Retail crypto market growth in Canada driven by market factors, regulation

Mathematician Massimiliano Sala says current encryption methods won’t protect blockchain systems from quantum computers.

Coinbase will help COPA on its journey of defending patent overreach. 733 Total views 8 Total shares The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, headed up by finance company Square, recently picked up Coinbase as a cornerstone participant. Square unveiled the group in September as a method of warding off patent overreach — an issue…

NH Management’s Tao Xiao explained that VARA’s objective is not to hinder progress but to secure the market’s integrity.

It’s been a difficult week for Bitcoin this week. The price has fallen about 5 percent over the last seven days to drop beneath $10,400. It could bounce but if it continues downwards, it might drop below $10,000 and get dangerously close to the CME gap.One sign that the price might fall further has been…

Base said it had allotted 600 ETH, worth $2 million, for developers who would build on the blockchain from June to August this year. 

On Jan. 20, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) issued a report summarizing its position on digital assets and proposing a ban on any crypto trading and mining operations in the country. Although the CBR’s strict position on the matter was never a secret, such a bold statement triggered waves of fear, uncertainty, and doubt…

As the various stakeholders in the European Union continue to research the potential of a single central bank digital currency (CBDC), representatives of both private and public banking institutions share their opinion on the digital euro.In a new issue of the biannual Views magazine published in April, the topic of the digital euro received a heavy…

The long and uncertain road toward crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) being approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took its latest turn on Aug. 12, when the regulatory body once again delayed its decision on three ETF proposals.Below is a timeline of all the past and ongoing Bitcoin ETF proposals:What are ETFs? Similar…