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Jun 2, 2020 at 20:07 UTCUpdated Jun 2, 2020 at 20:32 UTCCivil is shutting down after three years. (Credit: Shutterstock)Blockchain journalism startup Civil is shutting down, with its team moving to the employ of parent company ConsenSys, Poynter reported Tuesday. Co-founder Matthew Iles announced the shutdown in a blog post, writing, “It’s with a heavy…

CRV continues to lose ground, threatening liquidation of Curve founder's massive crypto borrowings.Potential liquidation would add to downside pressures on CRV, injecting volatility into the broader market.Traders are piling into shorts through perpetual futures tied to CRV.Decentralized exchange Curve's CRV token continues to lose ground as the looming threat of potential large liquidation of the…

news The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) thinks initial coin offerings (ICOs) may become a useful financing tool for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) – but the space is not yet mature or regulated enough for the “mainstream.” The report, published Tuesday by the international economic organization, provides a broad overview of ICOs and…

Angle's USDA will share the yield earned from the Treasury bill and tokenized T-bill backing assets and a part of the revenue from lending.Yield-bearing stablecoins have mushroomed recently, offering an alternative to incumbent stablecoins USDT and USDC.00:52Existing Stablecoin Models Are Not 'Totally Fair,' Usual CEO Says14:10How USD0 Plans to Bring More Transparency to the Existing

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David Z. Morris is CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and small amounts of other crypto assets.Earlier this week, we considered the challenges of creating viable long-term regulations for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. These systems can ostensibly remove intermediaries from the trading of any asset represented on a blockchain, but those intermediaries…

news China’s internet censorship agency has approved a set of regulations for blockchain service providers in the country that will take effect in mid-February. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published its new “Regulation for Managing Blockchain Information Services” on Thursday, defining blockchain information service providers as “entities or nodes” that offer information services to the public…

The repercussions of historically stringent cryptocurrency oversight are well-documented, but the ensuing sea change is perhaps not fully appreciated. With pro-crypto legislators likely to replace the current regulatory regime, we anticipate a more favorable environment for crypto applications. Decentralized finance (DeFi), in particular, is well-positioned to reap these benefits. From opening the door for traditional

Jan 7, 2021 at 8:22 p.m. UTC‘Decentralized Court’ Aragon Association Hit With Flurry of ResignationsTwelve staffers of the Aragon Association (AA) announced their resignations Thursday due to an apparent lack of financial transparency.In a letter posted on GitHub and shared in the group’s Discord channel, AA governance lead John Light said he was leaving. “I no…