Moody’s assigns ‘A-bf’ rating for OpenEden’s tokenized fund

China’s central bank may be planning to use its digital currency to curb the dominance of Alibaba and Tencent in the digital payments sector. The People’s Bank of China is purportedly planning to use its digital currency electronic system (DCEP) — another moniker for its central bank digital currency — to target the dominance of…

Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to reach and even surpass its all-time highs of $20,000 by May’s block reward halving. That was the opinion of Mike Novogratz, the serial venture capitalist who has stayed consistently bullish on BTC. Novogratz: Bitcoin “best brand of the past 11 years”Speaking to CNBC in an interview on Feb. 14, Novogratz called…

Representatives from the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries voiced their concerns about a bill in the Nevada State Senate in a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, March 12.The bill, SB 195, would introduce several uniform standards to the virtual currency industry, and would require crypto-related business like exchanges to register with the state’s Department of Business…

A subsidiary of Swiss cybersecurity and blockchain firm WISeKey has raised $7 million in an pre-funding round prior to launching a security token offering (STO), the company confirmed in a press release on April 11.WISeCoin, which came into being in August last year, plans to conduct the STO in Q2.Responsible for managing all of WISeKey’s…

Five Republican senators, including “Crypto Senator” Cynthia Lummis, have sent a letter to the SEC regarding its March bulletin that established broad new requirements for trading platforms. 106 Total views 14 Total shares United States Senator Bill Hagerty has sent a letter, cosigned by four other Republican senators, to Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission chair…

Women comprise a larger proportion of mid-level and senior positions compared to entry levels, which are dominated by men, Pantera’s researchers said.

The Ministry of Finance in Austria is considering establishing a regulatory sandbox for the fintech industry, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports on April 26.The country’s Finance Minister Hartwig Loeger said that the FinTech Advisory Council — which was formed by the Ministry of Finance last year —  will aid in the development of relevant rules to…

The total supply for USDC on Ethereum has surpassed that of Tether, putting USDT in second place on Ethereum for the first time. 992 Total views 22 Total shares Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has reached a major milestone by surpassing Tether (USDT) in total supply on the Ethereum network.USDC’s current supply on Ethereum as of…

A national digital currency would help curb tax evasion in Colombia, which is estimated at up to 8% of GDP, the head of Colombia’s tax and customs agency said. 342 Total views 17 Total shares Amid Colombia’s economic growth beat expectations in the second quarter, an official at the country’s tax and customs agency has…