changchuan Mu, the new director of China’s Research Institute on Digital Currency, officially assumed his role on Sept. 6, an online education platform released six lectures by the crypto…

Deribit data show activity in the $200,000 strike bitcoin call, which is nearly three times the cryptocurrency’s going market rate.Options open interest has soared to record highs alongside bitcoin’s price rally.Animal spirits seem to have returned to the market, spurring a 2021-like interest in bitcoin (BTC) options that would pay off if the cryptocurrency’s price