Top Trump Regulator Determined That Banks Should Be Allowed to Trade Crypto: Report

news SWIFT, the global banking payments network, is to begin testing its gpi payments standard through R3’s Corda platform. Speaking on stage at the Paris Fintech Forum this morning, SWIFT CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt said: “Later today we are announcing integration with R3.” In a follow-up announcement, the firm explained that the proof-of-concept (PoC) will interlink SWIFT’s gpi…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ian Allison is an award-winning senior reporter at CoinDesk. He holds ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is remaining in Canada and complying with tougher rules set…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold any crypto.Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance…

news Bakkt has raised $182.5 million to build out its global digital assets platform and bitcoin futures product. The round, which is Bakkt’s first, included 12 partners, according to a Medium post by CEO Kelly Loeffler. The crypto startup is owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is best known as the parent company of the New…

Aug 17, 2020 at 16:14 UTCBlockchain Bites: Bitcoin on DeFi and DeFi on BitcoinMore bitcoins were tokenized than mined this Sunday, decentralized finance is coming to the Bitcoin system and a former Prudential Securities CEO thinks crypto is a safe bet.  You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news,…

David Z. Morris is CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and small amounts of other crypto assets.We are witnessing a real-time demonstration of the way a failing political order can lead to the imposition of Orwellian surveillance out of last-gasp desperation. That’s the only honest way to assess the Biden administration’s almost…

news Bitfinex is clutching its documents despite objections from the office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG). In a letter filed to the New York State Supreme Court Tuesday, attorneys for Bitfinex, Tether and other affiliated entities wrote that a request made by the NYAG’s office relating to a $900 billion loan between sister…

The EU's financial markets watchdog has revealed that it is setting aside over €1 million in order to monitor cryptocurrencies and other fintech activities during 2019. As revealed in its 2019 Annual Work Programme – dated September 26 but released today – the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) lists its key priorities for the coming year…

May 6, 2020 at 16:15 UTCUpdated May 6, 2020 at 16:21 UTCPhoto by Marten Bjork on UnsplashBlockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus ReliefIt's all about labor. Justin Sun's Tron platform successfully applied for a $2 million pandemic relief loan intended for small businesses. Coinbase has scooped up employees from…