European Union to Regulate Stablecoins, Not Issue Its Own: Source

Last month, Apple (AAPL) threatened to remove the Bitcoin-friendly social media app Damus from its App Store for allowing users to tip or “zap” each other with bitcoin (BTC) on content posted in the app – a prohibited practice the tech giant reportedly considers equivalent to selling digital media.Damus creator William Casarin eventually conceded, resolving…

Craig Wright – the Australian computer scientist best known for his widely disputed claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin – is now expected to testify in a Miami court on Monday.Wright was initially slated to testify Thursday, according to an earlier schedule drawn up for the jury by Judge Beth Bloom…

Bitcoin cash (BCH) saw a sharp but short-lived uptick in its value on Friday after the publication of a fraudulent press release claiming that U.S. supermarket giant Kroger would be accepting the cryptocurrency as payment this holiday season.The crypto rose over 4.6% from $602.63 at around 11:30 UTC to $630.70 less than 15 minutes later…

news Blockchains.com, a blockchain incubation and investment firm, announced today the acquisition of slock.it, a German company with roots in the original development of ethereum. Blockchains was primarily interested in slock.it’s Incubed project which enables human and machines secure participation in the economy of things through the ethereum blockchain. The merger will allow both companies…

Cryptocurrency brokerage sFOX is providing customers commission-free access to blockchain staking directly from regulated custody without the risks associated with transferring ownership of their coins, the company said Tuesday.A software layer designed to make staking easy, sFOX allows professional users, high-net-worth individuals, hedge funds and the like to store their staked crypto in Wyoming trust

The FTX bankruptcy estate has apparently staked millions of dollars worth of ether (ETH) and solana's SOL over the weekend, blockchain addresses tied to the crypto exchange apparently show.Over 5.5 million SOL, worth $122 million at current prices, and just over 24,000 ETH, worth $30 million, have been staked, separate transactions viewable on the blockchain

The Near Foundation, the non-profit behind the Near Protocol, has announced a collaboration with Ethereum scaling solution firm Polygon Labs in an attempt to improve interoperability across chains.The deal brings the Near protocol closer to one of the largest blockchain networks, Ethereum, and enables blockchains with WebAssembly (WASM) technology to use Ethereum’s liquidity, according to

The SEC’s decision in June to drop charges against Ethereum was a milestone in the platform’s journey toward maturity and greater acceptance in the financial world. For those who didn’t follow the case, the SEC believed ether (ETH) was sold as an unregistered stock, with concerns that it was being sold without following certain rules

NEWS Sep 14, 2018 at 12:00 UTC South Korea's customs authority is looking to adopt Samsung's blockchain tech as the backbone of a decentralized customs clearance system. Samsung SDS, the conglomerate's IT arm, said on Friday that the Korea Customs Service has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see Samsung's Nexledger blockchain utilized…