ETH users stake 28.9% of supply, signal ‘long-term’ confidence

The Bank of Israel does not want private companies taking over the digital payments system in the country. 81 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Bank of Israel says it's preparing an action plan for the potential issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC),though…

The firm chose to expand into Abu Dhabi due to the innovation-friendly crypto regulations.

FDIC's acting chairman stated that the work on crypto-related guidance for U.S. banks is underway. 257 Total views 4 Total shares Martin J. Gruenberg, the acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, named “crypto-assets” among the agency’s key priorities in 2022, alongside addressing financial risks associated with climate change and promoting amendments…

Following a third reading in the House of Lords, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will return to lawmakers to consider changes before being signed into law. Lawmakers in the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are moving forward with legislation aimed at expanding authorities’ ability to target cryptocurrencies used for…

While tZERO’s net revenues have nearly doubled year-over-year, Overstock’s fledgling security token exchange is still far from profitable. 1158 Total views 15 Total shares Despite explosive third-quarter growth in the security token sector, Overstock’s Q3 2020 earnings report reveals that its tZERO alternative trading system (ATS) has continued to lose money.The ATS specializes in security…

Blockchain network Stellar (XLM) stopped confirming transactions for two hours on May 15, executives confirmed following a user post on social media.Stellar, whose lumens token is currently the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, went down entirely for around 110 minutes Wednesday.The cause, it appears, was a mass offlining of Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) nodes, which…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have raised $20 billion since the start of 2017, which is $18 billion more than the previous year, according to a recent study by financial research firm Autonomous Research. The study dubbed “Crypto Utopia” explores the cryptocurrency industry over the past year, focusing on ICOs and the regulation to which they…

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,687 representing a 0.87% loss in value in the last 24 hours and 1 % for today’s sessionLooking at performance relative to its peers, Ether (ETH) and XRP are both underperforming versus Bitcoin at the moment. Ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, being down 1.29% and XRP 1.22% in…