UPS Eyes Blockchain in Bid to Track Global Shipping Data

news Members of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director Kenneth Blanco about Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Thursday. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Bill Foster (D-IL) and French Hill (R-AR) held a briefing with members of the House Financial Services Committee, discussing the Libra project with  Blanco, who…

news The first ever cryptocurrency firm to be listed on a major stock exchange has launched a new bitcoin fund. DigitalX, which debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under its previous name DigitalBTC as far back as 2015, announced the new fund on Wednesday. The firm said it’s offering qualifying wholesale and professional investors…

On their first trading day, IBIT options amassed nearly $2 billion in notional exposure, an unusual volume for new options. More call options were traded compared to puts (4.4:1 ratio), likely contributing to BTC’s new record highs. Introducing IBIT options is expected to increase institutional involvement in bitcoin, as options provide new avenues for investment

Dec 23, 2020 at 2:36 p.m. UTCPantera’s Paul Veradittakit’s 2021 PredictionsIt has been an eventful year, to say the least. In terms of blockchain and crypto, we saw several key developments: the halving of Bitcoin, liquidity mining and the explosive growth of several decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, stronger tools for blockchain interoperability and much more. As…

news Overstock has put off plans to sell its flagship retail business, delaying a large cash infusion that it was hoping to get for its portfolio of blockchain ventures. The company had originally aimed to sell the e-commerce business by the end of February, but on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results Monday, CEO Patrick…

DOGE trades at premium on Upbit and Bithumb relative to Binance. The price differential is still noticeably lower than the previous bull market peaks. When it comes to trading alternative cryptocurrencies such as dogecoin (DOGE), South Korea, known as the "Land of the Morning Calm," is often in stark contrast to its tranquil image. 02:47

Bitcoin (BTC) endured wild swings during Tuesday's trading session as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) social media post about approving spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) turned out to be false, leaving market participants baffled.BTC first rallied 2.5% to a fresh 19-month high of $47,900 immediately following the official SEC account's shared on X

Amitoj Singh is CoinDesk's regulatory reporter covering India. He holds BTC and ETH below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000. The Group of Seven (G-7) intergovernmental political forum has signaled its commitment to implementing the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) forthcoming norms for regulating crypto assets and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recommendations on central bank digital…

Sep 21, 2020 at 17:12 UTCUpdated Sep 21, 2020 at 17:17 UTCBitcoin prices, Sept. 21, 2020.Prices for both bitcoin and ether fell sharply in the past 24 hours, after a drop in global equities. The top cryptocurrency by market value was traded around $10,401.18 at press time, losing 4.64% over the previous 24 hours, while…