Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad Among Witnesses for House Crypto Hearing

Nov 20, 2020 at 9:25 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $18.8K as Total Crypto Locked in DeFi Passes $14BThe price of bitcoin hit new 2020 highs as the “alternative to gold” narrative increases. Meanwhile, smaller crypto tokens might be helping push DeFi to new heights.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $18,638 as of…

Galaxy said spot ether ETFs could see $5 billion of net inflows in the first five months. Demand for the new products is expected to come from independent investment advisors and broker/dealer platforms. The lack of staking rewards could limit demand for these spot ETFs, the report said. Ether (ETH) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), once

Feb 12, 2020 at 18:30 UTCUpdated Feb 12, 2020 at 18:34 UTCLaboratoria students at a Celo design-a-thon in Mexico City. (Photo courtesy of C Labs)Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token ProjectCelo is the new black. Investors from Silicon Valley to Switzerland are whispering about it. The team behind that project, C Labs, is…

"Perceptions that cash could spread pathogens may change payment behaviour by users and firms,” the researchers said. (Credit: Myra Thompson / Shutterstock)BIS Researchers Say Coronavirus Could Spur Central Banks to Adopt Digital PaymentsResearchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) think COVID-19 may accelerate the adoption of digital payments and sharpen the debate over central…

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feature Academic researcher Dr. Ayo Akinyele is working on a cryptographic solution to boost privacy across second-layer blockchain solutions like the lightning network for bitcoin. Akinyele just announced the formation of Bolt Labs, named after the BOLT protocol that aims to give lightning hubs shielded addresses for anonymous payment channels. The startup is launching with…

Aug 4, 2020 at 16:39 UTCUpdated Aug 4, 2020 at 17:23 UTCThe Chicago "bean" (Hari Nandakumar/Unsplash)The Chicago DeFi Alliance (CDA), which includes fintech firms Jump Trading, Cumberland DRW, CMT Digital, Volt Capital and others, is launching one of the first accelerator programs devoted entirely to decentralized finance (DeFi) startups beginning in August. Volt Capital co-founder…

NEWS Oct 25, 2018 at 16:45 UTC  |  Updated  Oct 25, 2018 at 19:35 UTC Distributed ledger tech startup Ripple saw revenue from the sale of the digital asset XRP more than double this past quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018. In its Q3 2018 XRP Markets Report, released Thursday, Ripple announced it sold…

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