SEC Subpoenas Another Firm Following Claimed Blockchain Pivot

markets View The bitcoin price rally seems to have stalled near $9,300 with the price-volume analysis suggesting scope for a minor pullback to $9,000-$8,700. Record open interest in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange indicates a surge in institutional interest. So, pullbacks, if any, will likely be short-lived. The long-term technical charts indicate…

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CORRECTION (Feb. 6, 2023, 16:14 UTC): A previous version of this story gave an incorrect description of the regulatory pathway the duo took to open for business.Tokenized trading project Neutral and DLT Finance, a German brokerage firm, have built a blockchain-backed platform for carbon credits, or financial instruments that represent forests and renewable energy products

Dec 31, 2020 at 11:36 a.m. UTCUpdated Dec 31, 2020 at 11:39 a.m. UTCNumber of People Holding Lots of Bitcoin Surges in Rare ‘Whale-Spawning Season’Large investors continue to accumulate bitcoin, possibly putting upward pressure on the cryptocurrency’s price.The number of whale entities – clusters of crypto wallet addresses held by a single network participant holding…

LocalBitcoins’ Volume Holds Steady Despite Stricter Compliance ProceduresBanning cash transactions and requiring identity verification has not noticeably hurt bitcoin’s oldest operating peer-to-peer exchange, market data shows. Helsinki-based bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins made significant changes to its policies in June 2019. That included mandatory identity verification and removing its cash-for-crypto trading option.  Rather than permanently stifling its…

Despite the billions of value and millions of users, many people are still looking for crypto’s “killer use case” and wondering if the one-true solution exists at all. What they fail to understand is that innovation is a process of novelty search and consequent discovery, not a multiple-choice exam with one right answer.It is okay…

Hong Kong said it plans to consult on a framework for over-the-counter (OTC) crypto venues and will start the process "very soon."The consultation will cover virtual-asset (VA) outlets such as shops and online platforms, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) said in a blog post on Friday."In fact, OTC venues have played a

Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards delayed the mint of its 'Quantum Cats' collection for a second time, after halting the process mid-sale on Monday amidst persistent technical issues.The sale is now set to resume Feb. 1. Initially the project had said it would resume the process on Tuesday.The planned sale of around 3,000 digital cats

Semler Scientific purchased 215 BTC for $17.7 million, or an average price of $82,502 per bitcoin. Semler achieved a "BTC Yield" of 37.3% since adopting the new treasury strategy. The company's Monday morning announcement continues a flurry of corporate bitcoin purchase disclosures. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest