My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More

Jul 21, 2020 at 09:33 UTCDecentraland (via platform's website)Global tech giant Samsung is adding support for blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland to its wallet app. The Ethereum-powered platform allows users to monetize and build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or crypto collectibles.According to an announcement from the platform on Monday, Samsung now supports Decentraland’s…

An unknown single trader, or a trading entity, lost $55 million on an ether trade against binance usd (BUSD) on crypto exchange Binance as crypto markets plunged suddenly late on Thursday, data shows.The position was made up of 38,986.528 ether (ETH) and liquidated at the $1,434 price level. That was nearly 30% of all liquidated…

BlackRock's IBIT is on track for its second consecutive day of over $1 billion trading volume after Monday's record-breaking day.U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $520 million in net inflows Monday as bitcoin rallied to $57,000.BlackRock's spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is having another massive trading day, poised to book over $1 billion in trading

Metaplanet's stock rose 90% after adding $6.56 million in bitcoin to its balance sheet in partnership with Sora Ventures and other crypto investors.The move aims to reduce yen exposure and offer Japanese investors crypto access with a preferential tax structure.Metaplanet (3350), a Web3 infrastructure provider, saw its Tokyo-listed stock rise almost 90% in two days

Zero-knowledge rollup Citrea has deployed its BitVM bridge on the Bitcoin testnet. Clementine harnesses BitVM, a computing paradigm designed to allow Ethereum-style smart contracts on Bitcoin and which could also pave the way for zero-knowledge computations. Bitcoin zero-knowledge rollup Citrea has deployed its BitVM-based bridge Clementine to the Bitcoin testnet. Citrea, which raised $2.7 million

Mar 18, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Mar 18, 2020 at 13:14 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/muratartArgentina’s Gas Regulator Greenlights Industry Blockchain Built With RSK TechArgentina’s national gas regulator has given Gasnor, a natural gas distributor for two million residents, approval to pilot a smart contract-based certification platform. Gasnet, a permissioned blockchain platform from IOV Labs and software builder Grupo…

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…

London-based liquidity provider B2C2 has acquired French market making firm Woorton in a deal that grants B2C2 access to Woorton's regulatory licenses, allowing it to operate in the EU, according to a press release.B2C2 can now offer its services to the EU's institutional sector via Woorton's PSAN (prestataires de services sur actifs numériques) license, which…

The market value of blockchain-based investment products that wrap U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and money market funds into a form of a token total $614 million, according to real-world asset data firm RWA.xyz’s compilation.Demand for tokenized Treasurys among digital asset investors has been steadily growing as the yield on U.S. government bonds, widely considered as…