Ethereum-Based Carbon Tracker Carbonable Raises $1.2M to Tackle Greenwashing

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Margaux Nijkerk reports on blockchain protocols with a focus on the Ethereum ecosystem. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds a very small amount of ETH and other…

Social investing platform eToro will delist a selection of crypto token for its U.S. customers in a month's time in response to recent legal action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).From July 12, U.S. customers will no longer be able to open new positions in the tokens of Algorand (ALGO), Decentraland (MANA), Dash…

Will Canny is CoinDesk's finance reporter.The U.S. regulatory crackdown is pushing American crypto firms to look for opportunities overseas, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Thursday.“The U.S.-based arm of Binance has called off its deal with Voyager, while Coinbase launched Coinbase International, a crypto derivatives exchange outside the U.S., as a proactive measure in…

Oct 16, 2020 at 10:16 UTCUpdated Oct 16, 2020 at 10:33 UTCOKEx Founder ‘Star’ Xu Named as Key Holder in Police Custody: ReportA founder of the OKEx cryptocurrency exchange is being held by police, according to Chinese news source Caixin.In a report on Friday, Caixin said it spoke to two individuals close to OKEx who…

news Authorities in Iran have seized roughly 1,000 bitcoin mining machines from two abandoned factories, according to RadioFreeEurope. Following the June 27 action, a spokesman for the Energy Ministry said cryptocurrency mining operations were destabilizing the power grid and affecting electrical access for households and businesses. He warned that the government will continue to pursue…

Oct 15, 2020 at 17:39 UTCUpdated Oct 15, 2020 at 18:07 UTCPresident Donald J. Trump chairs the National Security Council.(White House)Trump’s Security Hawks Call Distributed Ledgers ‘Critical’ in US-China Tech Arms RaceThe Trump Administration has included “distributed ledger technologies” (DLT), the grandaddy tech behind cryptocurrency and blockchain, in its strategy for preserving America’s technological supremacy…

opinion Ian Simpson is chairman of communications at the Crypto Valley Association, an organization that supports the Swiss blockchain sector. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  “Grin and bear it,” they say. And in the current crypto market conditions, many people, on all sides, are “bearing” it, most without any…

CBDCs have been a hot topic for a while, with governments trialing pilot schemes and conducting research. But it's all talk. The reality is that globally, CBDCs are going nowhere for at least 20 years. Research into CBDCs has been going on around the world for the last decade and has increased rapidly over a

Jan 28, 2020 at 04:40 UTCUpdated Jan 28, 2020 at 04:56 UTCThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is updating its regulatory framework for digital payments.Announced Tuesday, Singapore’s Payment Services Act 2019 (PSA) brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services – effectively covering all crypto businesses and exchanges based in Singapore – under current anti-money laundering…