Crypto Data Site CoinMarketCap Launches ‘More Robust’ API

A group called the 'Golden Boys' has pushed through a proposal, after three prior attempts, to direct $24 million in COMP token to a yield-bearing protocol called goldCOMP which would give passive income to COMP token holders. Wintermute and other large stakeholders are concerned that the move constitutes a governance attack on the protocol. COMP

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and rival KuCoin have been registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, the most senior official of the unit, which falls under the nation's Finance Ministry, told CoinDesk.This is the first time offshore crypto related entities have been approved by the country's anti-money laundering unit.KuCoin paid a fine of $41,000

Feb 10, 2020 at 23:00 UTCUpdated Feb 11, 2020 at 00:37 UTCTOKEN CLARITY? Amir Bandeali, co-founder of 0x, speaks at the first 0xpo conference, one day after SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce dropped a proposed "safe harbor" for token projects. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)SEC ‘Safe Harbor’ Proposal Lauded by Token Fans, DeFi Builders at…

DeFi lending protocol Euler v 2 brings greater flexibility to builders of lending markets and allows Ethereum-based vaults to be used as collateral for other vaults.Having suffered an exploit last year, Euler is inviting hundreds of white hats to a code audit competition prior to going live in Q2Decentralized-finance (DeFi) lending protocol Euler Finance has

markets Bitcoin is again feeling the pull of gravity amid a rally in gold – a classic safe haven asset. The premiere cryptocurrency topped out at highs near $9,100 on May 30 to hit a 2.5-week low of $7,432 on June 4. The pullback was expected as technical charts were reporting bullish exhaustion. After all,…

In 1974, German regulators liquidated Herstatt Bank because it was unable to settle its foreign exchange obligations. Time zone differences and a lack of global settlement technology led to its demise. In the aftermath of this and other bank failures, central bankers formed the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision that same year to set standards

Jul 17, 2020 at 16:58 UTCMalaysia’s financial watchdog says Binance and eToro don’t comply with the country’s securities law; it’s unlikely to make much of a difference to their local  operations, however.  The Malaysian Securities Commission (SC) added exchanges Binance and eToro, which offer a series of crypto-based products, to a list of companies not…

The way futures for ether and bitcoin are currently priced shows traders expect ether to underperform bitcoin in the months ahead.Whether spot ETH ETFs will go live this year remains a question, as the SEC has yet to clarify whether the cryptocurrency is a security or a commodity.Market makers are likely to trade against ether

news Crypto exchange Bittrex will once again extend its deadline for New York customers to withdraw funds from their accounts following approval from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Announced Friday by Bittrex, the extension is the second since the Seattle-based exchange was denied a regulatory license to operate in the state in…