Regulators Plan ‘Global Sandbox’ for Fintech Including Blockchain

news Details are emerging on which fiat currencies might back the Libra stablecoin. Bloomberg reported Monday that Facebook wrote a letter to U.S. Senators about Libra, addressing concerns over potential Chinese influence on the cryptocurrency. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) previously wrote to Facebook asking the company to exclude the Chinese yuan from the basket of assets backing the Libra…

Telegram's pivot to toncoin payments for advertisements and the Open League reward program are boosting the token's adoption.TON has gained 15% this month, outperforming the broader market.A toncoin (TON)-based economy is starting to take root in the messaging app Telegram, and that explains the token's recent outperformance of the broader crypto market, according to Justin

news Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift is shifting around its management team ahead of a major revamp. The startup is looking for a new chief financial officer to succeed Justin Blincoe, who is taking on a new role at the company, chief marketing officer Emily Coleman told CoinDesk. “ShapeShift is constantly evolving as an organization, and we are…

markets View Bitcoin’s price recovery from the Aug. 29 low of $9,320 is backed by an uptick in the dominance rate to 30-month highs. Weak trading volumes, however, indicate the recovery could be short-lived and a fall back to $9,750 could be in the offing in the next day or two. Weekly chart indicators continue…

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:17 UTCUpdated Mar 20, 2020 at 16:26 UTCBull, c. 17th–18th century. (Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art)Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent sell-off has pushed prices on the top cryptocurrency by market capitalization into a historically attractive zone, according to one indicator. Prices fell from $10,200 in mid-February to 12-month lows below $4,000 last week, dashing…

Sotheby's is set to auction off more non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seized from bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), bringing high-value NFTs like Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers #879 (often referred to as "The Goose") out from the vault for the first time since 2021.The second sale of 3AC collectibles from the "Grails" collection will be…

May 28, 2020 at 17:23 UTCA New York City man has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling reams of payment card data, the proceeds of which he laundered in bitcoin. Vitalii Antonenko, 28, was charged in the U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday with conspiracy to engage in computer hacking,…

Ripple's head of information security is leaving the company. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Sujay Jaladi is departing the San Francisco-based firm, which is best known for its role in developing XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Jaladi is joining Harbor, a startup that provides a compliance platform for issuers of private securities housed as…

Google is bringing in stricter rules for Chrome extension developers, a move should reduce the risk of crypto hacks and mining malware. Announced Monday, the web and technology giant is planning a series of changes to the way Chrome handles extensions that request extensive permissions, and is also tightening the rules for developers distributing extensions…