The World Bank Is About to Settle a Blockchain Bond Worth $73 Million

Aug 27, 2020 at 20:11 UTCBakkt President Adam White (CoinDesk archives)Bakkt Futures Volume Up on Institutional Trading; Its President Slams Offshore OptionsGrowing institutional interest is helping to drive a recent spike in volume on Bakkt, according to its president, Adam White. But the U.S.-regulated crypto derivatives exchange is holding out hope its dormant options platform…

SingaporeJan 22, 2021 at 3:22 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2021 at 3:28 p.m. UTCSingapore Exchange, Temasek Launch Digital Asset Business for Capital MarketsSingapore Exchange (SGX) and state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings announced Friday a joint venture launching a digital assets business focusing on capital market products.SGX said it will use Temasek’s knowledge in blockchain technology…

markets Bitcoin is looking south, as per the bearish divergence of the 14-day relative strength index and other short-term technical indicators. A deeper pullback to levels below $5,000, however, would remain elusive if the 30-day moving average (MA), currently at $5,107 holds ground. That average repeatedly limited losses in March. A rebound from the 30-day…

news Chinese state-owned media are attempting to quell the rush into crypto stocks following President Xi’s statement to “seize the opportunity” afforded by blockchain. State-backed agencies are publishing material meant to encourage “rational” investments, amid this surge in speculation in blockchain and fintech firms, Reuters reported Tuesday. On Monday, over 100 public fintech companies –…

Bitcoin has been in CryptoQuant's bearish phase since August 27. There's been a decoupling from gold, which has been making record highs, while bitcoin struggles more than 20% below its record level of a few months ago. BTC's MVRV ratio is below its 365-day moving average which suggests a further price correction may be on

Dec 2, 2019 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Dec 2, 2019 at 08:35 UTCThe death cross. Just say it out loud. It doesn't sound good. And it's not. In fact it's quite bad.For most of October, analysts in the bitcoin market were warning that the death cross was coming – using what's known in the trading business…

NEWS Nov 12, 2018 at 05:00 UTC A patent application published Thursday claims the process of conducting scientific research can benefit from the blockchain. Led by a team at IBM's Watson Research Center, the patent application presents a vision for dynamic collaboration – one where researchers can track their work across institutional borders. It's another non-financial…

Solana almost doubled in price over the past weeks, but gave up some of its gains Thursday.BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes said he's been a buyer during the rush.Institutional inflows to funds and rising activity supported the trend, but some signs suggest the rally could halt.Solana's (SOL) spectacular comeback – up over 300% this year –

news Blockchain implementation research is coming to New Jersey. Governor Phil Murphy signed bill S2297, the Blockchain Initiative Task Force, into law Friday. The task force is commissioned with studying potential use-cases for blockchain technology on the state and local level. The bill specifically points out medical records, land records, banking, and property auctions as…