Code as a Weapon: Amir Taaki Wants You to Join the Real Crypto Revolution

Technical standards under the European Union's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) act will probably be published in the EU's official journal before the end of the year. Standards laying out how stablecoin issuers such as Tether and Circle can operate in the European Union (EU) are likely to become official toward the end of the

news A group of university professors and researchers including a Turing award winner have raised $35 million for a non-profit foundation that will support the development of a new blockchain network. Announced Tuesday, the Conflux Foundation is registered in Singapore and will use the proceeds to fuel work on its network. Backers include venture capital…

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest sold another 335,860 shares in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) on Friday, its largest sale since July.ARK offloaded COIN shares across three exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The bulk came from the Innovation ETF (ARKK). The sale would have raised $49.2 million at Coinbase's closing price.The St. Petersburg, FL-based investment manager has been making

Caldera, a "rollup-as-a-service" platform that helps developers quickly spin up layer-2 blockchains, has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. CEO Matt Katz said in an interview with CoinDesk that the new funds will help him expand Caldera's 15-person team so they can build out the Metalayer, an

Magnus Resch has been called many things: an art collector, a storyteller and at least once, by CNN, “the world's leading art market economist." He’s run galleries, taught in the Ivy League and has tried to quantify the often opaque world of art collecting.In his new book, “How to Collect Art,” which will be published

Digital asset exchange platform Crypto.com has secured registration as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) with the central bank of Spain, the company announced on Friday.The registration, approved after what the company said was a "comprehensive review of its compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) and other financial crimes laws," will allow Crypto.com to offer…

Oct 20, 2020 at 10:25 UTCJapan’s LINE Launches CBDC Development Platform: ReportLINE Corporation, best known for its popular messaging app, is launching a blockchain platform allowing central banks to develop digital currencies, South Korean newspaper Chosun reported Monday.A LINE representative reportedly said, "We want to provide CBDC platform technology to several central banks interested in…

Nov 27, 2019 at 16:20 UTCUpdated Nov 27, 2019 at 16:20 UTCDW labs Incorporated / ShutterstockHSBC to Track $20 Billion in Assets on a Blockchain Next YearHSBC bank is planning on tracking roughly $20 billion in assets on a blockchain-based custody platform early next year, Reuters reported Wednesday.According to the report, HSBC intends to move…

Money Reimagined: The Ongoing Crisis Is Stirring a Crypto Awakening in Developing NationsRegular readers of this column will know about the recent surge in African peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions, now at more than $12 million a day, according to Useful Tulips. I think this, and similar patterns across other emerging market regions during the COVID-19 pandemic,…