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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) can now list crypto futures in the U.S. nearly two years after applying for approval.Coinbase Financial Markets secured approval from the National Futures Association (NFA) to operate a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), according to an announcement on Wednesday. The role of FCMs is to buy or sell futures contracts, similar to…

news Top adult entertainment site Pornhub may expand the range of cryptocurrencies it offers to pay performers for their work after PayPal abruptly cut off service. “We currently pay out in verge and are evaluating adding other cryptocurrency payout options,”  Corey Price, a vice president at Pornhub, told CoinDesk Thursday. More than 100,000 performers who…

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markets In ending last week in the red, the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency, litecoin, has confirmed its longest weekly losing streak in a year. LTC suffered an 8 percent drop in the week ended Sept. 1, having registered 3.17, 15.10, and 5.74 percent losses in the preceding three weeks, according to Bitfinex data. That is the…

Jun 24, 2020 at 09:00 UTC(Mario Ortiz/Shutterstock)World’s Oldest Central Bank Reviews Possible Digital Currency With Mixed ResultsSweden’s Riksbank has looked into the viability of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for its local market and declared mixed results. In a 96-page economic review, updated June 18, the world’s oldest central bank presents four models for supplying…

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX floated an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings held at the exchange before it went bust last November.The debtors' group, which is currently overseeing the bankruptcy process, will formally file the plan by December 16, 2023, to a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for perusal.The debtors propose dividing missing

Apr 6, 2020 at 13:40 UTCUpdated Apr 6, 2020 at 14:27 UTCTron CEO Justin Sun speaks at niTROn Summit 2019, photo by Brady Dale for CoinDeskPoloniex’s New Tron-Powered IEO Platform Moves Exchange Closer to Justin Sun’s OrbitPoloniex has launched an initial exchange offering (IEO) platform that aligns the exchange more closely with the interests of…

news Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, has come out publicly in opposition to bitcoin. In an interview aired on national television, the Brazilian president commented on cryptocurrency being used to bank indigenous people in Brazil. During a conversation centered on the challenges of his new presidency, Bolsonaro talked about projects created by his predecessor’s administration. One…

news Nevada’s regulatory stance on cryptocurrency kiosks has shifted, now requiring a state money transmission license. Speaking with CoinDesk, BitAML Senior Advisor Annelise Strader said Nevada abruptly and without announcement changed its regulatory stance on cryptocurrency kiosks. Following the last legislation session closing in May without passing a proposed cryptocurrency bill, Strader says the state’s…