The firm’s Fidelity Digital Assets will expand its feature set, says an anonymous source, as executives confirm continued bitcoin commitment. United States $7 trillion investment firm Fidelity will reportedly roll out bitcoin (BTC) trading for institutional clients in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported on May 6. Citing a source who asked to remain anonymous, the […]
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The unnamed source hinted the regulator was not averse to the concept, 18 months on from bitcoin futures approval. United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is open to the idea of ether (ETH) futures trading, cryptocurrency industry news outlet CoinDesk reported on May 6. The publication quoted an unnamed official, who appeared […]
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MIT career development professor Christian Catalini is reportedly on leave and working with Facebook on its cryptocurrency projects. Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Christian Catalini is on leave and working on the development of Facebook coin, cryptocurrency news Coindesk reported on May 3. Per the report, two anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation told […]
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A U.S. court issued an order for self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright to produce a list of his bitcoin public addresses as of the end of 2013. The United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida issued an order on May 3 requiring self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright to produce a list of […]
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Professor Emi̇n Gün Si̇rer talks with CT about blockchain evolution and stagnation. This interview has been edited and condensed. The co-director of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts (known as IC3), Emin Gün Sirer, is an associate professor at Cornell University, whose research focuses on peer-to-peer systems, operating systems, distributed systems and computer networking. […]
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As markets stabilize following a surge earlier this week, we take a look at the five coins that fared the best over the past seven days. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you […]
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Stablecoin tether is apparently only backed 74% by cash reserves, and Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin get friendly on Twitter. Top Stories This Week Fractional Reserve Stablecoin Tether Only 74% Backed by Fiat Currency, Say Lawyers According to documents released by USD stablecoin tether’s (USDT) lawyers, the company behind the stablecoin only has enough fiat […]
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The New York State Attorney General Letitia James has requested the release of documents concerning an alleged deal made between Bitfinex and Tether. The New York State Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James has requested the disclosure of documents concerning an alleged deal made between cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin operator Tether. The NYAG’s memorandum of […]
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Zhao Dong, a shareholder of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, released new material concerning an upcoming initial exchange offering. Zhao Dong, a shareholder of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has released new promotional material detailing the exchange’s upcoming initial exchange offering (IEO) for up to $1 billion. The information was shared in a tweet from Dong on May 4. […]
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An in-depth view into security tokens. Many economists argue that the root causes of the 2008 global financial crisis have yet to be addressed comprehensively, or that measures taken have been exhausted, such as the extent to which quantitative easing was used, which has been put forward by the deputy director of the International Monetary […]
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