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‘Digital Dollar’ Stripped From Latest US Coronavirus Relief Bill
24.3.2020
The latest version of a U.S. House bill to stimulate the economy during the coronavirus pandemic no longer includes any language around a digital dollar, though a Financial Services Committee bill still does
Polychain, Bain Capital Join $3M Series A Round for Indian Exchange CoinDCX
24.3.2020
The funding round comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the country's banking ban
Alleged Architects of $720M BitClub Ponzi Request Jail Release Over Coronavirus Risk
24.3.2020
The accused scammers argue they are unable to follow medical advice in an enclosed jail environment
Bitcoin Marches on $7K as Traditional Markets Cheer Fed’s QE Bazooka
24.3.2020
Bitcoin looks on track to test $7,000 soon, as the stock markets are rising with the Federal Reserve's open-ended easing plan
Bybit Enables Two-Way Margin Trading With Perpetual Contracts Quoted in Tether
24.3.2020
The Singapore exchange has added tether (USDT) perpetual contracts to simplify account management and allow two-way trades
Emin Gun Sirer’s AVA Labs Seeks Wall Street Business After Open-Sourcing ‘Avalanche’ Protocol
24.3.2020
AVA Labs is looking to build financial infrastructure for Wall Street businesses after open sourcing its novel “Avalanche” protocol
Paxful Becomes First P2P Exchange to Partner With Chainalysis
24.3.2020
Paxful exchange is trying to give peer-to-peer platforms a better name by onboarding crypto intel tools from Chainalysis
Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions
24.3.2020
A team from Yale's OpenLab has been exploring how blockchain, IoT and other data-science tools can be used to measure and track carbon emissions
Bitcoin and Gold: Evaluating Hard-Cap Currencies in Times of Financial Crisis
23.3.2020
How would a bitcoin economy react to coronavirus? For now, we don’t know. However, we can turn to a proxy for insight: gold
House Stimulus Bills Envision ‘Digital Dollar’ to Ease Coronavirus Recession
23.3.2020
Proposed legislation meant to shore up the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic includes a recommendation to create a digital dollar
Investors Look to Gold, Crypto After Fed Goes on QE Buying Spree
23.3.2020
Gold is up Monday and so are most cryptocurrencies, seemingly buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's drastic action to thwart the coronavirus’ effects on markets and the economy
Privacy Advocates Are Sounding Alarms Over Coronavirus Surveillance
23.3.2020
Crises provide opportunities for surveillance architecture to move forward, say privacy advocates. This time is no different
Long-Festering DeFi Dapp Bug Still Not Fixed by Industry
23.3.2020
ZenGo is renewing a debate over personal responsibility and user protections, after discovering an exploit that can drain wallets of all user funds
Unlimited QE and Why Markets Can’t Price In COVID-19
23.3.2020
The Market reacts as the Fed announced effectively unlimited injections including a new array of direct asset purchase tools
Bitcoin: A Global Port in a Market Storm?
23.3.2020
Turmoil in global markets and economies points to a widening interest in bitcoin, argues Noelle Acheson
Ruble’s Drop Eases Pain of Lower Bitcoin Prices for Russia’s Miners
23.3.2020
The global market meltdown has indirectly benefited Russia's bitcoin miners, even as the cryptocurrency's price tumbled along with other assets
HODLpac Enlists Winklevoss Twins, Brian Armstrong in Bid to Influence Crypto Policy in Washington
23.3.2020
A new crypto-focused political action committee will direct funds to Congressional candidates – but with a decentralized twist
Into the Unknown: No Limit on Fed Money Injections
23.3.2020
Drastic measures are being taken by the Federal Reserve as Wall Street reels from fresh predictions of a steep drop-off in economic output due to coronavirus-related lockdowns, business disruptions and job losses
Kik Backs Away From Jury Trial Request in SEC Fight Over $100M Token Sale
23.3.2020
Kik had previously asked for a jury trial to make its case against the SEC. Now it's seeking a summary judgment
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 23, 2020
23.3.2020
TEZOS dumped BTC and a clever hack to survive Zoom meetings. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast