Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 1, 2021

Nov 29, 2019 at 13:32 UTCUpdated Nov 29, 2019 at 16:26 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong image via CoinDesk archiveCORRECTION (29 November 16:21 UTC): A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that that Coinbase had acquired Tagomi for $150 million. Coinbase has not agreed to acquire the crypto brokerage Tagomi. "There is no acquisition planned,"…

Apr 15, 2020 at 04:00 UTCCoinmint, a crypto data center in upstate New York, is set to host a portion of new miners from Riot’s Oklahoma City facility. (Credit: Shutterstock) Riot Blockchain, one of the few publicly traded bitcoin mining companies in the U.S., has executed a co-location mining services contract with a crypto data…

Aug 12, 2020 at 13:38 UTC(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock)What Today’s Robinhood Rally Has in Common With the Last Crypto BoomJill Carlson, a CoinDesk columnist, is co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization working to guarantee the right to a free and open financial system. She is also an investor in early-stage startups with Slow…

Russian police officials may be tracking attendees at pro-Navalny protests using facial recognition tools, detainees claim.Feb 1, 2021 at 9:37 p.m. UTCFacial Recognition Tech May Be Being Used Against Russian ProtestorsAs massive protests sweep across the nation, activists fear Russia has been deploying facial recognition technology to clamp down on dissent. Following nationwide protest rallies on…

news A firm part-owned by Overstock’s tZERO is seeking regulatory approval to launch one of the first markets for publicly traded, registered security tokens. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday released a rule change proposal that would allow Boston Securities and Token Exchange (BSTX) to create an automated equity trading platform, with ownership…

The BTC-TUSD trading volume had recently grown tenfold compared to Tuesday, Dustin Teander, an analyst at crypto research firm Messari, said in an email. However, the asset pair’s $50 million spot trading volume in the past 24 hours is dwarfed by the dominant stablecoin USDT’s $6 billion and BUSD’s $1 billion volume, he added.

news The Cowboy State is continuing its efforts to welcome blockchain and crypto startups, most recently by approving a bill to let blockchain startups to operate within a regulatory “sandbox” for a legislative vote. The Wyoming House Committee on Minerals, Business and Economic Development unanimously approved its financial technology sandbox bill on Friday. The bill,…

news Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer HTC is making its blockchain phone more widely accessible. Previously only available for purchase with bitcoin or ether, the HTC EXODUS 1 can now be bought with U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies. Announced Tuesday during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has also expanded the range of…

The sale of tokens held by bankrupt crypto exchange FTX will not result in a market shock due to several mitigating factors, Coinbase (COIN) said in a research report Thursday.For a start, the sale of tokens won’t flood the market because liquidations are limited to $50 million per week in the first phase and then