VanEck and 21Shares send amended Ether ETF filings to SEC

Visa’s head of crypto Cuy Sheffield said that mainstream users are setting up “crypto wallets in waves” to be a part of the NFT sector. 1497 Total views 12 Total shares Visa’s head of crypto Cuy Sheffield said that investing in cryptocurrency has become a lot cooler thanks to an influx of creative types drawn…

Cryptocurrency-focused tax software CryptoTrader.Tax has integrated with leading American tax software Intuit TurboTax, according to a press release on April 4.The integration will purportedly allow users to export tax calculations from CryptoTrader.Tax to the TurboTax filing software, which will supposedly make the filing process easier. CryptoTrader.Tax co-founder David Kemmerer said:“You simply import your cryptocurrency trades…

Google Cloud is the latest company to show interest in Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning. The $225-billion cloud and data service recently partnered with Voltage, an infrastructure provider specializing in the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The partnership will allow one of the world’s largest cloud computing providers to roll out Bitcoin-based services worldwide while assisting the expansion of Voltage’s…

The committee of central banks and regulators has proposed a “conservative prudential treatment” of crypto assets that banking groups say is prohibitive. 258 Total views 4 Total shares The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met Friday and discussed cryptocurrency, among other topics. The committee stated that it would soon publish its second consultative paper with…

Bitcoin (BTC) gained ironic support from United States President Donald Trump on March 27 after he appeared to say he supported manipulating the dollar.In a press conference quoted by various Twitter commentators, including Blockstream CSO, Samson Mow, Trump defended the Federal Reserve printing more than $6 trillion.Trump: the dollar is “our money, our currency”“The beautiful…

Conflux will provide the technology to launch an offshore RMB stablecoin pegged to China’s CBDC, the digital yuan. 819 Total views 15 Total shares As financial authorities around the globe become increasingly concerned about stablecoin regulation, a jurisdiction in China is preparing to pilot a new yuan-pegged stablecoin for international trade.Chris Banbury, head of global…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Jonathan C. Lucas, the founder of adult entertainment marketplace Fantasy Market, with orchestrating a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO).According to the SEC complaint published on Sept. 23, Lucas received around $63,000 in cryptocurrency from more than 100 investors “through the fraudulent offer and sale of…

Crypto asset manager 21Shares will use Coinbase Custody to secure the Bitcoin backing its ETP launch tomorrow. 240 Total views 2 Total shares 21Shares, an asset manager specialized in cryptocurrencies, has chosen the custody service offered by crypto exchange Coinbase for its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product.According to a July 1 Coinbase announcement, 21Shares will use…