Ripple Partners With Madonna to Fundraise for Orphans in Malawi

In a rare move, Polymarket has contradicted its decentralized oracle service UMA with regard to the resolution of a market betting on whether Barron Trump was likely involved with the DJT token. Neither Barron Trump nor Donald Trump's campaign has made an official statement about the token. Polymarket has signaled it may overrule UMA, a

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its debtors have asked the U.S. bankruptcy court of Delaware to approve the sale of some trust assets, funds of Grayscale and Bitwise valued at an estimated $744 million, through an investment adviser, according to a court filing on Friday.“The Debtors’ proposed sale(s) or transfer(s) of the Trust Assets will

news Veil, the crypto-focused prediction market and derivatives platform, is closing its doors. Launched in January, the Veil web interface allowed users to place bets on Augur prediction markets, offering an instant settlement API to pay out on clear outcomes. The startup’s co-founder, Paul Fletcher-Hill, wrote in a Medium post: “We believe that cryptocurrencies and…

An Australian court has dismissed a case brought by the nation’s market regulator against Finder Wallet for offering a product as a debenture.The court found that the regulator did "not establish that the Finder Earn product is a debenture” and ordered it to pay the defendant’s costs.An Australian Federal Court handed the crypto industry a

Tokenization platform Libre, which is working with Nomura's Laser Digital, Brevan Howard's WebN Group and Hamilton Lane, goes live.Libre has added a tokenized version of a BlackRock money-market fund so investors can earn yield while parking their capital.CEO Avtar Sehra says collateralized lending with Nomura's Laser Digital as liquidity is planned for early in the

news The central banks of Canada and Singapore have concluded a trial of cross-border payments using blockchain technology and central bank digital currencies. The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) jointly announced Thursday that the successful trial – the first of its kind between two central banks – showed “great potential…

With Coinbase (COIN) and Binance accused of running illegal exchanges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the latest industry testimony in the U.S. House of Representatives this week revealed that companies had desperately sought the agency’s help to properly register but were turned away.SEC Chair Gary Gensler has a go-to crypto invitation to…

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and many in the digital asset industry worry the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

Jun 14, 2020 at 22:17 UTCUpdated Jun 14, 2020 at 22:18 UTCCrypto Long & Short: Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, But They’re Still AccountableOne underappreciated feature of crypto markets is the lack of centralization. I mean, people know crypto assets are decentralized and trade on exchanges all over the world. But what’s often overlooked is…