Microsoft Looks to Trusted Computing for Blockchain Security Boost

Prediction markets can be silly, but they can be serious, too, as a tool for investors to hedge their exposure to a certain stock or engage in price discovery on the future growth of one given the market success of its products.In this week's roundup, we're setting aside politics for popcorn and electric dreams, diving

news German finance minister Olaf Scholz has officially joined the media fracas surrounding Facebook’s cryptocurrency efforts, according to a Reuters report. Echoing other public officials who have struck critical tones in recent days, Scholz called upon regulators to examine the social media company’s Libra project. Scholz reportedly raised concerns about consumer protection and the potential…

news The VeChain-powered wine traceability platform now oversees more than 20 wines in Shanghai’s Pilot Free Trade Zone, according to a company statement on Tuesday. Launched in 2018, the Shanghai Wine and Liquor Blockchain Alliance has sought to improve the logistics and quality standards for the growing industry, as middle-class Chinese consumers develop a taste…

In 1987, I sat outside the Medco Center in Springfield, Kentucky, with my grandfather, Bob Burns, a blind ex-industrial laundry worker from Boston. At 80, Bob spent many of his final days at Medco Center, seated in a folding chair and following the sun like a human sundial. One day, he showed me a remarkable

Elliott Suthers, the former head of corporate communications at U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN), has become head of comms for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Worldcoin (WLD), the iris biometric crypto project founded in 2019 by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Suthers, who also has experience working in government policy in Washington, D.C., had been with

The crypto industry has been deploying a $169 million fund that's so far supported more than 20 congressional primary wins in the 2024 elections – including helping knock off an incumbent congressman in New York this week. The companies behind the Fairshake PAC and its affiliates have declined to answer questions about its origins or

A trading journal is one of the major elements that separates novice traders from professionals. Trading journals are intended to track the performance and reasoning behind all trades. They can assist in the critical thinking and decision-making process by demanding a justification for every single trade someone makes. In most cases, major trading firms require…

news Bittrex, the U.S. crypto exchange, has adopted blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis’ real-time monitoring software for transactions to flag suspicious activity across many of its leading coins, Bittrex executives told CoinDesk. Bitcoin, ETH, bitcoin cash, litecoin, dai, gemini, among other cryptocurrencies traded on Bittrex are covered by the new software, known as Chainalysis KYT (Know Your…

Crypto markets slipped Thursday with bitcoin and ether each dropping 5%-6% before a modest rebound.Solana outperformed, benefitting from capital rotation, QCP Capital said.SOL could be poised to run to $250 after clearing a key resistance level, crypto traders said.Crypto markets experienced a burst of downside volatility Thursday with bitcoin (BTC) tumbling over 6% at one