Millennials and Zoomers are the least likely crypto investors to have a plan for their digital assets should they die unexpectedly. Most younger crypto holders don’t have any kind of plan to pass down their digital assets when they die. According to a survey conducted among 1,150 participants between October 2019 and June 2020 by […]
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Crypto venture capitalist Brock Pierce said his presidential campaign would reach out to younger voters and technological innovators. Crypto venture capitalist Brock Pierce has revealed his campaign to become the next U.S. president will focus on creating a country where technological innovation is allowed to flourish. Pierce spoke at a Unitize conference fireside chat on […]
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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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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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Unstoppable Domains’ new chat protocol enables users to store data on their own servers through crypto wallets and P2P network integration. Unstoppable Domains, a Tim Draper-backed startup focused on blockchain-based uncensorable websites, has launched a decentralized chat protocol. The so-called “Unstoppable Chat”, or simply “dChat” aims to promote confidentiality through a peer-to-peer network and end-to-end […]
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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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The world’s largest pension fund posted a first-quarter loss of $165 billion, which is equivalent to the Bitcoin’s entire market capitalization. The biggest pension fund in the world lost $164.7 billion in the first quarter of 2020. This is equivalent to the entire market capitalization for Bitcoin (BTC). Bitcoin didn’t do any better Japan’s Government […]
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A turbulent mixture of macro, coupled with expectations of a big move in Bitcoin, could spell an interesting week for traders and holders alike. Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week testing increasingly weak $9,000 support, but what factors could make or break price performance? Cointelegraph Markets takes a look at the main things traders should […]
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Are traditional business enterprises ready to embrace a blockchain-based payments network? Maybe not, according to two research reports. The news that PayPal, the payments giant with 325 million active user accounts worldwide, was considering the direct sale of crypto assets — along with custodial services — had the crypto community buzzing last week, even if […]
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Industry stakeholders say the crypto and blockchain space is becoming more racially diverse as the technology spreads across the world. Financial inclusion is often cited as a reason for the pursuit of crypto and blockchain innovation. With gatekeepers monopolizing the global financial scene, several disenfranchised demographics have seen themselves cut off from viable channels of […]
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