Is Standard Chartered setting up a Bitcoin, Ether trading desk?

The emirate’s free trade zone has its own legal system and courts. Now its crypto regulations have been augmented and extended to all tokens recognized in the zone. 288 Total views 4 Total shares The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) announced on Nov. 1 that its crypto token regime has come into force in the…

Chip manufacturing giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) reported a sizeable drop in its crypto mining-related revenue in 2018. The news was revealed in the company’s Q4 2018 financial results, published Jan. 17, together with an earnings call transcript.TSMC has not disclosed specific data for its crypto mining business — including it instead within its high-performance…

Saratov Oblast, a region in Southern Russia, has conducted a reportedly successful blockchain election with 40,000 participants, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Dec. 18.On Dec. 12, participants voted to elect members of the local Youth Parliament via the blockchain-driven electronic polling system Polys, developed by Kaspersky Lab in 2017.According to the press…

For Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office, the ban on X does not violate free speech rights in the country.

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is planning to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto gateways by hiring a former TradingView exec.Iskander Malikov, a former chief operating officer at major trading chart analysis service TradingView, has joined Binance as the new director of fiat, the exchange announced Feb. 6.Former TradingView COO to focus on fiat-to-crypto…

The popular trading app has submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC. 3105 Total views 17 Total shares Robinhood Markets Inc., a popular trading app that recently expanded its cryptocurrency business, has filed paperwork with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to go public.The company confirmed Tuesday that…

The SEC claims a court ruling gives it authority over crypto, setting up a possible counter-argument in dismissal motions brought against it. 212 Total views 2 Total shares A recent filing from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its lawsuit against crypto miner Green United could shed light on how it may…

Smart contracts are no longer the biggest concern, as hackers are vying for easier targets, such as private key leaks.

For over a month, the global crypto community has been talking about the upcoming Bitcoin halving event with great gusto. However, because of the economic slump that has affected the entire planet at the moment from the spread of the novel coronavirus, it seems as though this halving may not have as big of an…