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Oct 22, 2020 at 13:10 UTCUpdated Oct 22, 2020 at 13:23 UTCFranklin Templeton was named for Benjamin Franklin (pictured on the $100 bill). (Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock)Curv, a provider of cryptocurrency custody infrastructure, has been backed in an extended Series A funding round by investment firm Franklin Templeton and fintech-focused VC firm Illuminate Financial Management.The two new…

Prediction market Kalshi is once again being hamstrung by U.S. regulators. According to a closely watched decision, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will not let the licensed betting market offer users a chance to wager on the future makeup of the House of Representatives and Senate this election cycle (or any, for that

Payments, especially those across borders, are often touted as a key use case and value proposition for the blockchain industry. Unfortunately, a look at both the technology, competition, and regulatory environment doesn’t really support that idea. And the  launch of FedNow by the Federal Reserve in late-July is a good occasion to take a look…

news SoFi, a millennial-focused online lending platform, will allow its customers to buy cryptocurrency through a partnership with Coinbase starting in the second quarter, CNBC reported Tuesday. “Our target audience wants to see what the price of cryptocurrency is, and to buy it,” SoFi CEO Anthony Noto was quoted as saying in the CNBC report.…

It feels like all eyes are trained on two courthouses in New York this week, as two men with (formerly) distinctive hair launch defenses against their alleged bad behavior. But just as the Elizabeth Holmes trial was not about Theranos' diagnostic testing, the SBF trial is not about crypto. It’s a tale as old as

Dec 27, 2020 at 6:21 a.m. UTCUpdated Dec 27, 2020 at 6:43 a.m. UTC(Gergo Orban/Shutterstock)Bitcoin Tops $27K for First Time, Has Risen More Than $2K in a Little Over a DayAfter hitting $25,000 on Dec. 25 and $26,000 on Dec. 26, quite naturally the price of bitcoin (BTC) soared past $27,000 early on Dec. 27…

The Wolverine meme coins were minted immediately after TheRoaringKitty posted a video including the X-Men character.Several tokens have also been issued relating to GameStop and Melvin Capital.08:09GameStop Teams Up with The Telos Foundation to Grow Web3 Gaming Strategy08:09GameStop Launches NFT Marketplace on ImmutableX07:27GameStop’s NFT Marketplace Goes Live03:16Gamestop Reports $76.9M From Sales of IMX Tokens Received

Nov 25, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. UTCLibra Association Taps Saumya Bhavsar as General Counsel for Payments SubsidiaryThe Libra Association, the organization developing the Facebook-backed cryptocurrency project libra, has hired a former banking regulator and industry veteran as general counsel for its payments subsidiary.The hire, Saumya Bhavsar, will assist Libra Networks in “launching and managing a…