Trump’s crypto gambit in Bitcoin, NFTs and DeFi intensifies ahead of election

The company cited that it will cease operations of its exchange services as part of the shareholders' decision to restructure the business to focus on Cashlink. 336 Total views 10 Total shares Nigerian social payments app, Bundle announced on July 20 that it is shutting down its crypto exchange arm. According to a statement released on…

After Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood left the Ethereum Foundation in 2016, he wrote a white paper for a new kind of blockchain — one that would use an innovative form of sharding and cross-chain communication to achieve the kind of scalability and interoperability that Ethereum 1.0 would never be able to manage. Wood’s new blockchain,…

Brendan Eich, the CEO of decentralized browser Brave, has urged members of the U.S. senate to consider the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a regulatory model, according to a statement published Oct. 2.In an open letter dated Sept. 29, Eich called on members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to…

In his new role, Clayton will aid Fireblocks in navigating the regulatory hurdles for developing and deploying digital asset infrastructure, especially around capital markets. 469 Total views 4 Total shares Jay Clayton, the former chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, has accepted an advisory role with blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks — marking…

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are selling less and less BTC, but if one metric is correct, they could soon start causing a major price correction.In an update on March 11, Philip Swift, creator of on-chain data resource LookIntoBitcoin, flagged familiar warning signs from the Puell Multiple.Developed by David Puell, the Puell Multiple tracks when miners are…

Digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is up almost 300% on the year, data from Morningstar via the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reveals.As of July 9, the investment instrument is yielding a 296% appreciation YTD — a stratospheric increase as compared with mainstream investments reflected in the S&P 500 (18.7%) and Global…

Bitcoin seems to be settling happily above $6,000 and is currently just north of $6,500 again. Let’s hope we’ve seen the last of those $5,000 movements and we’re ready for a steady climb back to double figures before the halving in mid-May. It’s getting closer.In the meantime, the Federal Reserve now appears to have merged…

Cryptocurrency-powered web browser Brave announced on Oct. 16 that it reached 8 million monthly active users.Furthermore, daily active users stand at over 2.8 million and the number of creators subscribed to its web advertisement network also reportedly substantially increased. There are also over 290,000 Brave Verified Publishers who subscribed to the advertisement platform powered by Brave’s…

“The SEC argues that nearly every token should be registered under U.S. securities laws,” commented a16z Crypto’s general counsel, Miles Jennings.