EU Banking Authority to Hire Crypto Experts as it Prepares for New MiCA Law

Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. OpenTrade, provider of on-chain structured financial products for Web3 treasuries and businesses, has raised just over $1.5 million in a funding round led by crypto-native venture capital firm Sino Global Capital.Other backers in the funding round included Circle Ventures, Kronos Research, Kyber Ventures, Polygon Ventures, and Outlier…

The U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) is setting up a team for cybercrime and is looking to recruit six specialist crypto investigators."This role will be part of a new project that will form a specialised cryptocurrency and virtual assets team," the job posting said. An ideal candidate will need to understand crypto and be able

Feb 20, 2020 at 21:15 UTCUpdated Feb 20, 2020 at 21:39 UTCFOR A RAINY DAY: Nexus Mutual members voted to pay out two claims following the bZx flash loan attacks – a first for the DeFi insurance pioneer. (Image via Pexels)Insurance works in crypto so far, though it hasn't had many big tests yet.Not many…

Which pays more: a two-year Taiwanese government bond, or a prediction market contract about the potential invasion of Taiwan by China?Taiwan government bond yields (Investing.com)Turns out it's the prediction market contract."No" shares on crypto-based platform Polymarket are trading at 92 cents, which means that should China not invade Taiwan by the end of the year

The lack of a two-way token bridge, a clunky decentralized exchange (DEX) experience, and a network being closed to the public have not deterred crypto traders from finding their way to Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain in the hopes of unearthing a fortune.Base, built by crypto exchange Coinbase on OP Stack, launched its testnet in January…

South Koreans will vote on April 10 having considered crypto-related poll promises that the two main parties have made.The role of crypto may have become even more significant in this election than the previous one.In March 2022, former prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol won the South Korean Presidential election by a margin of less than 1%

Hong Kong's regulator has found "unsatisfactory practices" at some crypto exchanges seeking full licenses in the region after conducting on-site inspections. If this results in the cancellation of some temporary licenses handed out to the 11 applicants for full licenses, it may throw a spanner in the works of Hong Kong's pursuit of trying to

opinion Henrik Hjelte is the co-founder and CEO of ChromaWay, a company focused on implementing blockchain solutions. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  Here in Stockholm, we’ve entered the long months of winter. In the next few weeks, the sun won’t rise until 9:00 a.m. and it will set just…

Oct 15, 2020 at 01:00 UTCUpdated Oct 15, 2020 at 01:11 UTC(Pres Panayotov/Shutterstock)PwC Report Points to Banner Year for Crypto M&A and Fundraising DealsCOVID has not slowed crypto M&A. To wit, the value of industry acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full year 2019, according to a report released…