Thailand’s Central Bank Is Developing a Digital Currency Based on R3 Tech

feature ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– As I walked from my car to Circle’s offices in Boston on a Friday afternoon in early November, the sun appeared to have already set, even though it would be up a while longer – past 4:00 p.m. The weather was gray, windy and cold – above freezing, but only because it was…

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs attracted record inflows last week, but the trend is slowing.BTC may drop to as low as $59,000 if ETF inflows fell short of expectations, 10x Research said.Spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the U.S. notched record inflows last week, but weaker demand in the next day or so could trigger

Jun 25, 2020 at 17:22 UTCUpdated Jun 25, 2020 at 17:28 UTCJack Dorsey Has Floated Decentralized Fact-Checking at Twitter. Here’s What That Could Look LikeJack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently re-tweeted a call for fact checking through open source tech rather than new intermediaries, like Twitter.  Dorsey’s message came at the end of May, after…

The world's largest telecoms firm, AT&T, has become the latest major corporation to launch a suite of blockchain services targeting diverse industries. AT&T said in a news release Wednesday that the solutions – which are largely focused on supply chain processes – can help businesses automate and digitalize processes using blockchain tech. Citing use cases across industries…

Game developer and Animoca Brands subsidiary nWay is launching a Web3 mech fighting game called "Wreck League"The NFT-based game will be incorporate four of Yuga Labs' collections into the game's storyline as part of a licensing dealGame developer and Animoca Brands subsidiary nWay will soon release a new mech fighting game called "Wreck League" that…

Bitcoin Sign Guy Is Back, Bringing Sound Money to Urbit’s ‘Sound Computer’If bitcoin is digital cash and ethereum is digital law, Urbit is digital land. The highly ambitious cloud computing project imagines nothing less than a rewiring of the internet, allowing users, not corporations, to own their online identities and data. While most blockchain projects rely…

The Government Accountability Office handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission another high-profile setback in its crypto policies, declaring the agency erred in not treating SAB 121 as a rule under the Congressional Review Act.Crypto observers doubt Congress will overturn the policy, but the finding may echo through other legal disputes.As the U.S. Securities and

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. Cryptocurrency purists often dismiss private blockchains as overly expensive undertakings for projects that are better served…

markets Bitcoin’s (BTC) minor pullback from two-week highs could end up fueling a breakout above the key hurdle of $4,140. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $4,090 at 17:15 UTC on Sunday – the highest level since Dec. 24 – validating the short-term bullish reversal confirmed on Dec. 20. Even so, the positive…