Bitfinex Securities debuts tokenized US T-bills under El Salvador laws

Microsoft is building a decentralized identity (DID) network atop of the bitcoin blockchain, the tech giant announced on May 13.In a blog post, the company said the infrastructure, known as the Identity Overlay Network (ION,) is based on an evolving set of open standards developed in conjunction with the Decentralized Identity Foundation.Microsoft claims its approach addresses throughput issues…

After trading in the $6,450 to $6,850 range for the past eight days, Bitcoin (BTC) price finally made a larger move, this time to the downside, as the digital asset dropped 8.72% to a daily low at $6,068. The move somewhat mirrors the performance of traditional markets, which also closed the day with losses. The Dow…

RBI is looking for ways to test a CBDC while causing little to no disruption for the bank’s status quo. 66 Total views 1 Total shares The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, continues to investigate the issuance of a central bank digital currency, or CBDC.T Rabi Sankar, the deputy governor of RBI, said in…

South Korean police have raided the office of a local firm whose alleged crypto scam promised investors the spoils of a sunken Russian warship, The Korea Herald reported August 7. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency reportedly sent 27 investigators from its white collar unit to to collect evidence from the premises of Shinil Group in…

The taxman still isn't wise to cryptocurrency earnings made through proof-of-stake. But that could change soon. 982 Total views 9 Total shares Republican Representative Tom Emmer has called for more precise tax guidelines regarding cryptocurrency earnings, after a report he commissioned from the Law Library of Congress showed a stark disparity between regulatory approaches taken…

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen says AI will only become more important in the years to come.

Celebrating the myriads of accomplishments earned by the crypto ecosystem, Immunefi, Electric Capital, Bitscale Capital and MA Family together hosted The Bug House — a party for bringing together the global Web3 community. In a panel hosted by Cointelegraph, editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr sat with Mitchell Amador, founder and CEO at Immunefi, and Brendan Eich, founder…

Crypto exchange Bittrex will give frozen holdings back to its Iranian users, which the exchange suspended two years ago due to the requirements of United States’ regulators.Bittrex’s Iran-based users began receiving letters from the exchange that promise to return them the funds frozen back in 2017, according to a Nov. 8 tweet published by Bittrex…

Bitcoin breaks $7,000 again, with most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies reporting moderate gains. 1045 Total views 29 Total shares Wednesday, April 22 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time. This mid-week rise comes after Bitcoin (BTC) broke the $7,000 mark for the third time…