Jamaica Stock Exchange to Trade Crypto Assets in 2018

Blockchain developers are pushing toward a new era – where you won't even notice the blockchain. Router Protocol, a project built using Cosmos blockchain technology, said Tuesday that it launched the main network of a new blockchain designed for "chain abstraction" – a concept embraced by many protocols with the aim of making the user

You Think Crypto Isn’t Ready to Be Money? Consider the Coin ShortageJ.P. Koning, a CoinDesk columnist, worked as an equity researcher at a Canadian brokerage firm and was a financial writer at a large Canadian bank. He runs the popular Moneyness blog. Cryptocurrency is still a new endeavor. People who use it aren’t too surprised…

The survey data shows that cryptocurrency investing is becoming more diverse, said Gemini in its new trends report.(rblfmr/Shutterstock)Jan 29, 2021 at 11:29 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 11:42 a.m. UTCGemini Survey Finds Over 40% of UK Crypto Investors Are WomenA survey conducted by cryptocurrency exchange Gemini shows an increasing number of women in the…

U.S President Joe Biden signed a veto of a House Joint Resolution that would have repealed the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, he announced Friday afternoon.SAB 121 is a controversial piece of SEC accounting guidance that directs financial institutions holding crypto for customers to keep the assets on their own balance

news The U.S. Department of Energy is exploring blockchain technology as a line of defense against cyberattacks on power plants. The department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) unit announced Wednesday that phase two of an electric grid security project has been launched in partnership with decentralized cybersecurity startup Taekion, formerly Grid7. The laboratory provided a grant…

The volume of Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust product, GBTC, increased almost 80% in June, amid asset manager BlackRock’s application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) and similar filings by two other large financial services firms.(CCData)The trust’s trading volume increased to $45 million in June, maintaining its position as…

Bitcoin clinched another all-time high of $88,448 on Monday, surging 11% over the past 24 hours, while the broad-market CoinDesk 20 Index underperformed, with Ethereum's ETH and Solana's SOL lagging. Crypto equities such as Coinbase, MicroStrategy, miners booked 20%-30% gains. Crypto's price explosion is justified as the industry went from an "objectively oppressive regulatory regime

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple, related to the sale of the XRP token, has been one of the most controversial and hotly debated topics in the cryptocurrency industry. The lawsuit alleges Ripple conducted an unregistered securities offering by selling XRP, which is the cryptocurrency used by the Ripple network. The case…

The agreement is subject to creditor acceptance.(Shutterstock)Jan 15, 2021 at 7:08 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 15, 2021 at 7:35 p.m. UTCMt. Gox Creditors Can Claim 90% of Bitcoin Left in Bankruptcy: BloombergCreditors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox will be presented with the option to claim up to 90% of the exchange’s remaining bitcoin, according…