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We are entering the summer of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The agency's latest actions against the world's foremost exchanges, Coinbase and Binance, have the crypto sector reeling.Major players are making moves – quickly. Crypto.com announced it will wind down its U.S. institutional business due to “limited demand.” Robinhood testified last week in…

news Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has been targeted by, and foiled, “a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack” aimed to access its systems and presumably to make of with some of the billions of dollars’-worth of cryptocurrency it holds. In an Aug. 8 blog post that sets out in technical detail how…

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday secured a political deal on new bank-capital legislation, including for cryptoassets, after lawmakers sought “prohibitive” rules to keep unbacked crypto out of the traditional financial system.The deal was announced in a tweet from the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee, after a meeting among representatives of the European…

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at about $29,500, up roughly 2.2% over the past 24 hours. BTC topped $30,000 at one point, near its earlier week highs but still well off its April peak close to $31,000. Still, investors seem to have forgotten Wednesday's dramatic seesawing when the crypto dipped to…

Meme tokens are quickly moving from joke coins to a sector that represents the digital culture of any blockchain – with major foundations now directly investing in the growth of such tokens.Avalanche’s first picks are dog-themed kimbo (KIMBO), chicken-themed Coq Inu (COQ), gecko-themed Gecko (GEC), technology joke token TECH, and Avax has no chill (NOCHILL).Avalanche

Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK), a region in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched a framework for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) in its free zone for digital assets. The DAO Association Regime (DARe) "introduces a structured legal framework designed specifically for decentralized autonomous organizations," an emailed press release said on Tuesday 21:33 Is Ethereum the 'Blackberry' of

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Sep 21, 2020 at 17:52 UTCThe cryptographic puzzle/statue "Kryptos" at CIA headquarters. (Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress)CIA’s New Research Lab to Study BlockchainThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launched a new research and develop laboratory on Monday that features blockchain technology among its focus areas. CIA Labs' webpage said the labs will research "distributed ledger/blockchain-enabled technologies" alongside…

Sep 21, 2020 at 08:48 UTCUpdated Sep 21, 2020 at 08:54 UTCPeople's Bank of China HQ in Beijing (humphery/Shutterstock)China Sees Advantages in Being First on New Digital Currency ‘Battlefield’Unlike many other central banks, China’s sees concrete benefits in being the first to launch a digital currency, according to China Finance, a magazine from the People’s…