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(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock)CFTC Greenlights LedgerX Request to Move Beyond Digital Currency ProductsThe Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Wednesday it approved LedgerX LLC’s amended registration order, allowing the firm to go beyond offering digital currency-based products.  According to the press release posted on the CFTC website, LedgerX is now authorized to offer fully collateralized futures…

It was on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2018 that a young entrepreneur from the People’s Republic of China came up to me and said, “I really liked what you said during your panel. Would you like to be regional COO of our blockchain company?” It was a…

Feb 14, 2020 at 21:59 UTCUpdated Feb 14, 2020 at 22:20 UTCCFTC logo (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing an alleged Ponzi scammer on claims he and his company raised half a million dollars for cryptocurrency investments, which instead went to personal uses.According to a press…

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. There are shifts at ShapeShift and not everyone's happy with them. When the token exchange…

Hamster Combat, a viral play-to-earn crypto game, criticized venture capital funding as an "exit liquidity" activity and turned down all investment offers. Developers said they hope to "return to the fundamentals of the web3 space," by focusing on creating innovative projects that generate real value and revenue rather than using their audience for funding. Hamster

Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao poses "no risk of flight" and should be allowed to return to the United Arab Emirates for now, a Thursday filing said.The partially redacted document pushed back against a U.S. Department of Justice filing, arguing that Zhao should not be allowed to leave the U.S. ahead of his February sentencing

Analysts and mining pools say selling pressure from mining wallets hasn't contributed to recent corrections in bitcoin's price. (Shutterstock)Jan 14, 2021 at 10:24 p.m. UTCBitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips, Data Shows“Miners are selling” is a popular trope used to explain bitcoin’s occasional downward price action. But on-chain data doesn’t support this narrative,…

Nov 5, 2020 at 21:21 UTCUpdated Nov 5, 2020 at 22:15 UTCTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate hearing with big tech companies, Oct. 28, 2020.(Greg Nash/Getty Images)Square Reports $1B in Quarterly Bitcoin Revenue for First Time: Q3 EarningsIt was a monster quarter for Square’s bitcoin business.“Cash App generated $1.63 billion of bitcoin…

Jupiter’s JUP tokens have racked up billions of dollars in trading volumes and amassed thousands of holders, days after a massive $700 million airdrop to users within the Solana ecosystem that raised some concerns around its distribution mechanism.At the time of writing, the token exchanged hands at 60 cents, giving it a market capitalization of