Former S&P President Leads Seed Round for ICO Compliance Startup

Dec 24, 2019 at 17:00 UTCOn today's holiday episode of Markets Daily, we're joined by John Barrett for a holiday classic.You can find the original song hereDisclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies.…

Jul 15, 2020 at 07:22 UTCBritish bank Standard Chartered has invested in Metaco, a crypto custodian focused on the institutional market. The Series A round was oversubscribed, twice, due to high demand; the funding will primarily go toward expansion to the U.S., Western Europe, and Southeast Asia, according to a press release. Metaco's main product…

Oct 9, 2020 at 16:43 UTCUpdated Oct 9, 2020 at 17:26 UTCThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s research and development wing, the Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate, on Friday awarded $817,712 in total to five blockchain startups in a bid to reimagine the federal government’s anti-forgery and counterfeit prevention operations. From creating digital Social Security…

Securities regulators are poised to approve ether (ETH) futures ETFs for trading in the U.S., Bloomberg reported Thursday.Several firms have applied to list these exchange-traded funds, which would hold derivatives contracts tied to ether – rather than ether itself. But they need the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's blessing, something Bloomberg said might be imminent.There…

The crowd has started rolling into Austin, Texas, for Consensus, CoinDesk's annual crypto conference, which runs Wednesday through Friday. We're incredibly excited for all the blockchain tech programming, as well as the chance to connect IRL with lots of industry contacts.Here is our rundown of all the key blockchain tech programming. (Along with a couple

(Moreimages/Shutterstock)Digital asset management firm CoinShares said Tuesday it is adding a real-time audit feature to the crypto exchange traded products issued by subsidiary XBT Provider.  According to a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, investors will be able to access audit reports for XBT’s bitcoin, ether, litecoin and XRP products. CoinShares said it has partnered with…

Nov 13, 2020 at 2:34 p.m. UTCBenoit Coeuré, head of the BIS Innovation Hub(Andrej Klizan/Flickr)From PayPal to Libra: Big Tech Has Forced Central Banks to Wake Up to CBDCs, Says Benoit CoeureLibra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to Benoit Coeure, head of the…

Bitcoin broke above the $38,000 level in Asian morning hours on Wednesday as hopes around a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval were revived earlier this week, and traditional market watchers expected rate cuts.Solana’s SOL tokens led gains among layer-1, or base, blockchains, jumping some 8% in the past 24 hours to reverse losses from the

Dec 26, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTCNow Is the Time for Enterprises to Look at ETH 2.0Despite the excitement and enthusiasm in the Ethereum community, many people don’t yet fully understand the significance – and the opportunity – of the second-largest blockchain for large institutions and enterprises. The nature of network participation is changing dramatically as…