Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 11, 2021

Valkyrie Friday morning said it will not purchase ether (ETH) futures until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of adding that vehicle to its Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) is effective.In an SEC Form 497 filing, the $77.8 billion asset manager also said it would unwind any ether futures purchases it had already made.The

EU plans for a digital euro need to avoid “excessive centralization” by the European Central Bank, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said in a statement issued on Wednesday.The ECB is due to decide later on Wednesday whether to press ahead with its plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which has raised significant concerns

Singapore-based QCP Capital is expanding to Abu Dhabi in a partnership with Further Ventures.Abu Dhabi is making its mark on the map as an institutional crypto hub.Singapore-based cryptocurrency trading firm QCP Capital and Further Ventures on Wednesday announced in Dubai a partnership to expand into the Middle Eastern markets by offering new digital-asset financial and

news According to a WSJ report, the SEC has approved a $28 million Reg A+ offering for decentralized Internet company Blockstack. Blockstack will begin selling the SEC-approved tokens – essentially an investment vehicle for fundraising – on Thursday. This appears to be one of the first SEC-approved token offerings on the market and will chart…

On Tuesday, I wrote and published a column breaking the news of and reflecting on Dapper Labs' recently announced tie-up with Disney, the storied, 100-year-old entertainment company which, under CEO Bob Iger’s leadership, has become even more of an intellectual property owning powerhouse and tech follower. This article contained a few errors.This is an excerpt

news Cambodia’s Central Bank wants to slash the cost of cross-border payments and is studying how its in-house digital wallet, the Hyperledger Iroha-powered Bakong, might get the job done. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) signed an agreement last week with Malaysia’s Maybank to determine how the banks’ respective digital payment platforms – Bakong and Maybank2u…

Jan 5, 2021 at 5:50 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 5, 2021 at 6:28 p.m. UTCCulebra, Puerto Rico(Wenhao Ryan/Unsplash)The Pandemic Was Just the CatalystIn his 2017 book, “Zero Hour: Turn the Greatest Political and Financial Upheaval in Modern History to Your Advantage,” Harry Dent forecast a catastrophic economic crash would hit us no later than early-2020. Dent saw…

Dec 1, 2020 at 5:48 p.m. UTC(matthaeus/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Ships, Libra Rebrands, ‘Bitcoin’ Google Searches UpEthereum 2.0 hit a major milestone as its “Beacon Chain” went live. Libra “seizes the day” and rebrands to Diem. Google searches for “bitcoin” have doubled since last month. Top shelfCoinbase MicroStrategyMicroStrategy has revealed Coinbase…

Financial services provider Fidelity Investments is launching a cryptocurrency trading and storage platform. Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC will provide cryptocurrency custody and trading services for enterprise clients, the company announced Monday. Tom Jessup, who is heading up the new division, announced the platform at Bloomberg's Institutional Crypto event. It hopes to draw institutional investors, including…