IRS Focusing on Potential Illicit Activities Facilitated by Bitcoin ATMs: Official

news The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has laid out guidelines for the post-trade processing of tokenized securities, aimed at market participants and regulators. Policy arrangements for traditional market infrastructures – such as the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMIs) issued by global regulators – can provide clues to responsibilities that might be applicable…

Officials with the Texas State Securities Bureau settled its lawsuit against Abra on Monday, clearing a path for the crypto lender’s investors to withdraw millions of dollars worth of previously frozen funds.Under the settlement’s terms, Abra must allow roughly 12,000 investors to claim crypto they deposited in interest-bearing accounts such as Abra Boost and Abra

USDX stakers will receive a real world yield and cUSDX in return.The stablecoin is backed at a 1:1 ratio against the dollar or equivalently valued assets.00:59Why Proof-of-Stake Works Like a 'Pawn Shop': 5 Questions With Nansen's Nik Polk10:14Staking Is 'Definitely a Positive' for the Spot Ether ETF Narrative, Analyst Says06:50Tax Expert Breaks Down the Crypto

Feb 16, 2020 at 17:00 UTCBison Trails' Viktor Bunin speaks with CoinDesk's John Biggs at ETHDenver. (Image via CoinDesk video)Viktor Bunin is a protocol specialist at Bison Trails, a company that offers one-click access to various blockchain nodes. While the number of Bison Trails users is, according to Bunin, headed "up and to the right,"…

news The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is planning to list security tokens as tradeable assets for clients. The JSE’s Canadian technology partner Blockstation announced last week that the two firms have completed the first stage of a 60-day live cryptocurrency trading pilot. Marlene Street Forrest, the JSE’s managing director said the trial has been “very smooth”…

Tether, the company behind the $110 billion stablecoin (USDT), debuted Monday a new token minting platform called Alloy on the Ethereum network that lets users create tokens collateralized by Tether's tokenized gold (XAUT)."Alloy by Tether is an open platform that allows to create collateralized synthetic digital assets and will soon be part of the new

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Daniel Kuhn is a features reporter and assistant opinion editor for CoinDesk's Layer 2. He owns BTC and ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ethereum is set for its largest upgrade…

iSTOX has graduated from the Monetary Authority of Singapore's regulatory sandbox and can now conduct full trading operations within the country. (Image via Rastislav Sedlak SK / Shutterstock)The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has greenlit a tokenized securities trading firm for full operations within the city-state.Announced Monday, iSTOX has graduated from the Singapore central bank’s…

news Two lawmakers from the U.S. state of Colorado have introduced legislation seeking to exempt cryptocurrencies and certain digital tokens from securities laws. On Friday, senators Stephen Fenberg (Democrat) and Jack Tate (Republican) jointly filed a bill dubbed the “Colorado Digital Token Act,” proposing that digital tokens with a “primarily consumptive” purpose should be exempted from…