DEA Agent: Speculators Are Using Bitcoin More Than Criminals

Mar 3, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Mar 3, 2020 at 09:05 UTCWould requiring exchanges to attest their reserves have stopped Quadriga's Gerald Cotten? Image via Decentral CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is partner at Castle Island Ventures, a public blockchain-focused venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass. He is also the cofounder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup.What differentiates…

Polygon Labs, the company behind the Polygon blockchain, promoted its chief legal officer, Marc Boiron, to CEO and said President Ryan Wyatt will step down at the end of July and serve in an advisory role.Boiron’s “appointment signals our commitment to nurture and expand the global Polygon community of developers, builders and users,” according to…

news Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo and over-the-counter (OTC) specialist Genesis Global Trading have teamed up on a service designed to make Wall Street feel more comfortable dipping a toe in the market. Announced today, the tie-up means institutional investors storing digital assets with BitGo can use Genesis’ platform to execute trades at the speed they are…

Nasdaq is seeking approval to launch and trade bitcoin options. This follows an announcement by the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year that is was also looking to list bitcoin index options. Neither have yet received the green light from regulators. Nasdaq is seeking approval from regulators to allow the launch and trading of

news Coinbase has launched a new feature allowing user to directly transfer cryptocurrency holdings on Coinbase.com to accounts in the firm’s Wallet app. The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the news in a blog post on Tuesday, saying that users will be able to link their accounts once the app gets updated in the “next…

Mar 30, 2020 at 21:20 UTC"I can say that this is the first time we have done this" rep Samantha Spielman said of the HackerOne/Voatz severance (Image by Danny Nelson) Election App Voatz Just Got Kicked Out of a Major Bug Bounty ProgramBug bounty platform HackerOne severed ties with Medici Ventures-backed Voatz, the blockchain-based mobile…

news India’s central bank is setting up a fintech sandbox that may include blockchain startups and tools – but notably, explicitly excludes any cryptocurrency-related projects. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published its draft framework for a regulatory sandbox on Thursday, a move that comes nearly three years after it first formed a working group to look…

May 25, 2020 at 14:44 UTCUpdated May 25, 2020 at 14:52 UTCCraig Wright (Image via CoinDesk archives)Craig Wright Called ‘Fraud’ in Message Signed With Bitcoin Addresses He Claims to OwnThe credibility of Craig Wright – the Australian tech entrepreneur who controversially claims to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto – has taken another blow. After…

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert Talks Ethereum, DeFi and the Next BitMEXThe TakeawayAfter the BitMEX enforcement action, are other noncompliant exchanges on the CFTC's radar? "Maybe," said Chairman Heath Tarbert.In an appearance Wednesday, the regulator largely deferred to his colleagues at the SEC on the question of whether ether in a proof-of-stake version of Ethereum would…