Northern Trust introduces digital carbon credit trading platform

Although Bitcoin (BTC) is not showing any trending move, Bakkt and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group continue to roll out products designed to attract the large traders. Bakkt recently announced that it will add a cash-settled futures contract to its existing Bitcoin-settled contract. On the other hand, the CME group plans to offer options…

Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to use crypto in a transaction, Arthur Hayes thoughts on rate cut: Hodler’s Digest

Dash has released Dash Core v0.14.0.3, a new version of the wallet and P2P client for its cryptocurrency DASH in light of recent transaction spikes on its mainnet. Security upgradeDash Core announced the news in an official blog post on Aug. 15. According to the announcement, Dash was hit with either an external stress test or…

CEO of global payment giant Visa Al Kelly stated that cryptocurrency does not pose a challenge to the company’s dominance in the payment sphere in the “short to medium-term,” in an interview on CNBC's Mad Money Oct. 25.When asked if “crypto [is] a real challenge to Visa’s hegemony in this business,” Kelly told Mad Money…

The Ethereum Foundation has postponed Devcon VI until 2021 and will host it in Bogota, Colombia. 461 Total views 10 Total shares The Ethereum Foundation says it will not hold blockchain’s largest international conference Devcon VI this year and has moved the event to Bogota, Colombia in 2021 — although a precise date is yet…

Digital assets, as a new asset class, exhibit interesting characteristics that could benefit a diversified portfolio of traditional assets. There are, however, many ways to get exposed to digital assets — passive investment, actively managed, short or long term investing, etc. — and with over 800 funds of all sizes, ranging from passive index to…

The Spanish authorities arrested several individuals related to ongoing investigations against crypto-driven child porn sites in the dark web. 2121 Total views 40 Total shares The Spanish Civil Guard has taken down a dark web child porn ring that used cryptocurrency transactions to pay for content. Multiple individuals across the country were ultimately arrested.According to…

Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova has asked Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou to extradite the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, to Russia. The news was reported by Russian news outlet TASS on Feb. 25.In a letter to Kalogirou, Moskalkova reportedly asked the Minister to extradite Vinnik to Russia…

Compass Mining parts ways with 15% of its workforce while senior employees and executives take major pay-cuts in the wake of the cryptocurrency downturn. 102 Total views 3 Total shares Ongoing strife in the cryptocurrency space has forced Compass Mining to lay off 15% of its employees while top executives and staff take major pay-cuts.The…