Coinbase asks Congress to grant CFTC spot market authority

The end of summer is a great time to set personal goals, to soak in the final days of sunshine and to reminisce about the summer's major events, like the promise made by Jordi Baylina, Jacques Dafflon and Thomas Shababi to introduce the ready-made ERC-777 token community standard, which is intended to replace the world's…

Pontem founder Boris Povod said the partnership was aimed at improving Polkadot’s current node infrastructure, with Pinknode providing “reliable and secure API endpoints.” The decentralized application aiming to connect Facebook’s Diem blockchain with public networks is partnering with node infrastructure provider Pinknode.In a Friday announcement, the Pontem Network said it would be working with Pinknode…

The report concentrates on real-world research from low- and middle-income countries and untangles questions of inclusiveness, trust and functionality. 84 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) and associated organizations marshaled a sizable team of researchers in…

"Block has wildly overstated its genuine user counts and has understated its customer acquisition costs," said the report. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTA report following a two-year investigation from Hindenburg Research claimed digital payments company Block had “systematically taken advantage of the demographics it claims to be helping,” alleging…

Co-founder of market research firm DataTrek Research Nicholas Colas says that Bitcoin (BTC) is a geopolitical turmoil indicator.Bitcoin as a market indicatorIn an interview with CNBC published on Aug. 14, Colas claimed that Bitcoin was one of the few assets of which the price predicted Hong Kong’s protests and the consequent local capital flight. When the…

A former senior official of the People’s Bank of China said that the country has completed the backend architecture development of its digital currency. 2606 Total views 68 Total shares The former vice-chair of the People’s Bank of China’s Na­tional Coun­cil for So­cial Se­cu­rity Fund, Wang Zhong­min, announced that China has completed the backend architecture…

Bitcoin price action rebounding past $82,000 was short lived thanks to another US tariff announcement sending crypto and risk assets back to square one. Bitcoin (BTC) cooled a 7% rebound after the March 11 Wall Street open as familiar headwinds sparked market jitters. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin, stocks deflate on fresh tariffs letdown

French electric utility company ENGIE and consulting firm Maltem Consulting Group have jointly established a blockchain development firm designed for commercial customers, according to a press release published September 7.The new project called Blockchain Studio received seed funding totalling €1.9 million (around $2.1 million). Blockchain Studio has created a software suite for commercial enterprises comprised…