Regulators Plan ‘Global Sandbox’ for Fintech Including Blockchain

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Dec 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(porcorex/iStock via Getty Images Plus)Why a Massive 169-Year-Old Insurance Company Just Bought $100M in BitcoinMassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Jack Schickler is a CoinDesk reporter focused on crypto regulations, based in Brussels, Belgium. He doesn’t own any crypto.Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash,…

news Miller Lite, the popular beer brand from U.S. brewer MillerCoors, has teamed up with a blockchain marketing company for the latest iteration of its “Know Your Beer” program. For the ongoing campaign, launched July 1, Vatom Labs built what it calls a mobile”edutainment game,” called Great Taste Trivia, that served a 12-question quiz to cellphones,…

Nov 29, 2020 at 2:26 a.m. UTCGuggenheim Fund Files to Be Able to Invest Up to Almost $500M in Bitcoin Through GBTCGuggenheim Funds Trust filed an amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow its $5 billion Macro Opportunities Fund gain exposure to bitcoin by investing up to 10% of the fund’s net…

Uniswap, which uses a unicorn as its symbol, has become Ethereum's most prominent DEX.(Marlon Garcia/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)Should DEXs Be Worried After BitMEX? DeFi Founders Weigh InThe sudden takedown of BitMEX has cast a new light on Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) markets.On Thursday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Department of Justice…

As investors continue to await approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S., a check of Brazil finds hefty demand for such vehicles which have been trading in that country for more than two years.Together, those ETFs have $96.8 million of assets under management (AUM) as of November 21, led by Hashdex's

Dec 12, 2019 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Dec 12, 2019 at 13:23 UTCBinance has teamed up with peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful to add new ways to purchase bitcoin.Announced Thursday, Paxful’s Virtual Bitcoin Kiosk will exclusively serve Binance as an additional fiat-to-crypto on-ramp for its users, joining services such as Koinal and Simplex. Through the kiosk, Paxful can…

Bitcoin (BTC) has come under pressure since spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) began trading in the U.S. last Thursday. Data tracked by Paris-based Kaiko show the selling pressure has been concentrated on Binance, the leading crypto exchange by trading volumes, OKX, and Upbit.Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, changed hands at $42,700 at press time