Arca Labs partners with Securitize on regulated, tokenized financial products

Cryptocurrency exchanges operating illegally in China face a new threat after the central bank announced it would take new steps to uphold its trading ban.In a statement on Nov. 21, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) warned it was taking action against entities allegedly involved in trading cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC).PBoC: Exchanges “will be…

2020 is no exception to the rule that putting $1 into Bitcoin nets investors more than traditional assets. Bitcoin (BTC) still beats gold as an investment in 2020 despite the precious metal generating its biggest returns in a decade.In a knock to gold bugs, data shows that despite gold’s run this year, Bitcoin still trumps…

Sunday, March 10 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting minor losses on the day by press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is falling towards the $3,900 mark again, according to Coin360 data.Market visualization from Coin360At press time, Bitcoin is down just under 1 percent on the day, trading at around $3,931, according to CoinMarketCap data.…

More than 80% of all nonfungible token (NFT) transactions were worth less than $10,000 in 2021 according to Chainalysis which categorized them as "retail" in recent research.A Dec. 6 report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis titled “The 2021 NFT Market Explained” detailed NFT transaction trends throughout 2021. Researchers at Chainalysis studied on-chain data between January…

China’s CBDC wants to displace the US dollar, but Genesis Block’s Charles Yang believes it doesn’t offer a compelling alternative to USDT. 371 Total views 14 Total shares China’s central bank digital currency is usually identified as a way to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar, not Bitcoin (BTC). But it may struggle to…

Upon the announcement of the United Kingdom budget for 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak commissioned Ron Kalifa to conduct an independent review of the U.K. fintech sector. On Friday, eight months later, the FCA published the 108-page report, and it contains multiple clear guidelines aimed at cementing the U.K.’s position as a fintech powerhouse. Over $95…

The ongoing digital revolution and rise of the internet have upended the old global value structure over the past 30 years, and big data has become the new "gold" or "oil" — a fact demonstrated by the money-making capabilities of platforms like Google and Facebook.One blockchain project focused on the future of retrieving and managing…

BTC price action over the past month has had major consequences for Bitcoin investor dynamics.

The highly anticipated security and scalability upgrade to the Ethereum network launched as planned on Dec. 1, marking a huge milestone for the Ethereum community. On the surface, the Eth2 Beacon Chain will help ensure an increase in scalability and capacity across the Ethereum network. However, the initial launch of the Beacon Chain signifies much…