Blythe Masters Looks Beyond Finance for Next Wave of Blockchain Growth

Just like how big corporations were initially uncomfortable with cloud computing, but it's now normalized for institutions as cautious as the Central Intelligence Agency, real-world assets will be eventually tokenized on private blockchains, then permissioned chains, and finally public chains, said Securitize's CEO Carlos Domingo on stage.

Ether dropped to near $3,200 and other cryptos turned lower as the regulatory headwind weighed on the market.Ether-based spot ETFs likely won't get approved by the SEC in May, Bloomberg analysts said Tuesday.Ethereum's ether (ETH) tumbled as much as 6% Wednesday amid concern much-hoped-for ETH exchange-traded funds face a roadblock to U.S. approval.CoinDesk reported earlier

Every Credit Card a Tribe, Every Crypto Coin a Scaling DebateA bunch of my friends from high school back in Kansas were getting together for a birthday at a hometown bar a little while back and I, now a New Yorker, couldn’t be there. So I told one of my buddies to buy everyone a…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Omkar Godbole was a senior reporter on CoinDesk's Markets team.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Tether (USDT), the world's largest dollar-pegged stablecoin, is thriving, having survived the Terra-induced turmoil of mid-2022.…

An elite group of venture capitalists, business moguls and tech executives including Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have contributed a combined $8.75 million to a new super political action committee (PAC) backing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. According to America PAC’s latest filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), other donors to the PAC include

Cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital said its loyalty program has driven a sharp increase in funded accounts, which now number 1 million.That is a 23-fold increase from the end of last year, when it had 43,000 funded accounts, the company said in a statement.The broker reported an increase of 135,000 funded accounts in November alone.Voyager Digital…

Mar 31, 2020 at 18:25 UTC(Photo by Brad Keoun for CoinDesk)As economists scramble to assess the devastating impact of the coronavirus, they’re homing in on an unexpected hero that’s mitigating the damage in the U.S.: remote working. With offices across the country closed and people stuck in their homes, many professional workers have accomplished a not-seamless…

Sep 16, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 16, 2020With bitcoin fighting for $11K and the first CBDC in real life, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today's…

news The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee is doubling down on her calls for Facebook to pause development on its new blockchain, Libra. Two days after calling for a hearing, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) appeared on CNBC Thursday afternoon calling for a “moratorium” on Libra development. “It’s very important for them to…