Overstock Blockchain Spin-Off Raises $134 Million – With Millions More Committed

So, will the Federal Reserve raise rates again at its next meeting?Maybe. Maybe not. But, then again, it depends. I mean, Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed like he sounded more dovish. Or perhaps it was that the FOMC’s statement felt less hawkish. Right? Kinda, no?The ambiguous messaging from this week’s meeting of the Federal Open…

Credit: PRESSLAB/ShutterstockWhy War Reporting Is the Right Mental Model for Today’s Media, Feat. Jake HanrahanThe founder of Popular Front joins NLW for a discussion about protests, media and how the people being covered tend to not reflect divisive politics. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts,…

The SEC’s decision in June to drop charges against Ethereum was a milestone in the platform’s journey toward maturity and greater acceptance in the financial world. For those who didn’t follow the case, the SEC believed ether (ETH) was sold as an unregistered stock, with concerns that it was being sold without following certain rules

Last week, a federal judge convened a hearing for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Binance after publishing her ruling on Binance's motion to dismiss the SEC lawsuit. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. Third-party

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Nobody knows why Sam Altman was forced out of OpenAI. But betters on decentralized prediction platform Polymarket are putting their money where their mouth is when they take a guess.Over the weekend, Altman, the Chief Executive of the multi-billion artificial intelligence startup behind ChatGPT, was forced out of his role because he "was not consistently

The amount taken is unclear but Yearn shows percentage losses for the DAI vault in the triple digits.Feb 4, 2021 at 10:19 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 4, 2021 at 10:39 p.m. UTCYearn Finance DAI Vault ‘Has Suffered an Exploit’; $13.8M DrainedYearn Finance has suffered an exploit in one of its DAI lending pools, according to the…

Jan 7, 2021 at 5:41 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 7, 2021 at 6:29 p.m. UTCPrice action for pre-IPO Coinbase futures listed on FTXIgnoring Outages, Coinbase Futures Set Record Highs as Bitcoin Rally ContinuesPre-public offering futures for leading U.S.-exchange Coinbase hit $311 Thursday on derivatives exchange FTX amid bitcoin’s parabolic price rally and despite Coinbase’s ongoing “connectivity…

And yes, if we wanted, we could do it on a blockchain. If a real dollar were issued on a real, public blockchain like Ethereum (not a “permissioned chain” that only a few parties can access or administer), the financial infrastructure we could build and automate on top of that would be incredibly efficient and…