Cardano’s ADA may have passed Bitcoin Satoshi Vision in market capitalization, the caveat is how should treasury coins be qualified. Cardano’s ADA recently overtook Litecoin (LTC) in market capitalization. Now it may have passed Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) as well, depending on how the metric is calculated. BCH, BSV, ADA & LTC. Source: CoinMarketCap. How […]
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Chairman Tarbert of the CFTC wants to see more clarity on which tokens are securities within the U.S. as well as broader international cooperation on regulation. In a July 7 interview with predecessor Jim Newsome, current Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Heath Tarbert ran down a list of pending concerns standing between […]
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Traders are placing large bets on $50,000 Bitcoin options for June and December 2021, but what are the chances of BTC price reaching this level by then? Over the past three weeks, $150,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) $50K call options for June and December 2021 strikes have been traded. LedgerX derivatives exchange has been intermediating […]
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to see new crypto projects get a fair shake at U.S. capital markets. In a July 7 fireside chat courtesy of Unitize, Commissioner Hester Peirce of the Securities and Exchange Commission continued to advocate for regulatory clarity for crypto as a means of opening up capital markets to innovation. Innovation […]
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Reports of double-spending keep plaguing crypto firms and investors alike. Will this issue ever be resolved, or is it here to stay? Double-spending is an issue that has existed ever since Bitcoin’s (BTC) inception, and according to a recent report from ZenGo, it still persists across cryptocurrency wallets such as BRD, Ledger Live and Edge. […]
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Part 1 of this series covers the legal implications associated with the sale of SAFTs and different approaches to legal interpretations of tokens. The enfant terrible of the digital token world, the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, or SAFT, continues to grab headlines. In the recent Telegram case, the federal district court for the Southern […]
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Binance added support for the new currencies through a partnership with crypto asset and fiat money institutional custodian Etana Custody. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added support for deposits in 15 additional fiat currencies to its platform. According to a July 7 announcement, Binance added support for the United Arab Emirates dirham, Australian dollar, Canadian […]
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission voted on amendments to rules governing the processing time for companies applying for listings. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it would be streamlining the application process for investment companies, potentially resulting in expedited crypto and blockchain firms operating in a “more efficient and less costly […]
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Record surges in regulated Bitcoin options market volume signals increasing interest and participation from institutional investors. A CryptoCompare report published on July 6 has closely analyzed monthly trends in the cryptocurrency exchange market and found that crypto derivatives volumes have begun to taper off after peaking this May. Crypto derivatives volumes dropped 35.7% in June […]
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Users will need to install their own testnet validators to continue using the network. Although Telegram has terminated its blockchain project, Telegram Open Network (TON), in May 2020, the TON test net has been apparently running for almost one year. In a July 6 update, the official TON development group on Telegram announced that it […]
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