Pot Publication High Times Now Says It Won’t Accept Bitcoin in IPO

Bitcoin News Roundup for July 8, 2020Very crypto, much wow. With dogecoin back in the news, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today's News:…

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As crypto regulators have, for years, hemmed and hawed over essential legal questions like “is ether a security?,” the industry has often complained about a lack of legal clarity.It has been impossible, many have said, to comply with the law because it’s not clear exactly what the law says, or rather how regulators will interpret

Tracy is a deputy managing editor at CoinDesk. She owns BTC, ETH, MINA, ENS and some NFTs. Crypto exchange Binance has announced that it would cease operations in Canada, citing the challenging regulatory environment.“We had high hopes for the rest of the Canadian blockchain industry,” the company said in a Friday tweet. “Unfortunately, new guidance…

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted volume, is actively looking to list more stablecoins in addition to the three it already supports, which include the recently beleaguered tether (USDT). "We hope to be able to list a few more stablecoins on our platform," chief financial officer Wei Zhou told CoinDesk Thursday. But that…

The U.S.-listed BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit $28.7 million in inflows on Monday, ending a long losing streak. BTC is trading below $56.5K, while the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) is up 2.3%. Spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the U.S. posted just over $28.7 million in net inflows on Monday, ending a record outflow

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to release new trading rules for cryptocurrency exchanges in the coming days, according to local media. The Manila Times reports that SEC Commissioner Ephyro Luis Amatong told journalists that the rules are set to be published "by the end of next week," though an exact date hasn't been…

Dec 17, 2019 at 20:26 UTCMore crypto businesses are transitioning to or choosing to focus exclusively on bitcoin only from the beginning, in some ways representing a productization of bitcoin maximalism. Trouble with the embedded player? Download the MP3 directly.Topics Discussed:In China, however, the government is cracking down fiercly on resurgent crypto businesses that have…

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have had quite a few growing pains. Somehow all the significant problems start with the letter “p” – privacy, programmability, and, above all, politics.Privacy is especially problematic with CBDCs issued for retail payment use in developed economies, including the so-called “digital euro.”Dea Markova is a managing director and head of…