Korean Blockchain Groups Blast Plan to Strip Crypto Exchange Benefits

The UNODC has released a set of recommendations for combating cyber-enabled fraud in Southeast Asia. It also warned scammers are diversifying into new tactics and making use of new technologies such as AI. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime called on Southeast Asian nations to make operating a money service business or virtual

Derivatives giant Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) recorded double-digit growth in crypto options trading volume in July, helped by investor appetite for hedging tools.Trading activity rose 24% to $940 million, registering the first increase in four months, according to data tracked by CCData. Volumes in bitcoin (BTC) options rose 16.6% to $734 million, while ether (ETH)…

Tron USDT volume eclipses Ethereum for the third consecutive week.Tether weekly transaction count on Ethereum and TronJan 20, 2021 at 9:36 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 20, 2021 at 9:56 p.m. UTCTether Use on Tron Passes Ethereum as Low Fees Attract Small TransactionsThe number of tether transactions on the Tron blockchain have passed Ethereum’s count for three…

Nov 4, 2020 at 22:55 UTCUpdated Nov 4, 2020 at 23:19 UTCBlockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multi-Sig Bitcoin TransactionsWith Bitcoin’s long-awaited Taproot upgrade on the horizon, the engineers at Blockstream are working on a new scheme to improve multi-signature transactions. These transactions, which require signatures from more than one private key to authorize spends,…

Sep 18, 2020 at 17:06 UTCBerlin Brandenburg Airport in 2012. The long-delayed megaproject is tentatively set to open this October. (Muns/Wikimedia commons)German Lawmakers Vote ‘Nein’ on Blockchain for Transparency on MegaprojectsGermany’s money-hemorrhaging effort to build a sleek new airport for Berlin might have convinced one political party that a blockchain for megaproject transparency was in…

news Native support for bitcoin cash is coming to HTC’s blockchain phone. Today, HTC announced its partnership with Bitcoin.com to add bitcoin cash support for its Exodus 1 blockchain phone. The new function will come with Bitcoin.com’s preinstalled wallet and be rolled into the Exodus 1 software update. Bitcoin.com will also sell the Exodus 1…

BlackRock's first tokenized product, launched on Ethereum in March, is now accessible on the Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon networks. BUIDL, the largest blockchain-based money market fund, is backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries and has $520 million of assets. 02:47 Bitcoin Nears $90K; FTX Sues Binance, CZ For $1.8B 17:55 Are Memecoins

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin ticked back toward the $43,000 mark during European morning trading hours having slipped down to $42,173.76 during the Asian session. At the time of writing

Bitcoin and ether prices fell slightly while meme tokens saw significant gains.The surge in meme coins such as shiba inu, was probably driven by Asia-based traders and linked to the excitement around the potential for a pro-crypto shift by U.S. regulators.Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) prices fell a little more than 1% in the past