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Listen onA recap of a swath of news about corporate players coming into the crypto space, and why it could change the landscape of regulation.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.On this edition of the weekly recap, NLW breaks down the entrance of corporates into the crypto space this week, including:TeslaBNY MellonMastercardTwitterAmazonHe also argues that more…

A proposal that, if enacted, would change how much new cryptocurrency is released on the world's second-largest blockchain was finalized Friday, with developers agreeing to include the code for such a change as part of ethereum's upcoming October upgrade, Constantinople. Speaking on a video call, a group of 14 developers agreed to support code that…

CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is partner at Castle Island Ventures, a public blockchain-focused venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass. He is also the co-founder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup.Veterans of the blocksize war that raged from 2015 to 2017 in Bitcoin were met with a curious sight this week: Bitcoiners complaining about high…

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Rosie Perper is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Web3 news section, focusing on the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs and emerging technology like VR/AR. She has previously worked across breaking news, global…

Sep 22, 2020 at 15:07 UTCThe first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to broadly track the digital asset market has been accepted to list on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). BSX announced last week the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF had been admitted to list on its trading platform.The ETF is the brainchild of Hashdex, a Brazilian-based…

Nov 26, 2020 at 2:15 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 26, 2020 at 2:17 a.m. UTCU.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, could be "planning to rush out some new regulation regarding self-hosted crypto wallets before the end of his term," tweeted Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. (Getty Images/CoinDesk archive)Coinbase CEO: Trump Administration May ‘Rush Out’ Burdensome Crypto Wallet…

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news Digital contract management startup Clause has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round led by crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital. The funding round also saw investment from electronic signature pioneer DocuSign and Galaxy Digital’s EOS Venture Capital Fund, which is backed by EOS blockchain maker Block.one and other investors. Founded in 2015, Clause…

news Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is gearing up to launch soon, the head of its parent firm said Thursday, although he did not set a firm timeline. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) CEO Jeffrey Sprecher, speaking during a quarterly earnings call, said Bakkt is “working to develop a regulated ecosystem that services the evolving needs of [participants]…