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Jul 14, 2020 at 13:00 UTCShyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)Shyft Debuts ‘Decentralized Version of SWIFT’ for FATF Travel RuleShyft Network is rolling out its blockchain-based solution to help crypto companies comply with the identity and data sharing requirements mandated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Announced Tuesday, Shyft…

news The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has appointed Aya Miyaguchi, executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, to help drive what it’s calling the “Mainnet Initiative.” Miyaguchi, who looks after governance on the side of the public ethereum blockchain, will join EEA as a board member and bolster the interoperability and standards building work being done…

Dec 10, 2019 at 12:30 UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2019 at 12:30 UTCSantander Exec Claims Blockchain Success as Bank Redeems Ethereum-Issued BondSpanish banking multinational Santander has redeemed a bond worth $20 million that it issued on the public ethereum blockchain in September.With the move, John Whelan, head of Digital Investment Banking at Santander and chairman of…

Some of the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed juror questions could bias either miss juror biases or prejudice potential jurors into thinking Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty before the trial begins, the FTX founder's defense team charged in a late Friday filing."As a general matter, the Government’s proposed voir dire discourages full disclosure from potential jurors

Trading volumes of VanEck’s HODL, one of the ten spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds in the U.S. (ETF), surged over 2,200% on Tuesday in a move driven by individual traders.HODL traded over $400 million in volumes on Tuesday, a 22-fold jump over its daily average of $17 million. The figures came ahead of a planned

BlackRock's BUIDL fund grew $70 million last week to take the top spot from Franklin Templeton's BENJI offering, which saw minor outflows, blockchain data shows.Growth of Ondo Finance's OUSG token was responsible for large part of the inflows.Asset management company BlackRock's (BLK) tokenized asset fund BUIDL became the largest of its kind Tuesday, overtaking rival

news U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has hired a new U.K. head of compliance with three decades of experience in the industry. The new hire, Mark Kelly, joins the prominent crypto startup after almost five years as a director at London-based regulatory reporting firm Abide Financial. According to his LinkedIn profile, Kelly joined the exchange this month. While at…

B2C2, a crypto liquidity provider and over-the-counter trader, said Wednesday it conducted its first transaction of a non-deliverable forward (NDF) – a type of financial contract that’s common in foreign-exchange markets – with trading firm QCP Capital.These types of trades could help traditional financial institutions to enter the burgeoning cryptocurrency market, according to the press…

news Tradewind Markets, a blockchain-powered gold trading platform backed by stock trading firm IEX, has developed and launched a system for stablecoin issuers on its platform to track the provenance of their precious metals. Tradewind is taking its shot at stopping counterfeit gold seals and helping precious metals investors find metals that are produced responsibly.…