During September, Hyperledger, an open-source effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, added eight new organizations, including Chainstack, SIMBA Chain, SIX Digital Exchange, SAP and Visa. Source Author: Robert Anzalone, Contributor
Bitfinex announces the launch of two new cryptocurrency derivative contracts referencing the largest European Equity companies and the largest German equities. Source Author: Robert Anzalone, Contributor
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued another letter opening the door for more banks to be accommodating to the crypto industry. Source Author: Crypto Confidential, Forbes Staff
Last week, a set of documents known as the FinCEN files were released, detailing how banks move trillions of dollars in suspicious transactions for suspected terrorists, kleptocrats and drug kingpins. We sat down with CEO of Binance to discuss how cryptocurrency compares in illicit activity. Source Author: Tatiana Koffman, Contributor
OCC Interpretive letter on chartered banks and thrifts holding Stablecoin reserves. What are the requirements? Implications for stablecoins and digital finance, what does this mean for Libra? Source Author: Vipin Bharathan, Contributor
“I have nothing in crypto right now. The thing I miss the most is the memes,”“I’ll get back. I’ve been saying that I’ll be back into Bitcoin. I don’t know when, but I’ll be back.” Source Author: Billy Bambrough, Contributor
Congressman Tom Emmer (R-NC) introduced the ‘Securities Clarity Act’ that makes a fundamental change to what an investment contract is and whether a token should be treated as a security. Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) introduced a companion bill called the ‘Digital Commodity Exchange Act’. Source Author: Jason Brett, Contributor
A user might have paid $1 for one action on ethereum and then a few months later needed to pay $50 to do that exact same thing. Source Author: Roger Huang, Contributor
If you hold a substantial amount of cryptocurrency, it is highly recommended that you consider a hardware wallet for maximum security. There are several hardware options on the market today. To save you time, we reviewed ten of the most common wallets on the market. Source Author: Tatiana Koffman, Contributor
UNI tokens received as an airdrop are taxed as ordinary income. Source Author: Shehan Chandrasekera, Contributor
The strong growth in DeFi and NFTs has been a “double-edge sword” for Ethereum, consistently clogging the network, which coupled with macro uncertainty, has weighed on price recently. Source Author: Christopher Brookins, Contributor
Crypto exchange OKCoin has been on a tear over the past week, listing multiple new DeFi assets despite turbulence in traditional and crypto markets, continuing a trend of committment to holistic development of DeFi and crypto markets. Source Author: Rory Murray, Contributor
The bitcoin world was set alight by news last month that MicroStrategy was buying bitcoin to hedge against inflation–leaving some of its biggest investors with sizeable exposure to bitcoin… Source Author: Billy Bambrough, Contributor
Visa’s head of cryptocurrency and his boss shed new light on the credit card giant’s strategy, and the surprising ways that it fits in well with their existing philosophy and innovation strategy. Source Author: Steven Ehrlich, Contributor
Blockchain and DeFi applications are on the rise, and yield farming offers one way to make DeFi self-sustaining. Source Author: Sean Stein Smith, Contributor
More than a hundred countries are expected to pay $130 billion in debt interest by this year — with about half of that debt being held by private investors. Source Author: Roger Huang, Contributor
As the #DeFi craze continues, a new trend has emerged – tokenized Bitcoin. Think if this new asset as a digital representation of the Bitcoin you hold, such as a digital certificate to a stock of gold, that you can now trade, sell and use as collateral. Source Author: Tatiana Read more…
Chairman Powell’s Jackson Hole speech got lost in the thrum of the 24-hour news cycle. But it was a potentially historic turning point for bitcoin investors. Source Author: Matt Hougan, Contributor
The FinCEN Files are a traditional finance horror story. What can those in the crypto world learn from the recent revelations to prevent us from falling into the same trap of lax compliance? Source Author: Pawel Kuskowski, Contributor
The chief economist of the European Central Bank has warned about the dynamic of inflation being dampened by the appreciation of the Euro against the United States dollar. Source Author: Roger Huang, Contributor
China’s central bank has said the country needs to break U.S. dollar dominance and internationalize yuan, with the rights to issue and control a digital currency set to become a “new battlefield” of competition between countries… Source Author: Billy Bambrough, Contributor
Bitcoin prices dropped today as the global asset markets suffered a widespread selloff. However, has the current environment of political uncertainty put bitcoin in a good position to recover? Source Author: Charles Bovaird, Senior Contributor
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued its second letter this afternoon permitting the use of reserve accounts by U.S. financial institutions to support digital dollar stablecoins. U. S. financial institutions under the leadership of Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks. Source Author: Jason Brett, Contributor
Using cryptocurrencies and self-hosted services like those in the Fediverse for routing communications and value can dramatically transform the economy as a whole — starting from the Internet itself, and extending into every part of the economy. Source Author: Roger Huang, Contributor
As the Euro is jostled by the Yuan/Renminbi and squeezed by the dollar, the lack of true world scale home-grown new economy enterprises has come to haunt the European psyche. How the digital Euro will level the “paying field”. Source Author: Vipin Bharathan, Contributor
Despite the rocky start to the week, bitcoin’s lower price could incentivize hidden whales to participate further. Source Author: Christopher Brookins, Contributor
The bitcoin market is braced for almost half of nearly $2 billion worth of bitcoin options to expire—something that could bring a fresh wave of volatility… Source Author: Billy Bambrough, Contributor
The Bitcoin price has remained relatively stable above $10,000 in the past 18 days. The resilience of BTC has traders cautiously optimistic. Source Author: Joseph Young, Contributor
China’s decision to include ShareRing in the first ten international companies (along with Chainlink, Neo, Tezos, and Ethereum) will no doubt be a warmly welcomed story for those seeking to understand the direction of China’s blockchain international developments. Source Author: Michael O’Loughlin, Contributor
USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) published a patent application filed by the USPS. A reading of the patent itself. Opposition to technology in election systems, from election “experts”. Why this year is different. Source Author: Vipin Bharathan, Contributor