Indonesia’s licensing regime sparks ‘monopolistic’ market concerns

Lightning Labs has published its draft specification for Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT) — a protocol standard that promises to redefine online payments through employing a little known HTTP status code.According to a March 30 blog post authored by Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun, LSAT facilitates automated logins and payments using cryptographic credentials — doing…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says the country will keep buying at least one Bitcoin a day, despite pressure from the International Monetary Fund. 198 Total views 1 Total shares El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said his government won’t stop buying Bitcoin despite a new request from the International Monetary Fund to stop. The IMF

It took a few years, but government crackdowns on “insider trading” involving digital assets have finally arrived. It’s about time! Insider trading occurs often in our securities markets, so it was only a matter of time before crypto and other digital assets would be exploited improperly by miscreants for financial gain.Powers On… is a monthly…

Sales were expected to last 48 hours. 1208 Total views 27 Total shares Spanish soccer giant FC Barcelona has sold out its first FC Barcelona Fan Tokens (BAR), which were sold via sports-focused token platforms Chiliz.net and Socios.com.The $1.3 million sale ran its course in less than two hours. At its peak it sold $777,000…

The U.S.’s second-largest bank, Bank of America (BofA), has filed a new patent for adapting multiple digital signatures in a distributed network, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing published September 18.The new patent proposes a system for managing data communication from Internet-connected devices. The document underlines that “the invention provides automated…

With 63 days until the US election and early voting starting in September, single-issue crypto voters have a limited window to decide between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

It's a game of cat and mouse for BTC price and TSLA stock this month, but so far, Tesla is staging a stronger rebound. 555 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) may be up 16% so far in 2023, but one stock it outperformed…

The German state-funded energy project uses DLT to enable transparent market transactions. 1668 Total views 3 Total shares A blockchain-based energy trading platform backed by German tech giant Siemens is being publicly demonstrated in a Bavarian municipality today.The so-called “Pebbles” project — short for “peer-to-peer energy trading based on blockchains” — is holding a virtual…

A look at miners shifting hardware overseas, Amber raises $100m, and Bitmain temporarily shuts down sales among dropping hashrate sales. 365 Total views 1 Total shares This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and…