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news Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to exempt cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from federal securities laws. The “Token Taxonomy Act” was introduced Thursday by Reps. Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, a move that comes months after a roundtable in Washington, D.C. that sought input about regulatory measures for…

news Hackers apparently still have control over New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. Blockchain data analytics firm Elementus said in a blog post Tuesday that Cryptopia’s hacker, after going quiet for some days, has stolen an additional 1,675 ether from 17,000 wallets – an amount worth about $181,000 at the time of writing. While initially it looked…

Mar 19, 2020 at 07:32 UTCTim Grant, formerly the CEO of ConsenSys-backed startup DrumG Technologies, is to become head of business at Swiss blockchain-based stock exchange SDX.SDX, the digital asset trading venue being built from the ground up by Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group, had been searching for a new leader to take over…

Jul 14, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Jul 14, 2020 at 09:02 UTCBank of England. (Aslysun/Shutterstock)The U.K.’s central bank is discussing the possibility of launching a digital currency, according to its chief. Speaking during an online event, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told a group of U.K. students on Monday his institution was having talks…

Jack Schickler is a CoinDesk reporter focused on crypto regulations, based in Brussels, Belgium. He doesn’t own any crypto.Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Landmark new crypto rules were signed off on Tuesday by finance ministers of the European Union (EU).The EU’s…

Sep 24, 2020 at 12:09 UTCPaul Brodsky (CoinDesk archives)Ex-Pantera Partner’s New Crypto Fund Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’Paul Brodsky, a former partner at storied crypto investment firm Pantera Capital, has left to launch a hedge fund aimed at volatility plays across cryptocurrencies and traditional assets.Brodsky’s new fund, PostModern Partners, will open in 2021…

news View Bitcoin’s bounce from the support of the 10-candle moving average (MA) on the three-day chart may have opened the doors for a retest of recent highs above $13,000. The MA has consistently reversed pullbacks since February. A failure to hold above that support level ($11,167 currently) would validate the bearish candlestick pattern seen…

news The top crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, has launched version 2.0 of its platform – a move that officially adds margin trading for its customers. The firm revealed that margin trading was on the way in late May, and said that the service would feature up to 20x leverage soon after. In an…

Dec 23, 2020 at 6:34 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 23, 2020 at 6:41 p.m. UTCCamila Russo on Building The Defiant and the Future of DeFiTalk about good timing: In 2017, Camila Russo was on the prowl for a worthy book project. What would be a good subject? What hasn’t been covered? At the time she was a…