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

A trading firm's $27 million sell order for ether could have triggered the decline, one market observer speculated.A rampant U.S. dollar after a PMI report showed a red-hot U.S. economy may have accelerated the drop.Cryptocurrency prices took a hit Thursday as market participants waited for a U.S. regulatory decision on spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds.Bitcoin

news Smartlands is betting on a billion-dollar tokenization vision with a new broker-dealer partnership to make it happen. The British digital tokenization firm is now working with IIP Securities, an international banking consultancy based in New York, as it prepares to bring its security token crowdfunding model stateside. The alliance provides Smartlands access to IIP…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler declined on Thursday to preview his agency's decision on ether (ETH) exchange traded funds (ETFs), though he advised observers to "stay tuned."Though he'd reiterated that the court decision on ETFs had caused his agency to "pivot" in its thinking, when asked by CoinDesk on

What is the point of a $275,000 fine? This week, crypto OG Erik Voorhees’ exchange ShapeShift settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over alleged securities law infractions. The exchange, which decentralized its ownership structure by launching a DAO that oversees operations in 2021, agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle

Jan 11, 2021 at 12:49 p.m. UTCChinese Bank Trials Digital Yuan Services at ATMs: ReportThe Agricultural Bank of China is said to have enabled a number of ATMs around the city of Shenzhen to offer trial services for the digital yuan.AgBank, one of the "big four" Chinese banks, is allowing customers to deposit and withdraw…

SEC officials huddled with stakeholders last week on a proposed bitcoin ETF.

Meme coins surged after a post by Keith Gill, a retail trader whose online persona and investment strategies contributed to the GameStop short squeeze in 2021. The meme coin surge was not limited to microcap tokens but also impacted larger tokens like Pepe and Floki.Top meme coins climbed higher Tuesday after a viral post by

With BTC surpassing $51K and analysts remaining bullish on the price, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

A physical dogecoin (DOGE) token could reach Earth’s moon in a space payload mission planned by Pittsburg-based firm Astrobotic, Dogecoin developers said in an X post Thursday.“Astrobotic plans to send a physical Dogecoin to the moon in the DHL Moonbox via ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket on 12/23/2023,” Dogecoin developers said. “Funded by our community in