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Sequoia-Backed Startup Enters DeFi Market With Bitcoin Binary Options

news Another participant is entering the decentralized finance (DeFi) fray. The Sequoia-backed data management startup, Band Protocol, announced Monday the mainnet of its decentralized trading app. The dapp functions as a brokerage – without a centralized authority to confirm prices or collect fees – for ether-denominated binary options. Dubbed BitSwing, users can take long or…

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Court Orders Purported Crypto Company Longfin to Pay $6.7M Penalty

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered purported cryptocurrency company Longfin to pay a total of $6,755,848 million in penalties.Falsely obtained qualification for Regulation A+ offeringOn Sept. 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a New York federal court entered a default ruling against the fintech…

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Swiss Digital Exchange Plans ‘Initial Digital Offering’ in 2020: Report

Swiss Digital Exchange (SDX), a digital asset trading platform by Switzerland’s principal SIX Swiss Exchange, will reportedly launch its initial digital offering (IDO) in 2020.SDX security tokenThe not-yet-launched SDX has reportedly set up a global consortium of financial institutions to back its IDO in the middle of 2020, Coindesk reports on Sept. 30.Thomas Kindler, who…

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Aragon Expects Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork to Break 680 Smart Contracts

The Ethereum network’s Istanbul hard fork is expected to break 680 smart contracts on the decentralized management platform Aragon.Jorge Izquierdo, CTO at Aragon One, said that the upcoming upgrade will result in the breaking of roughly 680 smart contracts, industry-focused media outlet Coindesk reported on Sept. 30. Izquierdo explained that the impetus behind the update is…

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SEC Reaches $24 Million Settlement With EOS Parent Firm Block.one

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Block.one to pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO).On Sept. 30, the SEC announced in a press release that it has settled the charges against the firm behind the EOS network and corresponding token in the…

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EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale

news EOS maker Block.One must pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday evening. The SEC said in a press release that Block.One “raised the equivalent of several billion dollars” over a one-year period in an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO). (A total…

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US Department of Homeland Security Awards $143K Grant to Blockchain Firm

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $143,478 to Vienna-based Danube Tech to develop blockchain security solutions.Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramOn Sept. 26, the United States DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced in a press release that Danube Tech was awarded a contract to assist the department in its ongoing fight against…

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John McAfee: Bitcoin Price to Reach $50K in the Mid-Term and $1 Million by End of 2020

The recent plunge in Bitcoin’s price got the community going once again. As analysts and traders across the industry wonder whether we’ve reached the bottom or if there’s more pain to come, legendary tech entrepreneur John McAfee has made his opinion known. He said that he supports Peter Brandt in his belief that Bitcoin will…

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Justin Sun’s BitTorrent Token (BTT) Delisted on Binance, Price Takes a Beating

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced today that it had delisted 30 trading pairs from its platform, including one involving Justin Sun’s BitTorrent (BTT). Binance’s announcement comes as a surprise since BitTorrent was the first project to launch on the crypto exchange’s Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) platform, Binance Launchpad, on January 28. Reaching its hard cap of…

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Join Us in Tokyo for a CoinDesk On Tap Event

news CoinDesk will be visiting Tokyo in two weeks and we’d love to meet some of our readers for an informal gathering on Monday, October 14 at 6 p.m. We haven’t chosen the official location yet but are open to suggestions for venues. Please fill out the recommendation form below. In addition to the meetup,…