Crypto Storage Provider Zodia Custody Raises $36M From SBI Holdings, Standard Chartered

Dec 30, 2020 at 1:12 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 30, 2020 at 1:31 p.m. UTCGas flaring on the Bakken oil field (Ken Cedeno/Getty)Russian Oil Drilling Giant Opens a Crypto Mining Farm Run on Gas EnergyGazpromneft, the oil subsidiary of Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom, is getting into a different kind of exploration. The company opened a venue…

Lido, the Ethereum staking stalwart, has recently been grappling with the frenzy around "restaking," a new trend that threatens to erode the staking platform's grip on decentralized finance (DeFi).Lido is controlled by the Lido DAO, a consortium of LDO token-holders who vote on protocol strategy and key upgrades.A new initiative from the DAO will see

Mar 24, 2020 at 19:41 UTCUpdated Mar 24, 2020 at 20:07 UTCThe CFTC is granting companies a 90-day period to comply with its new guidance around "actual delivery." (CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert image via CoinDesk archives)The CFTC Just Defined What ‘Actual Delivery’ of Crypto Should Look LikeThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published its…

The cryptocurrency community has a great story to tell, but it urgently needs to tell it.At least, that is a recurrent theme throughout CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus report, out today. Based primarily on intimate group discussions that took place at Consensus 2023, it covers a wide range of pressing issues challenging the digital assets…

news A small blockchain company out of Arizona has built open-source software that it says any bitcoin-based blockchain could use to improve its functionality. Nexus announced Monday what it called its seventh “activation” – a protocol upgrade that brings smart-contract functionality to the Nexus blockchain, which launched as a fork of the original bitcoin protocol…

news Professional services firm Accenture and Italian insurance group Generali have launched a blockchain solution that brings employee benefits into the digital age. The product is aimed to streamline Generali’s Employee Benefits Network offerings, including insurance cover for life, disability, accident and healthcare, the two firms jointly announced Tuesday. Through smart contracts and automated reconciliation, the system…

Oct 12, 2020 at 16:30 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 16:31 UTCSecuritize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo(Securitize)Securitize Is Taking Ethereum-Based Securities Into the DeFi RealmConnecting the worlds of security tokens and decentralized finance (DeFi) is the next logical step for Securitize, a kind of regulatory-compliant fixer when it comes to tracking and trading blockchain-based securities.Announced…

Updates to current regulations were released on Oct 18. More than 30 crypto exchanges have applied for a full license. Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) has extended the deadline for crypto exchanges to meet licensing requirements to become Physical Crypto Asset Traders until the last week of November. 21:33 Is Ethereum the 'Blackberry'

Apr 16, 2020 at 14:00 UTCCAPITULATION? U.S. lawmakers grilled Libra board member David Marcus last year. The consortium has overhauled its plans. (Credit: House Financial Services Committee)Libra Scales Back Global Currency Ambitions in Concession to RegulatorsThe Libra Association is pulling back from its original vision of a global digital currency backed by a basket of…