TokenInsight: 2021 Polkadot Ecosystem

Jan 16, 2020 at 18:25 UTCUpdated Jan 16, 2020 at 18:26 UTCNew Hampshire State House, Concord. Credit: Shutterstock. New Hampshire legislators have scrapped a bill that would have allowed state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies for tax payments.On Jan. 8, the New Hampshire House of Representatives accepted a motion from the General Court's Executive Departments and…

Assetera, an investment and trading firm for blockchain-based financial instruments, has tapped Polygon to power its real-world asset platform. The Austria-regulated company holds both MiFID II and virtual asset service provider (VASP) licenses and plans to upgrade to meet MiCA standards. 06:22 Philippines Taps Blockchain 04:56 BlackRock CEO Predicts Tokenization Is the Future of Markets

Bitcoin was pushing back up Monday after experiencing a price dip below $60,000 over the weekend, down from the all-time high near $67,000 reached last week.As of press time the cryptocurrency was up 4% over the last 24 hours, trading around $62,900.The drop in funding rates is the most notable indicator seen over the weekend,…

Developers behind the Arbitrum-based Jimbos Protocol are gauging the best way for the project to move forward after its version 2 (V2) faced a $7.5 million exploit over the weekend.Jimbos said it was working with security researchers to reclaim lost funds – the same people who’ve previously helped Euler Finance recover over $200 million –…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.David Z. Morris is CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, and small amounts of other crypto assets.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.On March 23, Hindenburg Research released a…

Apr 20, 2020 at 08:00 UTCUpdated Apr 20, 2020 at 08:04 UTCHong Kong. Credit: ShutterstockHong Kong’s First Regulator-Approved Bitcoin Fund Targets $100M RaiseHong Kong's securities regulator has approved the jurisdiction's first-ever bitcoin index fund designed for institutional investors.Arrano Capital, the blockchain investment arm of asset management firm Venture Smart Asia, has now met the licensing…

news Binance, the world’s top exchange by trading volume, is considering launching a branch in South Korea, according to reports. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao confirmed the possibility to local news source Block In Press on Tuesday, saying (via translation) that the firm is “working with local partners, but we do not know the details.” However, according to…

Apr 29, 2020 at 19:22 UTCUpdated Apr 29, 2020 at 20:28 UTCBitcoin’s price jumped 15 percent Wednesday, rising from $7,700 to over $8,900 in 17 hours. (Credit: CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index)Coinbase experienced a brief outage Wednesday as the price of bitcoin rallied to just below $9,000. According to Coinbase’s status page, the exchange’s website, mobile app,…

Stablecoin issuer Tether said it is branching into artificial intelligence (AI) through a subsidiary jointly owned by bitcoin (BTC) miner and data cloud provider Northern Data Group (NB2).Damoon Designated Activity, in which Frankfurt-based Northern Data acquired a majority stake in July, bought some 400 million euros ($427 million) worth of Nvidia graphic processing units (GPU)