China Central Bank to Set Standards for 17 Fintech Categories, Including Blockchain

Constance Wang, described as Sam Bankman-Fried’s “right hand” in his fundraising drive, has joined crypto fund Sino Global Capital as its head of gaming, according to a report from Bloomberg which was confirmed by the fund’s founder and CEO Matthew Graham.Wang joined FTX in 2019, and had previously worked as an analyst at Credit Suisse…

Avalanche's native token AVAX and Near Protocol's NEAR held early solid Friday as the broader market trimmed gains from early this week, taking cues from equities.AVAX boasted a 24-hour gain of 8.2% at press time, with NEAR trading 6% higher. Meanwhile, bitcoin was down 2.5% in the last 24 hours, trading below $36,500, while ether

news The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a no-action letter to Pocketful of Quarters (PoQ), a gaming startup looking to issue tokens on the ethereum blockchain. PoQ may legally sell its Quarters tokens to consumers without registering them as securities, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance wrote in its second no-action letter to…

A recent bulletin from India's lower house had once more raised fears of an total cryptocurrency ban.Feb 2, 2021 at 3:19 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 2, 2021 at 3:40 p.m. UTCIndia Minister Suggests Modi Government Not Planning Outright Crypto BanThe Indian government has hinted how it might move to regulate cryptocurrencies rather than an outright ban.Talking…

feature Blockchain analytics startup Flipside Crypto is bringing crypto asset letter grades to a slew of online publishers. The Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS) metric – which evaluates factors such as developer activity and a broad set of transaction data – was recently added to CoinMarketCap, along with publishers such as MarketWatch, TheStreet and Stocktwits.…

Ethereum core developers announced a delay in plans to launch Constantinople, Ethereum's upcoming system-wide upgrade, on the test network Ropsten on Thursday. As explained in a tweet by Peter Szilagyi, team lead at the Ethereum Foundation, the main reason for the delay is to offer more time for clients – the individuals and businesses running "nodes"…

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has joined a regulatory offensive against cryptocurrency trading platform Uniswap, according to internal communications regarding the NYAG subpoenas seen by CoinDesk and two people who are familiar with the situation. Over the course of last month, subpoenas from James' office were sent to some venture capital firms that

Jan 22, 2020 at 16:50 UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2020 at 16:58 UTCAdam B. LevineBradley KeounMore ways to listen or subscribe: Today's crypto news roundup:Bitcoin price appears trapped in a range between roughly $8,500 and $8,800,Vodafone is the latest big partner to redirect efforts away from Facebook's proposed Libra projectThe Blockchain Association files a brief in support of…

news MakerDAO is launching a new version of its programmatic stablecoin DAI next month. MakerDAO Foundation CEO Rune Christensen announced the Nov. 18 launch date at the Devcon ethereum developer conference in Osaka, Japan, on Wednesday. He said the MakerDAO team has been working toward the launch of multi-collateral DAI (MCD) for five years. Currently, users…