Categorie: Coindesk

The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Watch Civic’s CEO Talk About His New Cross-Border Payment System

A number of startups are now trying to help retail investors make sense of the tax implications of decentralized finance. Source: Coindesk Original Post: 2019’s DeFi Boom Creates New Questions for Tax…

San Francisco Open Exchange unveiled Thursday its new “Separately Managed Account Solution” to help investors create their own crypto trading strategies. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Crypto Dealer SFOX Adds New Service for…

Global provider of professional trading software Trading Technologies announced Wednesday it would provide connectivity to leading derivatives exchange, Deribit Source: Coindesk Original Post: Deribit Takes On New Trading Tools to Capture ‘Exploding’…

The Libra Association has formed a steering committee to oversee the creation of its technical roadmap. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’

Patrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay victims $225,000 after pleading guilty to charges he defrauded investors in his crypto trading platform, CabbageTech. Source: Coindesk …

Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Currency ‘Cold War’…

House Representatives’ bipartisan legislation would exempt realized crypto gains under $200 from taxation. Source: Coindesk Original Post: US Lawmakers Try Again on Tax Relief for Small Crypto Payments

Blockchain-based governance could lead the way towards better business and political practices around the world, says investor Akin Sawyerr. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Decred’s Akin Sawyerr Says Blockchain Is Part of Africa’s…

With the proverbial digital currency barbarians at the gate, ex-CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo launches a digital dollar initiative. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Why ‘Crypto Dad’ Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation

What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the…

With bitcoin up more than 20% so far this year, the rally is taking a breather. CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with an expanded news round-up that’ll condense about an hour of…

New Hampshire legislators have scrapped a bill that would have allowed state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies for tax payments. Source: Coindesk Original Post: New Hampshire Lawmakers Vote Down Crypto Tax Bill

Rewards received by bitcoin miners form a major chunk of the salaries paid across major proof of work (PoW) blockchains, according to Yassine Elmandjra, a cryptocurrency analyst from ARK Invest. Source: Coindesk …

Property firm RFR Holdings accepted a 20 percent stake of the purchasing price in digital securities based on ethereum tech. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Chrysler Building Owner Sells Stake in Zurich Property…

The Crypto Ratings Council, formed by Coinbase, Kraken and other exchanges last year, has added eToro and Radar as members. It’s also planning to unveil its asset rating framework this year. Source:…

Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo and LabCFTC head Dan Gorfine are forming the Digital Dollar Foundation, working with Accenture to determine how best to create a U.S. central bank digital currency. Source:…

A newly launched fintech firm hopes to leverage the token sale model to back investments in real-world assets. But it’s taking a different approach than many previous projects. Source: Coindesk Original Post:…

Gemini, led by the Winklevoss twins, has set up its own insurance captive to cover loss of crypto in cold storage – with a possibly record-breaking $200M limit. Source: Coindesk Original Post:…

Bitcoin’s bulls are showing signs of exhaustion, having engineered a speedy rally to $8,900. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bull Breather? Bitcoin Market Turns Indecisive at Two-Month High