US gov’t Bitcoin sale ‘doesn’t affect anything’ as analyst blames bears

Bahrain’s central bank initially announced the JPM Coin trial in May 2021. 139 Total views 13 Total shares Bahrain is the latest nation to explore blockchain technology by American investment bank JPMorgan, with the country’s central bank trialing JPMorgan’s proprietary digital currency.The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has successfully completed a digital payment test in…

A Russian independent electoral watchdog is trialing a blockchain-based electronic voting system, local news platform Tass reports August 17. The non-profit Association of Independent Public Observers, dubbed "National Public Monitoring" (NOM), announced the pilot at a press conference in Moscow on Friday. NOM federal coordinator Roman Kolomystev, told reporters: “As part of our congress, we…

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor's noteA wise man once said, "there's security and there're securities," and if he didn't, he should've.In modern English, it seems a quaint coincidence that the word "security" refers to both safety and a broad class of…

The DeFi hype faded in September, dragging prices with it. Over the last few months, DeFi protocols including Yearn.Finance, Compound, Synthetix, and Chainlink have seen their token prices go through the roof, sparking talk that the long-awaited bull market might be here. The DeFi boom is built on Ethereum and propelled ETH’s price rise from $100…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a pivotal week on a firm footing as bulls succeed in wiping out weeks of losses.After closing the latest weekly candle at $21,800, its highest since mid-August, BTC/USD is back on the radar as a long bet.The end to an extended period of downside interspersed with sideways price action now appears firmly…

Ripple’s fundraising arm Xpring announced in a blog post on April 17 that it has joined several companies to invest in Bolt Labs, a startup aiming to deliver “instant, cheap and private payments” by adding a layer of anonymity to existing networks.Zooko Wilcox, CEO of the Electric Coin Company — the firm behind Zcash —…

XRP and Solana led all altcoin-based exchange-traded product (ETP) inflows during the week ending March 21, with $6.71 million and $6.44 million respectively, according to digital asset investment firm CoinShares. Other altcoin inflows were comparatively modest, with Polygon (MATIC) logging $400,000 and Chainlink (LINK) adding $200,000. Sentiment toward altcoins remained mixed overall, as Ether (ETH)