Bitcoin Held on Binance Surges to Record High of 692K BTC: Glassnode

news The team behind Samourai, the privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, has removed a series of key security-related features from a version of its app as a result of “extremely restrictive policies” by Google. Having released version 0.99.04 of its app Tuesday on the digital distribution service run by Google, called Google Play, Samourai explained in a…

Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Bitcoin Cash (BCH) prices jumped as much as 6% ahead of a mainnet upgrade that will allow developers to issue tokens atop the network, among other enhancements.The ‘hard fork’…

The parliamentary floor leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party wants a new bill requiring lawmakers and high-level government officials to declare their cryptocurrency-related assets to take effect within two months, earlier than originally planned, according to a Tuesday report by Yonhap news agency.The original bill, currently being finalized in the wake of allegations…

Bitcoin (BTC) is again lacking clear directional bias, but may soon pick up a strong bid against ethereum and other altcoins, according to intermarket analysis. The leading cryptocurrency is now trading in sideways around $6,400 (price as per Coinbase) for the eighth day running, and is struggling to find buyers – despite having charted a…

The process of Germany offloading seized bitcoin is called by experts "market intervention" as it caused a selloff. The law that the authorities cited as the reason for the sale, falls within a "legal gray" line, according to one observer. Germany may have finally come out with a legal reason why they offloaded nearly $3

Nov 25, 2019 at 19:00 UTCUpdated Nov 25, 2019 at 19:03 UTCUnregistered ICO Issuer Gladius Shuts Down 9 Months After SEC Settlement Crypto startup Gladius Network LLC announced it would close its operations via a Telegram message on Thursday, several months after settling charges of selling an unregistered security with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

news Calastone, a transactions network for the mutual funds industry, has moved to its own blockchain-based settlement system, the firm announced Monday. The new system, the Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI), is designed to enable cheaper, “friction-free” trading, settlement and servicing of funds in real-time, the firm said. London-headquartered Calastone serves over 1,800 customers across 41 countries,…

Jun 4, 2020 at 16:43 UTCUpdated Jun 4, 2020 at 17:11 UTCMarkus Spiske, Ian Tuck/Unsplash, Andrew Cline/shutterstock.com, Headshots: Amy James, Nadine Strossen, Ben Powers, Michael Casey, Adam B. LevineDecentralization and What Section 230 Really Means for Freedom of SpeechWith U.S. President Donald Trump clashing with social media behemoth Twitter, what does the fight over “Section…

CBDC stands for “central bank digital currency,” a new type of currency that governments around the world are experimenting with. What sets a CBDC apart from established currencies is that proponents hope it can use new payment technology, typically a blockchain, to potentially increase payment efficiency and lower costs.This new type of currency is still…