XRP Token Surges on Positive Outlook in Ongoing Ripple vs SEC Case

The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in the economy could be a boon for cryptocurrency, according to Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of data analytics firm Palantir (PLTR).AI agents - entities that use AI technology to perform specific tasks - would probably use crypto when conducting financial transactions, adding that bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) or solana (SOL)

Stablecoin issuer Tether has appointed Paolo Ardoino as its new CEO with former CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde transitioning into an advisory role.Van der Velde will remain as Bitfinex's CEO whilst Ardoino has retained his role as CTO at both Bitfinex and Holepunch, according to a press release.Ardoino became Tether's CTO in 2017 after joining

BlackRock's bitcoin ETF has traded nearly $3 billion Wednesday, twice as much as its previous volume record, with other new bitcoin ETFs also attracting heavy trading."These numbers are absurd," ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted.The frenzy in ETF trading happened as bitcoin surged to $64,000 during the day then quickly fell off to $60,000.U.S. spot bitcoin

Oct 27, 2020 at 08:00 UTCOcean V3 Brings Wave of Data Monetization Tools to EthereumA third and all-encompassing version of Ocean Protocol has been released, fleshing out its vision for “datatokens” and decentralized data marketplaces.Announced Tuesday, Ocean v3 brings the Ocean data market proposal to life with Ethereum-based datatokens, as well as a range of…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to tell Congress that the crypto industry poses several potential hazards to the financial system, including the dangers of stablecoins, runs on crypto platforms and volatile prices, according to a brief portion of her testimony posted Monday.Yellen is appearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday to

Feb 4, 2020 at 20:10 UTCUpdated Feb 4, 2020 at 20:25 UTCHandshake’s Uncensorable Web Domains Go Live on MainnetNamebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre joins @nlw to talk about why uncensorable web domains matter as Handshake goes live to mainnet.As claims of election tampering, fraud and other dubious activities fly around the botched Democratic Caucus in Iowa,…

Dec 13, 2019 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Dec 13, 2019 at 08:16 UTCMongolian taxi riders can now pay their drivers in stablecoins routed through the Terra blockchain.In a press release Thursday, Terra announced its stablecoin issuance protocol would act as Mongolian messaging app memeChat’s new financial backbone. That app, which has attracted 50,000 users since its…

In a rare move, Polymarket has contradicted its decentralized oracle service UMA with regard to the resolution of a market betting on whether Barron Trump was likely involved with the DJT token. Neither Barron Trump nor Donald Trump's campaign has made an official statement about the token. Polymarket has signaled it may overrule UMA, a

news SoFi, a millennial-focused online lending platform, will allow its customers to buy cryptocurrency through a partnership with Coinbase starting in the second quarter, CNBC reported Tuesday. “Our target audience wants to see what the price of cryptocurrency is, and to buy it,” SoFi CEO Anthony Noto was quoted as saying in the CNBC report.…