Bitcoin News Roundup for April 7, 2020

news Enterprise blockchain company Digital Asset is working with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) to develop software meant to ease adoption of the trade group’s potentially cost-slashing data standards. Announced Tuesday night in New York, the reference code library is intended to help developers implement ISDA’s Common Domain Model (CDM) in solutions for…

news More than six months after the China National Development and Reform Commission proposed to categorize bitcoin mining as an industry to be phased out from the country, it appears the agency has now scrapped that plan. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a top-level economic planning agency under China’s State Council, published a…

The U.S. derivatives agency approved a proposal to ban popular prediction market trading, with three of the five commissioners approving the proposed rule.The public will have 60 days to weigh in with comments on the potential rule. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed a formal rejection of event contracts that bet on the

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Stocks of Coinbase (COIN) and MicroStrategy (MSTR) jumped nearly 9% ahead of the market open as bitcoin (BTC) surged 4% in the past 24 hours to extend its year-to-date gains to over 150%.Traders consider the two companies as proxy bets for the crypto markets, given their close ties to bitcoin.Coinbase is one of the largest

Dec 3, 2020 at 9:27 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 3, 2020 at 9:28 p.m. UTCTom Jessop, head of Fidelity Digital Assets(Nik De/CoinDesk)Bitcoin a ‘Potential Store of Value’ That’s Very Volatile: Fidelity Digital Assets HeadInvestors are hoping bitcoin becomes a “store of value” but the largest cryptocurrency is still very volatile, Tom Jessop, head of Fidelity Digital…

Polymarket is being investigated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to see whether the prediction market platform is letting customers improperly trade swaps or binary options and if it should be registered with the agency, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The company, which facilitated about 4 billion shares since the start of…

North Korea's infamous hacking group, dubbed Lazarus, has managed to steal over half a billion dollars in cryptocurrencies, a report indicates. According to an article published Friday by The Next Web, the coming annual report from cybersecurity vendor Group-IB sets out that Lazarus was behind 14 hacks on crypto exchanges since January 2017, reaping a massive $571…

Senator Mike Flood hopes to pass the bill in order to make Nebraska a financial technology hub and create new jobs.Jan 21, 2021 at 12:15 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 21, 2021 at 12:20 p.m. UTCNebraska Lawmaker Introduces Bills That Would Permit Banks to Custody CryptoA Nebraska senator has introduced two new bills that would allow the…