Kaiko Research: Monthly Market Report November 2020

A U.S. judge has agreed to a settlement between the SEC, Do Kwon and Terraform Labs.The settlement involves a $4.5 billion penalty and a ban on trading "crypto asset securities."A U.S. District Court judge has agreed to a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Terraform Labs and its former CEO, Do Kwon, which

A lot of executives in crypto have set their business plans based on the expected arrival, at some future point in time, of a horde of mainstream investors who will bring billions of dollars of assets, and eventually trillions, over to the digital rails, as it were.Behind the scenes, though, a perhaps more urgent pitch

Coinbase third-quarter net revenue missed estimates. Institutional interest in the stock is growing as it becomes a more important component of various equity indices, JMP said. The U.S. presidential election is an important short-term catalyst for both Coinbase and the industry, and may lead to a more benign regulatory backdrop, the analysts said. 02:19 Spot

The staggering amount of BRC-20 tokens minted via the Ordinals protocol, which clogged the Bitcoin network and sent transaction fees sky-high, has sparked a debate among developers of the blockchain over how to tame the on-chain frenzy.The debate is playing out on the bitcoin-dev mailing list, which hosts discussions about Bitcoin development. Opinion is divided…

Bitcoin financial services firm Onramp's asset management platform has opened for business with BitGo among its custodians.Austin, Texas-based Onramp launched a spot bitcoin (BTC) trust in April targeting high-net-worth investors.As with the trust, Onramp is harnessing multisignature (multisig) security, in which several custodians control the private keys to the bitcoin being held. The asset manager

The ICO is over. At least that's what the market keeps hearing, and what was floated during the very first panel – called "The Death of the Main Sale" – at RepubliCon in Manhattan on Thursday.  The event, hosted by crowd investing platform Republic, saw a number of crypto industry stakeholders discuss the cooling (by…

A spokesman for Revolut said the company wants to expand its crypto offerings, taking a compliance-first approach to become a safe harbor for the entire crypto community. Revolut, which snagged a U.K. banking license in recent months, would join other entrants to the stablecoin sector including PayPal, Ripple and BitGo. 00:54 How Blackbird Brings Dining

Jul 9, 2020 at 13:59 UTCUpdated Jul 9, 2020 at 14:03 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Credit: CoinDesk archives)One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges is said to be preparing to list on the U.S. stock market sometime in early 2021. Sources speaking to Reuters said Coinbase had already begun the process for a listing; it…

Christy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Christy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold…