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

news The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and Microsoft have corralled the major blockchain providers behind a new project to help businesses design and create the right sort of crypto tokens for their particular needs.   The EEA, which is focused on creating standards and specifications for business users interacting with ethereum technology, stressed it is…

The SEC's case over allegedly unlawful sales of XRP by Ripple to retail investors is entering the discovery phase.Feb 16, 2021 at 9:51 a.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 1:25 p.m. UTCRipple, SEC Say Settlement Unlikely Before Trial Over Alleged Securities ViolationsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple said Monday that there’s little…

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the market’s reaction to a new bitcoin all-time high, including:The success of the first day of the ProShares bitcoin futures exchange-traded fundWhy the ETF didn’t end up being a “buy the rumor, sell the news” eventWhy the new ATH is all…

All applications to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for spot bitcoin exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) may be approved together, predicts crypto ETF expert, Volatility Shares Chief Investment Officer Stuart Barton.Barton's company has already secured one bitcoin ETF first – in June, his company, Volatility Shares’ 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITX), became the first leveraged crypto

Maelstrom has parked 5% of its funds in staked USDe, Hayes told CoinDesk in an email interview. The fund will rotate that money into crypto after the election results are clear and the losing side accepts the defeat, Hayes added. It doesn't matter who wins beyond the short-term, Hayes quipped. 02:32 Microsoft Urges Shareholders to

May 4, 2020 at 15:00 UTCUpdated May 4, 2020 at 15:23 UTCNEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020. (Credit: NEAR)NEAR, a blockchain project for running decentralized applications (dapps), announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of…

The value of El Salvador's bitcoin holdings have risen above $500 million and Bhutan's above $1 billion. Bhutan's BTC holdings now account for more than one-third of its GDP versus El Salvador's stack at just 1.5% of its GDP. The fiscal situation of El Salvador's government continues to improve. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold

Jan 7, 2020 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Jan 7, 2020 at 20:28 UTCBetween Kraken's $1 million spend on subpoena responses in 2019 and stories like the $2 million it cost Blockstack to raise $23 million in an SEC-compliant token sale (8.7 percent of the raise), it begs the question: Will compliance costs fundamentally limit innovation by…

markets View Bitcoin’s moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram is charting higher lows, indicating seller exhaustion. Other indicators are also reporting oversold conditions. A falling channel on the hourly chart may end with a bullish breakout and fuel a rally to $8,800. On the way higher, BTC may encounter resistance at $8,500 (200-day average). The…