Regulators Plan ‘Global Sandbox’ for Fintech Including Blockchain

news A popular payments network running atop the bitcoin blockchain suffered from a long-standing code vulnerability – one where attackers could drain users’ of their money. While initially flagged to the public on Aug. 30 by bitcoin developer Rusty Russell, the full disclosure detailing how this vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker was released…

NEWSINBRIEF Google’s trend explorer reveals the weekly number of worldwide searches for the keyword “bitcoin” has reached levels not seen since the first week in April.  While the exact number of searches accrued so far this week is not clear, data from Google reveals ‘bitcoin’ searches in the past three days alone made up 17…

markets View Bitcoin is on the defensive, having closed below $8,000 last week. The price has also established a bearish lower high at $8,135. A short-term bullish-to-bearish trend change, however, would be confirmed if the price drops below $7,432 (June 4 low), establishing a lower low. With the weekly chart reporting a bearish candlestick pattern,…

The Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) decision last year to impose sanctions on the Tornado Cash software protocol has far-reaching implications for the rights of Americans and raises serious regulatory and constitutional questions. Six individuals who fell victim to OFAC’s actions are fighting for their rights in Van Loon v. U.S. Department of the…

South Korean traders are known to drive speculative frenzies in smaller cryptocurrencies.One such token rose as much as 6,600% in September before being listed on international exchanges.However, bitcoin has remained king for the larger part since September, as its dominance over the overall market increased.Part of the rapid surge in prices for alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins)

NEW YORK – Nishad Singh, former director of engineering at FTX and a one-time member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, was sentenced to time served by a federal judge on Wednesday, meaning he's not going to prison like his former colleagues. Singh, 29, who pleaded guilty to six criminal counts including wire fraud and conspiracy last

‘It’s Part and Parcel of Crypto’: How Memes Drive Narrative and Value“YAMs = Ponzinomics of AMPL + Chad launch of YFI + Meme math of Tendies,” Messari analyst Ryan Watkins tweeted about the latest decentralized financial application to set crypto atwitter.  It’s the type of back of the napkin logic that looks like gibberish on…

Despite this being the most anticipated Bitcoin halving yet (at least according to Google search history), it was the launch of the high-profile Bitcoin builder Casey Rodamor’s latest creation – Runes – that turned heads, even among long-time blockchain developers who despise the digital tokens that can be minted on the platform.Rodamor is known for

Dec 11, 2019 at 21:55 UTCSEC Charges Shopin CEO With Fraud Over Unregistered $42M ICOThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Shopin and its founder Eran Eyal with fraud after a $42 million initial coin offering.The SEC announced Wednesday that Eyal had been charged with defrauding investors by selling unregistered securities in the…