Bitcoin ’seller pressure’ pushes Coinbase premium index to 12-month low

Hong Kong’s financial regulator — the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) — will publish a new set of regulations for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchanges today. The news, reported by Reuters on Nov. 6, was announced by Chief Executive Ashley Alder at a local fintech event. Regulatory clarity for crypto exchanges operating in Hong KongThe new…

While Compound’s developers submitted a fix for the protocol’s bug on Sept. 30, the update won’t take effect until a seven-day time-lock on code updates has passed. 440 Total views 17 Total shares Major DeFi money market Compound’s woes are worsening, with nearly $150 million worth of COMP now at risk due to a buggy…

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington for meetings with policymakers to discuss internet regulatory matters such as privacy, competition and its handling of political content.As noted in Bloomberg’s Sept. 19 report, the meetings come after a summer of intense scrutiny of Facebook’s proposed Libra stablecoin project from United States lawmakers and regulators.A social media titan…

The partnerships provide MPC technology, significantly improving security measures compared to traditional multisig solutions or single private keys.

The trade body recommended creating a taxonomy for the DeFi ecosystem and a consistent regulatory framework along with different levels of centralization. The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (ASME), an industry advocacy group that represents wholesale market participants in Europe, called for the inclusion of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector within the recently passed…

Uniswap’s first governance proposal has ended in defeat, with votes in favor falling a whisker short of the required threshold. 561 Total views 11 Total shares The first governance vote for decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has ended in failure, despite the proposal attracting overwhelming support of 98% of votes cast. Despite this, it fell roughly…

Spain’s largest multinational telecommunications company, Telefónica, has announced an initiative to support entrepreneurs in innovative technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), according to an official press release published on Feb. 19.The Madrid-based company — also one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world — has launched its first…

Facebook-owned messaging service, WhatsApp, is purportedly in preliminary talks with multiple digital payments firms as well as a state-owned bank to launch digital payment services in Indonesia. Reuters reported that they had learned of this development from anonymous sources on Aug. 20. According to the report, WhatsApp is currently negotiating with transportation booking service Go-Jek, mobile…

FinCEN placed Binance next to the darknet market Hydra as a major counterparty receiving Bitcoin from Bitzlato. 153 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Treasury Department, has argued that Binance is linked to the…