Web3 music streaming brings direct stablecoin payouts to musicians

Yesterday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed its decision on the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal, signaling that the regulator is still not ready to see crypto-based funds being traded on regulated exchanges.However, while the general sentiment is that the agency will continue to push back, there’s a slight chance…

Ledger emphasized that the ID checks required for its private key recovery tool are not like KYC checks as they require “much less” information. 146 Total views 2 Total shares Hardware wallet firm Ledger is rolling out its cloud-based private key recovery solution despite facing significant criticism from the crypto community.Ledger Recover, an ID-based private

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead expects the $1.3 billion blockchain fund to close over the next “three or four weeks” once the due diligence from large institutions has been wrapped up. 611 Total views 16 Total shares Crypto hedge fund giant Pantera Capital is set to close a blockchain fund next month that is backed…

Texas’ state securities regulator announced it had reached an agreement with four cryptocurrency companies it accused of selling unregistered securities, according to an order released on Feb. 21.The result of a nine-month process, Mintage Mining, BC Holdings and Investments, Social Membership Network Holding, Nui Social and manager Darren Olayan agreed to refrain from offering cryptocurrency…

Jihan Wu and the Jenke Group will be reportedly soon retire as CEOs of leading mining ASIC producer Bitmain. Rumors about their departure were reported by Chinese local media Odaily on Dec. 28.Odaily quotes an unnamed source familiar with the situation that Bitmain is currently in a transition period. Furthermore, the article also reports that…

Within the blockchain world, there’s endless talk about the importance of decentralization. But there’s a by-product from DeFi’s boom that is little talked about.Fractionalization is an unavoidable consequence of the innovations we’ve seen over the past decade — and when implemented correctly, companies and individuals can benefit.For example, it’s now possible to buy a small…

CloudCoin announced the launch of its cloud-based digital currency July 15. With no blockchain, public ledger, accounts or encryption, CloudCoin claims it is the most private digital currency ever created.It uses technology adapted from the internet’s Domain Name Service (DNS) to enable secure email-to-email or email-to-wallet transactions. CloudCoin says that it eliminates systemic risk of…

The ban is intended to reduce Argentina's payment-system exposure to digital assets, said the monetary authority. 382 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn May 4, Argentina's central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, alleging it intends to reduce the country's payment-system exposure to…