Gate.io to launch $100M innovation fund with the Blockchain Center in Abu Dhabi

American EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers are backing a new blockchain-based ticketing platform.Platform allows artists to control the secondary ticketing marketAlongside their manager Adam Alpert, the 2017 Grammy Award winners invested in YellowHeart, a decentralized ticketing platform designed to facilitate transparent ticketing sales by artists, music industry publication Music Business Worldwide reports on Oct. 21.Founded by…

Fairfax County continues to invest public retirement funds in the cryptocurrency space, highlighting the 'short-term nature' of yield farming as an appealing portfolio diversifier. 37 Total views 12 Total shares Virginia’s Fairfax County continues to be a prominent public institutional investor in the cryptocurrency space and is set to diversify its portfolio with a move…

The rapidly growing but loosely regulated nonfungible token (NFT) industry already touches many areas of human endeavor “from academia to entertainment to medicine, art, and beyond,” wrote recently two United States senators in a letter to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office. The legislators were requesting a study to…

The SEC is seeking a default judgment against three companies and four individuals for their roles in an allegedly fraudulent ICO that duped $9 million from 500 investors. 1890 Total views 4 Total shares The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has requested a default judgment against three companies and four individuals associated with the allegedly…

Courts in China are rolling out blockchain-based electronic seals to protect property from being disturbed or damaged. 1186 Total views 49 Total shares Several courts in China have implemented blockchain technology as a way to secure properties with an electronic seal.The Executive Bureau of the People's Court in Haidian District, Beijing, has reportedly deployed a…

Delo was allowed to leave the country to travel to Hong Kong where he is a resident, bringing to a close his part in the legal saga which began in 2020. 40 Total views 6 Total shares Benjamin Delo the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has been sentenced to 30 months probation for violating the…

Nonprofit ethics group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown on Nov. 9 to present them with information on the alleged use of cryptocurrency in money laundering. The letter discussed the Tron blockchain and stablecoin issuer Circle in particular.In the letter signed by CfA executive director Michelle

The bank messaging service, which dates back to the 1970s, is looking to connect CBDCs to each other and to traditional currencies as it tries to stay up to date. 409 Total views 24 Total shares The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, the Belgian financial messaging network used by banks in international…