Kalshi rolls out political betting contracts for Trump presidency

MASAK found Binance Turkey guilty of violating the Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime, also known as the AML Law. 579 Total views 35 Total shares The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) has fined Binance Turkey 8 million lira (nearly $750,000) after the crypto exchange failed the financial watchdog’s audit for monitoring Anti-Money…

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it is hiring Andrew L. Ridenour as senior counsel to the chairman. Up until recently, Ridenour worked at the major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.CFTC Chairman Tarbert unveiled Ridenour and others as new hires on July 17, commenting that the “counsel and expertise of my team…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced BTCB, a bitcoin (BTC)-pegged token on its native blockchain, Binance Chain, in a blog post on June 17.Per the announcement, the newly-released BEP2 token will be traded on Binance and will also be available on its decentralized counterpart Binance DEX. Furthermore, this asset is one of a series of cryptocurrency-pegged…

Jennifer Bailey, the vice president of Apple’s payments service, Apple Pay, said that the company sees potential in cryptocurrencies.CNN reported on Sept. 5 that Bailey told the outlet’s chief business correspondent Christine Romans at a private event in San Francisco:“We're watching cryptocurrency. [...] We think it's interesting. We think it has interesting long-term potential.”A shot…

Russia’s blockchain vote, powered by Bitfury, is off to a shaky start. 1287 Total views 21 Total shares Russia’s blockchain-based voting system for the Constitutional amendments is off to a rocky start after going live earlier today, according to local media reports. E-voting, scheduled to take place from June 25 to June 30 for residents of…

Andreas Antonopoulos believes that companies like Chainalysis violate the civil rights of millions of individuals. 264 Total views 4 Total shares In an interview from April 25, Andreas Antonopoulos compared working at Chainalysis to working for a weapons manufacturer or a company that builds cages for concentration camps.Andreas Antonopoulos, perhaps, the best known Bitcoin (BTC)…

Ether’s ongoing Proof-of-Stake upgrade combined with its DeFi potential and new all-time high could trigger its price above $10,000, according to one analyst. 1618 Total views 9 Total shares After hitting a new all-time high, the Ether (ETH) price could potentially head to $10,500, according to a strategist at major market research company Fundstrat Global…

Ticketmaster, one of the largest event ticket distributors in the world, announced in October 2018 that it had acquired Upgraded, a blockchain technology company specializing in live event ticketing.By applying blockchain technology, Ticketmaster set out to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the billion-dollar ticketing industry. For example, the company intends to use blockchain…

Bitcoin (BTC) is now further below a key moving average than it was at the pit of the March 2020 COVID-19 crash.In a tweet on Jan. 4, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital revealed just how remarkable the current Bitcoin bear market really is.BTC price 200-week moving average out of reachNot only has Bitcoin now…