Crypto advocates file brief against SEC's investor tracking database

Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical. Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same…

Xapo Bank members will now be able to instantly pay for small purchases of up to $100 at any vendor accepting Lightning payments. 276 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTXapo Bank, an international private bank headquartered in Gibraltar, integrates the Lightning Network to improve its Bitcoin…

The European Securities and Markets Authority argued that DeFi was still too small to pose any sizeable risks to overall financial stability, but should be monitored. 108 Total views 3 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) is yet to pose a meaningful risk to overall financial stability but does require monitoring, according to the European Union’s financial

The mechanism allows investors to allocate a portion of the rewards they earned into funding startups. 351 Total views 19 Total shares Interoperability-focused blockchain Flare Network has partnered with software infrastructure firm Lena Instruments to implement a crowdfunding mechanism that lowers the risks associated with startup investing. Lena Instruments announced what it called a “CloudFunding" launchpad,…

Crypto derivatives exchange FTX recently launched “TRUMP,” a new futures trading product that lets users bet on President Trump’s re-election in 2020. TRUMP “is a futures contract that expires to $1 if Trump wins the 2020 presidential general election and $0 otherwise,” an FTX representative told Cointelegraph. “So far most of the volume has traded on…

VeChain has partnered with top Shanghai-based Renji Hospital to launch MyBaby, a blockchain-based service that tracks IVF progress. 2891 Total views 3 Total shares Enterprise blockchain VeChain, in partnership with Shanghai’s Renji Hospital, has announced the launch of a smart medical care project dubbed “MyBaby” — a blockchain-based In-Vitro fertilization (IVF) service application. The project…

Big investors are betting big on Bitcoin price strength, but the same cannot be said for the average exchange user. 353 Total views 35 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) jumping to $39,000 has already activated large-volume investors this week, the latest data shows.Analyzing whale behavior, on-chain monitoring resource Whalemap revealed accumulation underway at levels above $36,000.This…

Microsoft Korea has claimed the country is facing an increase in cryptojacking incidents, according to a report from local English-language daily The Korea Times, published on April 22.The findings were announced by Microsoft security program manager Kim Gwi-ryun during a press conference in Seoul today, which accompanied the release of the annual Microsoft Security Intelligence…

Slowly but surely, institutional players are moving into the crypto/blockchain neighborhood.According to a 2019 Fidelity Investments survey, about 22% of institutional investors already have some exposure to digital assets, with most investments having been made within the past three years. Moreover, 4 in 10 respondents say they are open to future investments in digital assets…