Kaiko Research: Monthly Market Report May 2021

The company used the permissioned, private blockchain of fintech firm SWIAT and the Bundesbank's trigger solution for settlement. The issuance was part of a European Central Bank's trial to settle central bank money on blockchains. 02:15 Inside Trump's Crypto Project; Ripple's Upcoming Stablecoin To Launch in 'Weeks': Garlinghouse 01:03 Crypto Saw Lowest Monthly Losses to

The European Union's Innovation Hub for Internal Security warned law-enforcement agencies that crypto platforms like mixers, privacy coins and layer-2 blockchains can complicate tracing.In a separate report, France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) said crypto remains a high risk for money laundering.Privacy coins, mixers and layer-2 platforms can make it difficult for law-enforcement agencies to

Sep 25, 2020 at 11:33 UTC(Markus Winkler/Unsplash)Earlier this week stablecoin issuers received a reassuring message from some of the top U.S. financial regulators: parking your fiat reserves in banks is a-okay. On Monday, the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), under the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued official guidance declaring that national banks and federal savings…

Will Canny is CoinDesk's finance reporter.Bitcoin (BTC) could rally 20% to around $35,000 - $36,000, crypto-services provider Matrixport said in a research report on Thursday.Bitcoin has been trading in a narrowing wedge that is about to be broken to the upside, the report said, adding that technically this could project a move higher by an…

news Opera now lets Android users buy ethereum’s ether (ETH) cryptocurrency directly from its browser-based wallet, it announced Wednesday. For the new service, Opera said it has partnered with regulated crypto brokerage Safello to provide the cash-to-crypto exchange. The feature allows payments with credit and debit cards, along with “trusted” payment networks including Swish in Sweden.…

news The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action against Control-Finance Limited, a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, and its founder, Benjamin Reynolds, of the United Kingdom. The complaint charges the defendants misappropriated at least 22,858.822 bitcoin—worth at least $147 million at the time—from more than 1,000 customers…

Bitcoin is painting a less bullish picture than 24 hours ago, following a drop out of an ascending price channel. Stepping back, the leading cryptocurrency picked up a strong bid at $6,200 on Oct. 31, keeping the crucial 21-month EMA support intact. Further, it witnessed a symmetrical triangle breakout earlier this week, signaling that bulls…

Telegram’s long-standing ethos of openness and free speech, hence the paper plane as its logo, has landed the messaging platform and CEO Pavel Durov in legal trouble. Yet, it’s important to remember that the global digital freedom Telegram enables has now also boosted real crypto adoption. Blink if you’ve missed it, but Web3 – the

Maple Finance raised $5 million from investors led by BlockTower Capital and Tioga Capital.The protocol also expanded its cash management offering to Solana after halting using the network following the FTX collapse.Blockchain-based credit marketplace Maple Finance has turned its attention to Asia and will expand into the region with a $5 million investment round, the…