US Government Grants $800K to Blockchain Researchers

Sep 18, 2020 at 17:58 UTCUpdated Sep 18, 2020 at 18:19 UTC(AevanStock/Shutterstock)Blockchain startup Enigma filed a registration statement for its ENG token with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document published on the SEC’s portal Friday, the registration statement is tied to the privacy-focused firm’s February settlement with the regulatory body regarding…

Ether's 90-day puts are more expensive than calls on Deribit for the first time since January, according to Amberdata.The sentiment is relatively bullish in the bitcoin options market.Crypto investors are now betting that Ethereum's native token, ether (ETH), will drop in value over the next three months.That's the message from the call-put skew, an options-market

Asset managers Invesco and Galaxy will charge investors a 0.25% management fee on its proposed spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) if and when it is rolled out. This is just slightly higher than VanEck’s 0.20%, which was disclosed last month. With eight issuers looking to launch an ether ETF at the same time, fees

U. S. Customs and Border Protection will begin its live testing of a shipment tracking system on a blockchain after Labor Day, an agency official said. As previously reported, CBP plans to trial blockchain technology in a "live fire testing" as part of an effort to eliminate paperwork in verifying North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)…

May 13, 2020 at 05:02 UTCAn IRS official is seeking third-party contractors to go through taxpayer crypto reports and calculate their gains and losses. (Credit: Shutterstock)IRS Solicits Contractors to Help Examine Crypto Traders’ Tax ReturnsThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking third-party contractors to help it assess whether certain U.S. taxpayers have properly paid taxes…

After a successful fundraising effort, the company said it can now reimburse most, but not all users.Ramon Ferraz, CEO of 2gether(Courtesy of the company)Jan 27, 2021 at 1:43 p.m. UTCCrypto Exchange 2gether Says It Can’t Fully Reimburse 9% of Users After 2020 HackCrypto exchange 2gether has said it is unable to reimburse all users affected…

Jan 28, 2020 at 17:00 UTCTrading image via ShutterstockTrading platform Uphold is now offering commission-free cryptocurrency trading, the company announced Tuesday. Following in the footsteps of companies like Schwab and TD Ameritrade that have made trading free of commissions for customers in the traditional markets. Uphold CEO JP Thieriot said the move was based on Uphold’s…

VanEck Europe, the European division of the global asset manager, expects half of its assets under management to come from crypto in the future.Martijn Rozemuller, the CEO of VanEck Europe, said crypto will become more important and that he sees more potential for growth in that area than in others.VanEck Europe is the issuer of

The big news from the Crypto4Harris town hall Wednesday night is that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is going to try to pass a crypto bill through the upper chamber by the end of the year. "Congress has a responsibility to provide common sense and sound regulation on crypto, and we need your support to