Miami Uploads Bitcoin White Paper to Municipal Website

Tanzeel Akhtar is an independent British journalist whose work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, FT Alphaville, Investing.com, Forbes, Euromoney and Citywire. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are having a hard time clearing the bar in the U.S., where nine applications were rejected by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday. The SEC…

Prosecutors recommended that a federal judge sentence FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to at least 40 and as many as 50 years in prison for his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges tied to the collapse of what was once one of the world's largest crypto exchanges.In a sentencing memo filed Friday, the

An informal document shared between EU officials indicate its Financial Services Committee will discuss digital finance – including crypto – at an upcoming April meeting.These talks could influence future policy and rules for crypto and a potential digital euro.Top European officials are getting ready to enter talks in April that industry insiders say could steer

The Blockchain Association's efforts to lobby the U.S. Congress, in what Politico called a "not-so secret weapon," is an affront to efforts to stop Hamas and other terror groups using crypto to finance themselves, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a letter to the group's chief executive, Kristin Smith."I write regarding a troubling new report

By digitizing the normally paper process, the Lygos joint venture says it's shown it can speed up bank guarantee issuances.Sydney, Australia (Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock)Feb 10, 2021 at 9:08 a.m. UTCIBM, Top Australian Banks Execute Country’s First Blockchain Bank GuaranteeA digital bank guarantee has just been executed over a blockchain system in Australia, in what’s being called…

Jan 2, 2020 at 19:04 UTCUpdated Jan 2, 2020 at 19:42 UTCLas Vegas image via UnsplashCoinDesk will be hitting the world's biggest tech show in Las Vegas and we want to see you! Join us on Jan. 8 for an evening of brews, bitcoin and blockchain.The event will be held at G.O.A.T. Sports Bar in…

Dec 13, 2019 at 17:28 UTCUpdated Dec 13, 2019 at 17:34 UTCGerald Cotten, late CEO of QuadrigaCX, circa 2015, image via Decentral ‘Request for Exhumation’: QuadrigaCX Creditors Ask for Proof That Cotten Is DeadA law firm representing users of the now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX wants investigators to exhume the body of its former CEO.A letter…

Apr 28, 2020 at 11:20 UTCBitcoin's bulls are taking a breather, having engineered the longest run of daily gains since last summer. At press time, the number one cryptocurrency by market capitalization is trading in a sideways manner around $7,730 on major exchanges, representing a 0.60 percent decline on the day, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin…

Joe Biden's probability of quitting the U.S. presidential race climbed about six percentage points on Thursday, hitting 65%, according to traders on crypto-based prediction market Polymarket. The odds increased ahead of Biden's first press conference in months this evening U.S. time. Concerns about his age and cognitive health have led to widespread calls among prominent