‘Major implications’ for gaming tokens as CyberKongz hit with SEC Wells notice

Former U.S. Homeland Security Department general counsel, Stevan Bunnel, has been appointed as Libra's top lawyer. Stevan Bunnel, former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been revealed as the Libra Association’s new leading lawyer.Since leaving the Homeland Security Department in 2017, Bunnell co-chaired the data privacy-focused legal practice O’Melveny &…

A mysterious glitch caused popular coins to show astronomical gains on CoinMarketCap, Coinbase, among others. 282 Total views 9 Total shares Crypto traders experienced a moment of gush, followed by confusion, when a glitch caused several data aggregators to briefly display enormous gains for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and other cryptocurrencies.CoinMarketCap and several other price…

Cryptocurrencies have quickly emerged as one of the hottest investment vehicles of the past decade, gaining traction first from retail traders, as seen in 2017, and now from institutional investors.From being a domain of bedroom coders to a growing financial sector with over $2 trillion in market capitalization, the crypto space has seen a sudden…

The messaging app project was aimed at avoiding third-party data harvesting. 2722 Total views 16 Total shares Make Sense Labs, a decentralized application firm backed by venture capitalist Tim Draper, now allows users of its social messaging app to earn rewards in crypto.According to an announcement from Make Sense, the technology company launched the crypto…

Developers on the new blockchain will have a chance to receive investment and other forms of support from a wide range of Web3 firms.

Boston-based alternative investment firm Bain Capital Ventures has led a $15 million funding round for an institutional cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX, according to an official announcement published September 12. Seed CX is a Bain Capital Ventures backed, licensed digital asset exchange for both spot market and U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission(CFTC)-regulated derivatives.Per the announcement,…

Brooks considers the migration of the financial system onto the internet "inevitable." 1848 Total views 9 Total shares The departing leader of the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is convinced that the future of finance is blockchain-native, per a conversation with crypto analytics firm Elliptic on Wednesday.Described by Elliptic CEO Simone…

The United States is divided politically these days into red states and blue states, and increasingly, it seems to be fracturing into cryptocurrency-friendly and crypto-wary locales, too. On Feb. 21, it was revealed that San Francisco-based Ripple Labs had registered as a Wyoming business. Wyoming is arguably the most blockchain and cryptocurrency-welcoming state in the…