Jamaica Stock Exchange to Trade Crypto Assets in 2018

Boerse Stuttgart Digital, the crypto-focused arm of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, plans to introduce a fully insured cryptocurrency staking service next year, a company spokesperson told CoinDesk.As part of the development, global reinsurance company Munich Re has crafted an insurance product dedicated to reducing risks of slashing, the companies announced in a press release Tuesday.

Jun 11, 2020 at 16:00 UTCWith BTC and global equity markets down more than 1% on the day, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace Today's bitcoin news:With the U.S. Federal Reserve dashing…

Bitcoin accounted for $398 million of the $441 million of inflows, and CoinShares noted it is unusual for BTC to represent only 90% of the total. Investment products last registered net inflows in the week ended June 7, when investors added more $2 billion. Digital asset investment products saw $441 million of net inflows last

Tether, issuer of the $83 billion USDT stablecoin, has invested an undisclosed amount in payment processor firm CityPay.io, according to a Wednesday press release.CityPay.io added USDT as payment option for users in over 600 locations including restaurants, shops and hotels in the Caucasian country of Georgia, Tether tweeted. CityPay.io linked to Binance Pay, the payment…

The new unit expands Tether's foray into artificial intelligence, which commenced last year with an investment into Frankfurt-listed Northern Data.Tether has listed roles for a head of AI research and an AI engineer01:03El Salvador Targets Bitcoin Millionaires in New Push to Attract Long-Term Residents02:02OpenAI's Ex-CEO Sam Altman Joins Microsoft; Bullish Completes Purchase of CoinDesk: WSJ02:09BitGo

news Lawmakers are making a fresh attempt to give cryptocurrencies a clearer legal standing in the U.S. U.S. Representative Warren Davidson reintroduced the Token Taxonomy Act on Tuesday, saying in a statement that the bill, if approved by Congress and signed into law, would “send a powerful message” to innovators that “the U.S. is the…

Nov 20, 2020 at 12:01 p.m. UTCUS Firm Launches Company-Sponsored Bitcoin Retirement PlansAfter running a year-long test, Digital Asset Investment Management (DAiM), a U.S.-based crypto investment advisor, has launched what it says are the first company-sponsored retirement plans supporting bitcoin. DAiM will serve as an advisor and fiduciary while helping companies create a 401(k) plan…

The Arbitrum blockchain suffered from a bug in its software Wednesday that caused the network to stop processing transactions on-chain for several hours.There was a bug in Arbitrum’s sequencer, “responsible for taking user transactions, creating a batch of the transaction, and posting it on-chain,” according to the Arbitrum developers’ official Twitter account.The software bug “created…

Oct 27, 2020 at 19:24 UTCUpdated Oct 27, 2020 at 19:43 UTCWilliam Hinman (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk archives)The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that William Hinman, the director of the SEC’s division of corporation finance, is planning to conclude his tenure later this year. Notably, Hinman was the first official at the agency to say…