Robinhood Adds Ethereum Classic to Crypto Trading App

feature A new trading platform for security tokens has launched with backing from Singapore Exchange (SGX), the country’s public stock market, and technical support from ethereum startup ConsenSys. The 1X platform has gone live Wednesday with its first listing of an ethereum token, purchasable with Singapore dollars. The token represents about 7 percent of the shares…

news Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched its new custom blockchain, Binance Chain, which will support its $3 billion BNB cryptocurrency that currently runs on ethereum. Announced Thursday, the exchange said it will activate BNB on the new network on April 23, after which holders of the token are encouraged to migrate their balances to the…

Jul 23, 2020 at 08:00 UTC(Kumiko SHIMIZU/Unsplash)How One Firm Is Addressing the Interoperability Problem Posed by FATF’s Travel RuleCrypto companies enthusiastically building solutions to bring the industry in line with anti-money laundering (AML) benchmarks may be creating their own interoperability problem. There are a number of promising and popular solutions coming to the fore, but…

May 12, 2020 at 13:36 UTCUpdated May 12, 2020 at 13:38 UTCNew York-based interpretive artist Mr. Star City created an original piece of artwork at Consensus: Distributed for auction to support COVID-19 relief.Blockchain Bites: Your Ultimate Guide to Consensus Distributed, Day 2As the sun rises on the second day of Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk TV will draw to…

BlockQuake CEO Antonio Brasse (left) talks with BlockQuake Partner Sam Hyun. (Courtesy photo)BlockQuake, a New York digital asset exchange launched in beta, has partnered with Nevada-based trust company Prime Trust, the firm announced Wednesday.Prime Trust began offering custody services for the crypto industry in late 2018, serving crypto firms like Binance, OKCoin and Bittrex to…

Dec 19, 2019 at 17:00 UTCHow Decentralized Tech Can End the Privacy Crisis in 2020This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Tor Bair is the Head of Growth for Enigma, an open-source, decentralized protocol for secure…

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam said if Congress passes the FIT Act, he was "confident" that his agency could build a regulatory framework within 12 months."This notion of crypto going away, I think, is just a false narrative," Behnam said. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam reiterated his longstanding call for Congress to pass

Dec 15, 2019 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Dec 15, 2019 at 14:42 UTCGalen Danziger, MouseBelt CTOThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Galen Danziger is the chief technology officer at the MouseBelt Blockchain Accelerator.With startups and Fortune…

Mar 4, 2020 at 13:42 UTCUpdated Mar 4, 2020 at 14:31 UTCHTC’s New 5G Router Can Host a Full Bitcoin NodeTaiwanese tech firm HTC has launched a new router that can connect devices to 5G networks while supporting the bitcoin blockchain at the same time.In an announcement on Wednesday, the firm revealed the EXODUS 5G…