Crypto advocates file brief against SEC's investor tracking database

GateHub is the latest crypto firm to announce the continuation of XRP support despite Ripple’s legal issues with the SEC. As Ripple faces serious legal charges over its associated token XRP, many crypto platforms have decided to drop support for the coin until things are settled.  However, GateHub, a United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency gateway service, has decided…

The CME Group aims to offer market participants more accuracy and flexibility in managing the risk of short-term fluctuations in the prices of Bitcoin and Ether. 271 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn Apr. 17, derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, announced it will broaden…

Research into “Long COVID” and furthering medical infrastructure development will be the two main focus areas for Buterin. 478 Total views 4 Total shares Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is working with India-based crypto fund Crypto Relief and Polygon co founder Sandeep Nailwal to send $100 million towards COVID-19 research and medical infrastructure development in India.…

Retail digital payments are growing, but the country needs to implement further payment and financial inclusion reforms before a retail CBDC will be needed. 276 Total views 37 Total shares The Philippines will pursue a wholesale central bank digital currency pilot project, to be called Project CBDCPh, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Benjamin E. Diokno…

It’s been a good week for Bitcoin. The dollar price is up more than 3 percent to around $9,500. That $10,000 ceiling is looking more fragile than ever. One sign that the ceiling may be about to break is the decline in Google searches for “Bitcoin.” According to Google Trends, search interest is the lowest since…

Blockchain technology company Blockstream is launching the beta version of its Blockstream Satellite API, designed to help developers broadcast data via the company’s satellite network. The launch was revealed in the official announcement published Jan. 16.The move follows the company’s satellite service expansion back in December, when it started broadcasting Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain on a…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has said that the company’s new cryptocurrency JPM Coin could have a consumer use one day, CNBC reported on Feb. 26.During a question-and-answer session, Dimon reportedly stated that “JP Morgan Coin could be internal, could be commercial, it could one day be consumer.” The coin would purportedly find its use…

Renewable energy will not solve Bitcoin’s (BTC) sustainability problem according to a blockchain specialist at Big Four auditing company PwC, Alex de Vries. De Vries presented his argument in a study published in sustainable energy journal Cell on March 14.The research cites estimates from de Vries’ website, according to which Bitcoin consumed anywhere from 40…

The committee is unveiling the standards later in July, culminating a yearslong process.