EU Lawmaker Wants to Include ICOs in New Crowdfunding Rules

Stacks (STX), the native token of Stacks Network, has soared in March amid booming hype for Bitcoin Ordinals and growing total value locked (TVL) on the protocol. The project is also set to undergo an upgrade later this year to further speed and scalability.Known for being the first token distributed through the first-ever U.S. Securities…

Jan 8, 2021 at 6:21 p.m. UTCBlockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Rich List, Coinbase’s Latest AcquisitionRipple tried to settle with the SEC before the watchdog’s XRP-related lawsuit. The “bitcoin rich list” has more names than ever. Grayscale reports an uptick in interest from pension funds and Coinbase makes an acquisition to beef up its institutional bitcoin offerings.…

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24H Low$12.5124H High$13.08PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Feen/aAbout QtumQTUM, pronounced ‘quantum’, is a blockchain technology designed to merge the smart contract element of Ethereum with the stable blockchain characteristics of Bitcoin as well as using the ‘proof of stake’ consensus mechanism in order to verify ownership. The platform went live in September 2017 and is primarily…

Dec 24, 2019 at 20:15 UTCThe American Cancer Society (ACS), a non-profit organization committed to funding cancer research, is now accepting bitcoin donations through BitPay.“Cancer affects people from all walks of life, so it’s not surprising that we draw support from a broad cross-section of donors,” ACS exec Brant Woodward told CoinDesk. “Our mission is…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Credit: CoinDesk archives)Max Raskin is an adjunct professor of law at New York University.A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last week, urging him to consider the use of blockchain technology in administering the federal government’s coronavirus response. This comes just a month after Democrats in…

feature Cryptocurrency startup TokenPay is getting into the lingerie business. Revealed in a filing Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Switzerland-based startup has spent $1.3 million for a 6 percent equity stake in Naked Brand Group (NAKD), the Australian lingerie company best known for supermodel Heidi Klum’s signature fashion lines. TokenPay CEO Derek…

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Rosie Perper is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Web3 news section, focusing on the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs and emerging technology like VR/AR. She has previously worked across breaking news, global…

opinion Chi-Ru Jou is a partner in the Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency Group of CKR Law LLP, a global law firm with approximately fifty offices worldwide and more than forty attorneys contributing to the blockchain group. The views offered in this article are her own only. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018…