Seeing the Macro Forest for the Token Trees

South Korea has proposed new rules to protect the customers of virtual asset services providers.The country has been ramping up regulation of the industry in recent months.The rules do not cover non-fungible tokens (NFTs).South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed rules to protect the customers of virtual asset services providers (VASPs), the regulator said

The U.S. Department of Justice still plans to argue that Sam Bankman-Fried conducted an "illegal campaign finance" scheme when he goes to trial in October, prosecutors said in a letter Tuesday, two weeks after saying they couldn't bring a campaign finance charge against the FTX founder due to treaty obligations.Prosecutors will file a superseding indictment…

Solana-based decentralized exchanges have been busier than their Ethereum counterparts over the past seven days.The meme coin frenzy seems to have catalyzed higher volumes on Solana.Solana also boasts of higher capital efficiency than Ethereum and other chains, according to one research firm.Solana has replaced Ethereum as the No. 1 smart-contract blockchain by trading volume.Trading volume

Jul 28, 2020 at 08:35 UTCUpdated Jul 28, 2020 at 08:36 UTCEthereum creator Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin at ETHDenver 2020. (CoinDesk video)The transition to Ethereum 2.0 and its proof-of-stake consensus mechanism is finally underway. Announced Monday, Ethereum developers have released a "validator launchpad" on the Medalla testnet to educate and prepare future validators as part…

Regulating new technologies has never been easy, but it is especially difficult in the modern era. The U.S. legal system faces an unprecedented challenge due to emerging blockchain and AI technology. Should the U.S. legal system fail to manage these changes effectively, the next decade of technology innovation may bypass the U.S. for brighter shores.Michele

Dr Garrick Hileman is head of research at Blockchain and co-founder of Mosaic. This exclusive opinion piece is part of CoinDesk's "Bitcoin at 10: The Satoshi White Paper" series. This month marks not only the 10-year anniversary of the publication of Satoshi Nakomoto's now famous white paper, but it also marks a decade since the…

Featured SpeakerNeha NarulaDirectorDigital Currency InitiativeNeha will join CoinDesk's Michael Casey for "Remember Why We're Here: Crypto's True Purpose."Helene is a U.S. markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the US economy, the Fed, and bitcoin. She is a recent graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program.Featured SpeakerNeha NarulaDirectorDigital Currency InitiativeNeha will join CoinDesk's Michael…

Mar 13, 2020 at 16:35 UTCUpdated Mar 13, 2020 at 16:38 UTCPublic domain image via Metropolitan Museum of ArtWhale Watching: Exchange Data Contained Early Warning of Thursday’s Bitcoin DumpThe big drop in bitcoin’s (BTC) price Thursday was in the making since March 8, data on the flow of funds into exchanges indicates.The biggest cryptocurrency by…

Oct 7, 2020 at 20:50 UTCUpdated Oct 7, 2020 at 21:16 UTCIgor Korsakov, co-founder of BlueWallet. (Credit: Igor Korsakov)BlueWallet Adds Privacy Feature ‘PayJoin’ for Bitcoin TransactionsMobile and desktop Bitcoin and Lightning wallet BlueWallet has added support for PayJoin to boost user privacy. Announced Wednesday, BlueWallet’s update allows two parties to mix coins in one transaction…