US Border Officials to Test Blockchain for Certificate Tracking

news The Kadena blockchain went live on mainnet Monday. Formally called Chainweb, Kadena’s blockchain is a proof-of-work (PoW) network similar to bitcoin. But where bitcoin struggles with processing large transaction volumes, the Kadena network attempts to solve the problem of limited scalability by weaving multiple PoW blockchains together to run concurrently. In doing so, the…

As the U.S. edges closer to election day, its digital asset regulatory landscape remains mired in ambiguity. Regardless of who wins, 2025 will bring regulatory shifts that investors must prepare for. The recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report on global approaches to crypto regulation highlights the U.S.’s reliance on enforcement rather than clear policy, complicating

Options traders look to be preparing for further falls in bitcoin's price in the short-term, according to put-call skew data.Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.(CoinDesk 20)Jan 21, 2021 at 10:40 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 21, 2021 at 10:42 a.m. UTCBitcoin Option Traders Hedge Against Downside Risk as Price Dips to Near $32KAmid another price downturn…

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals closed the books on a dispute between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Grayscale, with a final ruling that effectively orders the agency to scrap its rejection of the asset manager's spot bitcoin ETF application.This formal closure of the case on Monday essentially solidifies the court's initial

Aug 6, 2020 at 12:31 UTCUpdated Aug 6, 2020 at 14:09 UTCBitcoin Entering ‘New Adoption Cycle,’ Coin Metrics Exec SaysBitcoin user adoption looks to be gathering pace as its price rises amid a coronavirus-induced rush for assets with safe-haven appeal. The number of bitcoin addresses holding at least $10-worth of cryptocurrency recently rose to a…

Feb 26, 2020 at 16:28 UTCLex Sokolin, global fintech co-head at ConsenSysSoftware Ate the World, Here’s How It Eats FinanceLex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockchain software company. He also writes the Future of Finance newsletter. I’ve got a simple, modest goal. Let’s move $15 trillion of global…

Investors are again pouring money into meme-focused cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (SHIB) in a sign of caution for bitcoin traders.Open interest in Binance's SHIB futures has more than doubled to $101.65 million this month, hitting the highest since Feb. 5, according to data source Coinglass. SHIB futures are sized at 1000 SHIB per contract with up…

news Adult industry-oriented blockchain project SpankChain has launched a cryptocurrency payments platform. Dedicated to helping adult content providers maintain a reliable payments provider in the face of a largely reluctant traditional finance industry, the new SpankPay service allows users to pay with cryptocurrencies including bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and litecoin (LTC), as well as the…

Singapore-based crypto mining company Atlas Mining has partnered with Luxor Technology to provide mining pool services, helping expand Atlas’s operations in North America following China’s sweeping crypto-ban.Atlas will use a portion of the ASIC mining computers that are hosted in Compute North’s facilities, and will leverage Luxor’s bitcoin mining pool for hashrate liquidation, according to…