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The time has come to put the cards on the table.For the past couple months, developers behind the Celo blockchain have been evaluating technical proposals from teams who might provide technology as the project migrates to become a new layer-2 network atop Ethereum.Vying for the mandate are some of the biggest players in the blockchain

Jul 8, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Jul 8, 2020 at 13:03 UTCNew Enterprise Ethereum Director Widens Tent to Include Exchanges and DeFiEnterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the business end of the second-largest blockchain, has appointed a new executive director, Daniel C. Burnett. Burnett, who previously worked as a standards architect within Ethereum-focused ConsenSys, wants to widen…

Alternative assets such as natural resources, art and private equity have become popular investments because of their potential for higher returns and lower volatility than traditional assets. However, the benefits of alternative asset classes like these also come with a number of limitations, including high minimum investment requirements, liquidity constraints and a lack of transparency.Tokenization

France will serve as BCB’s regulatory base in Europe.The payments firm has been authorized as an Electronic Money Institution and Digital Assets Services Provider.Jerome Prigent was appointed as MD of BCB Europe in December to drive the company’s expansion into the region.01:11Why USDT Dominates Supply With Lower Transaction Volume02:03ARK Sells Last of Its ProShares Bitcoin

Dec 31, 2019 at 16:20 UTCUpdated Dec 31, 2019 at 16:31 UTCInside the Osaka Conference Where Crypto Got Serious About FATF’s ‘Travel Rule’This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Leah Callon-Butler is the director of Emfarsis,…

NEWSINBRIEF Tech giant IBM has teamed up with Columbia University to launch a pair of technology accelerators as part of a broader push to spur blockchain development. The IBM Blockchain Accelerator and Columbia Blockchain Launch Accelerator, announced Monday, will support 10 startups each, according to a press release. The two are part of the Columbia-IBM…

Four months after first announcing the creation of a dollar-backed stablecoin, cryptocurrency finance firm Circle is releasing it to the world. Circle co-founders Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire wrote in a blog post Wednesday that its USD Coin (USDC), developed with help from the company's CENTRE affiliate consortium, would act as a mean to tokenize…

Nov 27, 2020 at 2:07 p.m. UTCToronto, Canada(Claudio Beiza/Shutterstock)Canada-Listed Investment Firm Sells All Its Ether, Monero to Buy More BitcoinCanada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings has dumped its holdings of two alternative cryptocurrencies and put the proceeds into bitcoin.In an announcement Thursday, the company said that its bitcoin holdings have increased to 276.479 BTC from the…

Mar 29, 2020 at 14:16 UTCUpdated Mar 29, 2020 at 14:20 UTCPodcastsHow MakerDAO’s Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full DecentralizationThe best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Last week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss how the MakerDAO DeFi stablecoin actually works and what happened during the sudden, precipitous drop…