Rothschild Investment Adds to Grayscale Bitcoin Holdings

Value locked on decentralized finance (DeFi) applications operating on the blockchains of tokens alleged as securities in the recent filings made by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remained mostly stable despite the ongoing drama.The lack of sudden capital flight suggests positive sentiment among global market participants, despite falling prices. BNB coin (BNB) fell…

South Africa's financial regulator is set to award licenses to 60 crypto firms, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.The regulator received applications from 300 firms since its new framework commenced last year.“We are processing those licensing applications and we’re doing so in a phased kind of manner given the numbers,” Financial Sector Conduct Authority Commissioner (FSCA) Unathi

By now, many of us have seen this graph comparing internet adoption to crypto adoption.(World Bank, Crypto.com)Crypto is adding new users at a pace so similar to the internet’s 1990s growth that it can fuel stunning forecasts for what’s ahead for digital assets.The internet went from basically no users in 1990 to 5 billion now…

news The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared the way for crypto derivatives provider ErisX to offer futures contracts with a new license approval Monday. ErisX announced, which is backed by U.S. brokerage TD Ameritrade, that the CFTC granted it a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license, acting as a secondary approval on top…

Bitcoin mining is often criticized by environmentalists for its intensive energy usage. A new research paper shows that bitcoin mining bans can actually backfire because they push miners to seek new jurisdictions that rely on fossil fuels to power their grid. Bans in America and Europe would typically make things worse, while a ban in

Three witnesses for Craig Wright took the stand on Monday as the third week of a trial that could decide if he's Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto kicked off in a U.K. high court.A key witness, Stefan Matthews, had to defend a damning statement he made about the trial, which invited questions about whether he thought

If approved, three proposed futures contracts would be tied to the outcome of National Football League games.Feb 3, 2021 at 11:10 a.m. UTCErisX Exchange Asks CFTC to Approve Sports Bet Futures as ‘Risk Hedging’ ToolsCryptocurrency derivatives platform ErisX is making an unusual attempt to push through futures contracts tied to the outcome of National Football…

The U.K.'s national land registry is moving into the second phase of its ongoing blockchain research effort. The HM Land Registry announced Tuesday it was partnering with blockchain company Methods, which plans to build on R3's Corda framework to develop a platform able to store land registration information and streamline the process for buying or…

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2303.85, up 1.4% (+31.42) since yesterday's close. Sixteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+5.6%) and NEAR (+3.3%). Laggards: ETC (-2.0%) and UNI (-1.6%). The CoinDesk 20