Private German Bank to Launch Cryptocurrency Fund

It turns out that the cannabis publication High Times is accepting cryptocurrency for its ongoing initial public offering (IPO) after all. The publication announced at the beginning of August that it would accept bitcoin and ethereum for its IPO, but later walked back that announcement in an August 13 filing submitted to the U.S. Securities…

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news Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency payments initiative could be subject to the “highest standards” in global regulation, said Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England. According to a Financial Times report on Tuesday, Carney noted during a central bank meeting in Portugal that he remains “open minded” on the utility of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency,…

The native token of crypto gaming project Gala Games (GALA) fell sharply Monday amid fears of a major transfer of over $200 million worth of GALA tokens that traders feared was a hack.On Monday, an unknown party minted 5 billion Gala tokens and proceeded to sell them on decentralized exchange Uniswap, according to blockchain explorers.13:37Digital

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Tornado Cash recently, which is unusual, because I normally spend approximately zero minutes thinking about crypto blenders most days. For reference, Tornado Cash is an Ethereum application that, among other tools, offers the ability to pool assets to allow privacy.Blockchain transactions are typically public/private transactions. That is, users

A lack of regulation "creates significant loopholes for both criminals and terrorists to exploit" and is "a call to action that we need countries to take this problem seriously," Financial Action Task Force President T. Raja Kumar said in an interview with CoinDesk.FATF published a new report evaluating jurisdictions on their crypto regulation after a

MicroStrategy could boost earnings by over $3 billion if it chooses to adopt new standards, the report said.Benchmark said if the company reports positive earnings it meets the final condition for S&P 500 inclusion.This would boost MicroStrategy’s valuation as index funds would be forced to buy the stock, the broker said.MicroStrategy (MSTR) could surprise Wall

Craig Wright's cross-examination in the trial that could decide if his claims of having invented Bitcoin hold true continued Tuesday.Wright insisted that the possession of private keys doesn't prove he's Satoshi, but his knowledge and work do, as he was asked why he'd failed to provide valid cryptographic proof.Craig Wright on Tuesday lashed out at