A Bruce Springsteen-quoting SEC Commissioner told a Chicago blockchain audience that she wants her agency to provide a grace period for digital asset projects to develop free of worry about securities regulation interfering with their token issuances.
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A former Goldman Sachs exec is joining a crypto-trading firm as it eyes a major global expansion
A former Goldman Sachs exec is joining a crypto-trading firm as it eyes a major global expansion Frank Chaparro - Business Insider Circle, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, has snagged a former Goldman Sachs executive to help...
The Winklevoss Twins Want To Sell You A Bitcoin Fund
The Winklevoss Twins Want To Sell You A Bitcoin Fund; The Winklevoss twins filed a form with the SEC that's the first step to selling shares in a fund that would track the price of Bitcoin. A look at the next move for the...
Steve Bannon is creating a ‘deplorables’ cryptocurrency to boost global populism
Steve Bannon is creating a 'deplorables' cryptocurrency to boost global populism Gian Volpicelli - WIRED Bannon will launch a token to power the global populist movement, according to people with knowledge of his plans /goo.gl/MwFS6M...
City blockchain group Setl loses co-founder after spat
City blockchain group Setl loses co-founder after spat Yolanda Bobeldijk - Financial News Setl, the blockchain startup founded by City trading veteran Peter Randall, has lost one of its co-founders after a dispute about the future...
Indian supreme court to rule on cryptocurrency case on Sept. 11
Indian supreme court to rule on cryptocurrency case on Sept. 11 Nupur Anand - Quartz The wait continues for Indian cryptocurrency exchanges. On July 20, after a short hearing, India's supreme court set Sept. 11 as the date for the...
trueDigital Launches Bitcoin and Ether Reference Rates and Indices
trueDigital Launches Bitcoin and Ether Reference Rates and Indices; Provides the transparency and confidence needed to enable institutional-grade derivative products trueDigital Holdings trueDigital Holdings ("TDH"), a leading...
Derivatives veteran and market makers combine to launch cryptocurrency reference rates
Derivatives veteran and market makers combine to launch cryptocurrency reference rates; Bitcoin and Ether reference rates and indices launched by cryptocurrency liquidity providers and trueDigital Holdings. Jon Watkins - The Trade A...
Former CFTC chairman says underlying crypto cash market is ‘a mess’
Former CFTC chairman says underlying crypto cash market is 'a mess'; Gary Gensler urges US financial authorities to decide which regulator should regulate crypto markets. Hayley McDowell - The Trade Crypto The former chairman of the...
Lost your bitcoin password? Call in the crypto-hunters
Lost your bitcoin password? Call in the crypto-hunters; About $25bn worth of bitcoin is floating out there in the ether, lost or 'probably lost' Hannah Murphy - Financial Times Three-and-a-half years ago, Roger Ver, a bitcoin...
New York State Department Of Financial Services Grants Virtual Currency License To Bitpay, Inc.
New York State Department Of Financial Services Grants Virtual Currency License To Bitpay, Inc. Mondovisione Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services...
Bitcoin Was Russian Hackers’ Currency of Choice, U.S. Says
Bitcoin Was Russian Hackers' Currency of Choice, U.S. Says Lily Katz - Bloomberg Digital coin allegedly used for payments during election; 12 intelligence officers indicted by U.S. special counsel For years, Bitcoin believers have...
Crypto Crime Is a Focus of Trump’s New Task Force on Consumer Fraud
Crypto Crime Is a Focus of Trump's New Task Force on Consumer Fraud Benjamin Bain and David McLaughlin - Bloomberg Justice Department-led group will target digital currencies; Fraud against elderly and veterans will also be...
What The Crypto World Needs Is Trading, Data and Infrastructure… From Milwaukee
Derek Urben didn't look the least bit nervous. As head of business development at Coinigy, he was in Chicago looking to break into the lucrative space of institutions interested in crypto trading, data and infrastructure. He wants to...
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