Taiwan’s Crypto Industry Welcomes Regulatory Announcement

While bullish on bitcoin's long-term prospects, an economist and investor heeds caution for more short-term price optimism.

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Krisztian Sandor is a reporter on the U.S. markets team focusing on stablecoins and institutional investment. He holds BTC and ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.The hacker responsible for roiling…

Jan 10, 2020 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 15:08 UTCCredit: Spunky's Bitcoin Broadcasting/YouTubeA South Korean crypto YouTuber was assaulted at his home, with some suggesting the attackers may have been by upset investors. Kyu-hoon "Spunky" Hwang was beaten in an elevator in his apartment block at around 01:00 local time on Friday, according…

The new fund backs low-volatility insurances covering properties, trucking, aviation and workers compensation, excluding catastrophic risks at the start, Re CEO Karn Saroya said in an interview.Re targets to back $200 million in insurance premiums by the end of the year, with another $3 billion in the pipeline.The firm also raised $7 million in a

feature There’s a legal conflict brewing between outspoken members of the bitcoin community and the controversial computer scientist who claims to be the cryptocurrency’s creator. It’s a complex story to untangle, but it boils down to Australian computer scientist Craig S. Wright – who has claimed to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator since 2016 – sending…

May 27, 2020 at 17:41 UTCScreenshot of the MMM BSC homepageThe $10B Stablecoin Industry Has a Fraud Problem It’s Not AddressingJ.P. Koning, a CoinDesk columnist, worked as an equity researcher at a Canadian brokerage firm and a financial writer at a large Canadian bank. He runs the popular Moneyness blog. Often described as the world’s first distributed…

May 31, 2020 at 13:00 UTCCredit: Allen Taylor/UnsplashConstantin Kogan is a venture partner at BitBull Capital and has been a cryptocurrency investor since 2012. He has over 10 years of experience in corporate leadership, technology and finance. He contributes to the digital asset space as well as the sharing and value economies. Blockchain-based digital assets…

When crises decimate an economy, governments try to look like they are doing something about it. The Great Depression spurred the New Deal, which included both banking regulations and a basic poverty-reducing safety net. The Great Recession brought about far less after millions lost their homes, but Congress could at least pretend that it passed…

Someone needs to remind the European Commission that it can’t have its cake and eat it too.An EC proposal this week for regulating a future central bank digital currency (CBDC) insisted that it must “protect privacy,” describing a system of NFC chip-based offline payments in which “nobody would be able to see what people are…