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Why Stablecoins Are the First Battleground of the Coming Crypto Regulation Wars
The STABLE Act would force all stablecoin issuers to have bank licenses, a shot across the bow that portends an emerging legal challenge for the industry.On Wednesday, three U.S. congressional Democrats announced the STABLE Act, an 18-page…
Kraken pledges $150,000 to Ethereum devs in latest Gitcoin Grants Round
This is a first for the traditionally Bitcoin-centric exchange. The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange announced that it would match $150,000 in donations to support open-source Ethereum projects on Gitcoin.
Gitcoin is a developer-funding…
Protocol Hosting Google reCAPTCHA Competitor Expands to Polkadot
Human Protocol, the backbone for anti-bot system hCaptcha, announced Thursday it will be expanding beyond Ethereum to a future Polkadot parachain, Moonbeam. The move also prepares for the addition of a new distributed job marketplace…
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Edge as a Hedge and Crypto’s Reaction to the STABLE Act
At stakeDestabilizing Act?Crypto Twitter, like the U.S. Congress, is largely divided between warring factions and in-groups. But for once it looks unified. All it took was a proposed bill to further regulate stablecoin issuers, the…
Valuing Open Source: Principles for Acquiring DeFi Projects
As decentralized finance sees its first mergers and acquisitions, we’re left with a big question: How do you value an open-source project in a very new field like DeFi? The whole thing is fascinating, almost a contradiction! An…
Swiss Wholesale CBDC Trial Shows ‘Feasibility’ for Central Bank Money on Distributed Ledger, BIS…
An under-the-wraps Swiss trial testing how central bank money can be linked to financial markets built on distributed ledger technology (DLT) yielded positive results, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced…
Grayscale set to split its Ethereum Trust Fund shares
Crypto investment and asset management firm Grayscale has announced it will be splitting its Ethereum shares in mid-December
For every held Ethereum share, there will be eight more shares after the split. The share split of its Ethereum…
First Mover: Bitcoin Needs No Vaccine as Druckenmiller Lays Down ‘Better Bet’
Nov 10, 2020 at 2:10 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 10, 2020 at 2:22 p.m. UTC
What exactly are bitcoin traders betting on? Hedge fund legend Stan Druckenmiller calls it a better gold bet than gold itself. (National Gallery of Art, modified…
This $29B Asset Advisory is Giving Wealth Managers and Clients a Bitcoin On-Ramp
Somewhere between the Coinbase hawk and the institutional bitcoin whale lies a growing class of high-end retail investors pushing their money managers to join the bull run. Their calls grew loud enough for Mariner Wealth Advisors to take…
Traders Brace for Major Volatility as Bitcoin Price Nears Record Highs
Bitcoin traders expect a significant increase in volatility as the leading cryptocurrency continues to recoup nearly all its losses since topping out just below $20,000 in late 2017. Whether the volatility comes from increased buying or…
