US Treasury: Blockchain can improve financial system

As decentralized exchanges (DEXs) evolve, their functionalities become more and more advanced, often matching those of centralized exchanges (CEXs). One such functionality is the ability to place limit orders, which offers more flexibility and efficiency to DEX traders. This article looks at the existing limit order features and their prospective implementations. Unlike a market order, which…

Bakkt has been approved, and starting Sept. 6, clients will be able to deposit their funds into the Bakkt Warehouse, in anticipation of trading beginning on Sept. 23. Is this time different or will the market reaction to this latest institutional product launch echo that of the CBOE futures launch in December 2017 — which resulted…

Earlier this week, decentralized cryptocurrency exchange CryptoBridge abruptly announced that it was shutting shop, leaving just two weeks for its customers to retrieve their funds. Around the same time, the Waves DEX also shut down to resume operations as a hybrid exchange.While Waves ostensibly decided to “merge all the infrastructure teams” together and focus on…

In a recent interview, China Telecom chairman said that blockchain has high-potential use cases to enhance 5G network services. Jiang Wei, the chairman of China Telecom Blockchain and Dig­i­tal Econ­omy Joint Lab­o­ra­tory, explained in an interview published on Chinese news portal, Cebnet, that blockchain technology has significant use cases that could improve the 5G mobile…

New partnerships and mainnet launches send select altcoins to new highs as Bitcoin bulls set BTC price back on the path to $50,000. 1202 Total views 17 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) bulls appear to have found their momentum as BTC price reclaimed the $49,000 level within the last hour. On March 2 the price dropped…

BTC, altcoins and stocks sharply sold-off as pressure builds ahead of this week’s FOMC meeting and the possibility that the Fed will taper its easy-money policies. 480 Total views 11 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are once again on the defensive foot after the breakout momentum that put the price above $50,000 on the weekend…

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls faced strong headwinds on March 22 that quickly dampened any attempt at a breakout above the $58,000 level despite comments from United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell which called the top cryptocurrency a “substitute for gold.”Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView show that traders made several attempts to push BTC above $58,000…

On March 4, Twitter topman Jack Dorsey’s digital-assets payment company Square Crypto released a statement showcasing its support for Bitcoin (BTC) development with the creation of a grant program that aims to contribute toward the enhancement of the premier cryptocurrency’s native ecosystem.More specifically, the company revealed that its grant program is open to developers interested…