Capital One Seeks Blockchain Patent for ‘Collaborative’ Authentication Tool

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.A key piece of…

Brian Behlendorf, executive director of HyperledgerLast December Brian Behlendorf is the Executive Director of Hyperledger said that 2019 was a year of “careful, prosaic BUIDLING.” Now, in an interview with CoinDesk’s Michael Casey at Davos, Behlendorf said he believes a lot of what the blockchain ecosystem was building is getting closer to becoming a net…

Payments services provider PayPal's dollar-backed stablecoin PYUSD's use in decentralized finance (DeFi) seems to be gathering traction.A recently launched liquidity pool comprising PYUSD on the automated market maker (AMM) platform, Curve, boasts $135 million in total value locked (TVL), the third largest behind the popular 3pool.In addition to PYUSD, issued by regulated company Paxos, the

news SWIFT, IBM, Ripple and around 100 other firms and organizations have joined a new blockchain association to promote adoption of the technology across the EU. A European Commission initiative, the new group – the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) – is launching Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. INATBA has been set up as…

Blockchain-based anti-counterfeiting tools show promise, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) said in a Monday post, after a trial involving brands, border control and logistics operators.EUIPO has finalized a proof of concept "having engaged in real-life operational tests with four brands, two logistics operators and a customs authority,” following a months-long trial, which showed…

Dec 9, 2020 at 1:01 p.m. UTC(Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)Mastering Blockchain: A Virtual Book Launch in a Physically Distant Yet Still-Connected WorldThere is a shared sense that the world has shifted. “Mastering Blockchain: Unlocking the Power of Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, and Decentralized Applications” by Daniel Cawrey and Lorne Lantz from O’Reilly Media is a masterful…

news Two executives from South Korean crypto exchange Komid have been handed down jail time for faking trading volume and deceiving investors. According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, the firm’s CEO Hyunsuk Choi received a three-year sentence for his role in the crime, as well as for embezzlement. Another member of the team, Park…

In an interview with CoinDesk, Don Wilson slams the SEC's crypto crackdown, drawing parallels to his past victory over the CFTC, another Gary Gensler-led regulatory agency The SEC's stance toward crypto "reminds me of 'Atlas Shrugged,'" Wilson said. "[If] everybody is breaking the law, they get to selectively harass whoever they want to." Wilson thinks

Stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), not crypto, will be part of the financial ecosystem in the future, the managing director of Singapore's central bank said during his keynote at the Singapore Fintech Festival."There are four contenders for digital money," Ravi Menon said, naming them as privately issued cryptocurrencies, CBDCs, tokenized bank liabilities, and