Seeing the Macro Forest for the Token Trees

Miami-Dade County in Florida has approved a resolution to create a task force to study the feasibility of accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment for taxes.The Cryptocurrency Task Force will offer recommendations around other potential policies related to crypto that could prove advantageous, according to an announcement Wednesday.First and foremost, the task force will…

Australia's crypto industry is worried after the country's securities regulator signaled an expansion of its power. ASIC said it considers many crypto assets as financial products, adding a regulatory burden that may spur companies to move elsewhere. Australia's crypto industry is concerned companies may flee the country after the nation's securities regulator set off "the

Listen to any crypto podcast or convention panel, and you will hear crypto natives speak of a killer app yet to come that will onboard the rest of the world. But what if it is already here? I argue that Telegram and a handful of independent developers have made more progress in onboarding the masses

Apple on Monday released its new Vision Pro mixed reality headset, tossing its hat into the already-saturated arena of immersive digital technology. Taking on heavy-hitting competitors like Microsoft's Hololens, Meta's Oculus and Magic Leap, Apple has pegged its device as "a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing…

markets View Bitcoin is likely to end the current week (Sunday, UTC) on a positive note, having registered losses in the previous three weeks. Prices are currently up 10 percent on a month-to-date basis. The weekly gain could be much bigger if prices invalidate a bearish lower highs pattern with a UTC close above $10,956…

Oct 19, 2020 at 09:45 UTCUpdated Oct 19, 2020 at 09:52 UTCMarcus Swanepoel, founder and CEO of Luno (Image: Luno)Users of the Luno cryptocurrency exchange can now earn passive income on bitcoin holdings through the firm’s new “savings wallet.”Launched Monday, the product is said to bring bitcoin savers up to 4% in interest per year,…

May 5, 2020 at 18:01 UTCUpdated May 5, 2020 at 18:43 UTC(Credit: TonyV3112 / Shutterstock)Dutch crypto companies must register with the Netherlands’ central bank by May 18 or cease operations immediately, the monetary authority said Monday.De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) is moving to quickly enforce enhanced Dutch anti-money laundering (AML) laws, which passed the Dutch Parliament…

Blockchain security platform Quantstamp is hoping to quell the increasing threats of flash loan attacks with a new service that claims to catch exploits before they go off, the company told CoinDesk.The Economic Exploit Analysis service detects common attack pathways used by exploiters through automated tooling before protocols get hacked. The service has been released…

news The head of the Facebook-led Libra Association has responded to claims that the cryptocurrency project threatens nations’ financial stability. In interview with French daily Les Echos on Thursday, Bertrand Perez, the association’s managing director and COO, played down concerns over potential disruption to the monetary policies of central banks with currencies included in the Libra…