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Did a visit from the SEC’s Gensler with EU legislators signal a policy shift? Is U.S.–European collaboration on crypto regulation coming soon? As if he didn’t have enough to do, Gary Gensler appeared before the European Parliament on Sept. 1 to share his policyrecommendations regarding the regulation of crypto assets and other matters. While the United […]
A deep dive into the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulatory proposal, which could provide a precedent for other countries. The global landscape of crypto-asset regulations is diverse and, even though it is getting more complex, many regulators are still choosing to wait and see how this space develops and what others will do. Right now, […]
Bakkt believes its new crypto payments app will unlock more than $1 trillion worth of digital assets for commerce, the Cointelegraph reported on April, 1. Major financial institutions are expanding their cryptocurrency services, with Bakkt launching its digital asset payments application for the general public. Bakkt was launched by Intercontinental Exchange in 2018, with the […]
Today’s biggest news isn’t about Bitcoin, but because the cryptocurrency and others trade on the platform at the center of the scandal, it is a wake up call for investors. Robinhood today halted trading of GameStop shares and other stocks, setting the internet ablaze with anger. At the same time, it should act as a reminder for […]
Digital assets issued on Ethereum appear to comprise the strongest asset class of 2020 with an average year-to-date gain of 130%, the Cointelegraph reported on July 30. The average performance across Ethereum (ETH)-based assets has been a nearly 130% year-to-date (YTD) gain, according to data published by market data aggregator Messari. The data provides an overview […]
Like many crypto assets, the price of Cardano (ADA) has increased over the opening month of 2020. Starting the year at around $0.033, the digital currrency now trades at more than $0.054, the NewsBTC reported. Although the same could be said about many of the thousands of other digital currencies, the gains do not appear […]
Jesus Rodriguez is the CTO and co-founder of IntoTheBlock, a platform focused on enabling an intelligent infrastructure for the crypto markets, as well as chief scientist of AI firm Invector Labs and an active investor, speaker and author in crypto and artificial intelligence. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk‘s Institutional Crypto newsletter. One of the established beliefs in […]
During the 2017 crypto craze and ICO boom, retail crypto investors loaded up on new, untested altcoins in hopes of finding the equivalent of the next Bitcoin – a revolution in financial technology and the best performing asset of all-time. But after the 2018 bear market, those hopes and dreams have since been shattered, and sentiment surrounding […]
As the news.Bitcoin.com announced, the G20 leaders jointly issued a declaration on crypto assets at the end of their summit in Osaka, Japan. They declared their commitments, reaffirmed that crypto assets do not pose a threat to global financial stability, and requested further work done by standard-setting bodies. G20 Leaders’ Declaration The G20 leaders’ summit, […]
Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and member of CoinDesk’s product team. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, April is traditionally the month when the […]