CFTC charges Uniswap with illegal derivatives trading

Apparently, not everything is bigger in Texas. At least not in the days following a major crypto exchange declaring bankruptcy.The collapse of FTX and the ripples former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made in the crypto space were on many people’s lips at the Texas Blockchain Summit held from Nov. 17-18 in the state capital of Austin.…

Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has said that Facebook’s forthcoming cryptocurrency Libra will not be legalized in Russia, local news outlet TASS reported on June 18.Aksakov stated that Russia will not legalize the use of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency which the company intends to roll out in 2020, because…

The Fold app — a Lightning-compatible mobile app that offers users Bitcoin rewards (BTC) while shopping — has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program.Joining the program will enable the app to launch a new Visa co-branded card, which continues the offer of Bitcoin rewards for purchases made at retailers.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Fold’s CEO Will Reeves…

When asked about Bitcoin or Ether, SFC executive Julia Leung Fung-yee did not respond but reiterated that “highly liquid” products will be allowed. 387 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe new licensing program, scheduled to take off in June, will restrict retail traders in Hong Kong…

A Japanese video platform service, called c0ban.tv, has started its expansion to English-speaking markets, as the startup team has reported to Cointelegraph. The platform has its own cryptocurrency and is developed by the LastRoots corporation, famous for its  popular cryptocurrency exchange.Buying lunch with cryptoThe c0ban.tv platform publish short video ads. It already has over 50,000…

Formerly known as Pantronics Holdings, Huobi Technology has shifted its focus from electronic products to crypto. 875 Total views 5 Total shares Hong Kong-listed virtual asset platform Huobi Technology Holdings has launched a cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) service, the firm announced to Cointelegraph on Wednesday.Listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)…

Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. 698 Total views 10 Total shares The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known as the Parity client, is reportedly malfunctioning for a number of users on Thursday afternoon UTC, including the popular block explorer Etherscan.According to multiple user reports on Github, the…

On April 14, the price of Ether (ETH) just hit an all-time high at $2,400 and although the price has increased more than three-fold since the beginning of this year, the current speculative premium suggests, there is a lot of room for upside.Ether's speculative premium is far from overheatedWhile the current price of Ether is…

Mooniswap and the Pathfinder algorithm will be available to NEAR users. 2790 Total views 15 Total shares The Mooniswap decentralized exchange protocol, developed by DEX aggregator 1inch, will be the first Ethereum DeFi protocol to develop on NEAR, a sharded smart contract platform.As part of a collaboration announced on Tuesday, the 1inch team pledged to…