Digital Assets news and trends

How Blockchain Tech Can Streamline Treasury Operations
Blockchain // November 20, 2024

Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly...

Report: Trump and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to Discuss Personnel Appointments
Politics // November 18, 2024

President-Elect Donald Trump reportedly is meeting with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to discuss the incoming administration’s personnel appointments. The meeting would mark the first time they have met since the day of the election, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (Nov. 18), citing unnamed sources. Trump said during...

Crypto Crackdowns Could Take Back Seat to Immigration Under Trump
Cryptocurrency // November 17, 2024

Expect the U.S. government to scale back enforcement of the cryptocurrency sector under the new administration. That was the message Friday (Nov. 15) from current and former senior government attorneys at a conference in New York hosted by the Practicing Law Institute, per a report...

Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Team to Accelerate Onchain Payments Roadmap
Acquisitions // November 13, 2024

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Utopia Labs team to accelerate its onchain payments roadmap within Coinbase Wallet. “The Utopia team has been on the ground floor building onchain payments products for years,” Jesse Pollak, head of Base and Coinbase Wallet at Coinbase, wrote in a Wednesday (Nov. 13) post on...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Blockchain Tech Can Streamline Treasury Operations

November 20, 2024
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly in order to fund further purchases of the nominal digital […]

Fed Action Against Customers Bank Underscores Crypto’s Challenges

August 12, 2024
Despite the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Web3 businesses need banking partners. But on Thursday (Aug. 8), news broke that Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank, one of the only...

Fed Enforcements Now Focus on Instant Payments and Tokens

August 09, 2024
A recent enforcement action by the Federal Reserve taken against Customers Bancorp and its Customers Bank subsidiary has taken note of the risks and challenges inherent in handling digital assets...

Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

July 04, 2024
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto...

Quick Reads
Coinbase Wallet Introduces Rewards Program for USDC Holders

November 20, 2024
Coinbase Wallet has begun letting users of its USDC stablecoin earn rewards. USDC Rewards, announced Wednesday (Nov. 20), lets Coinbase Wallet users earn 4.7% APY just by holding USDC on-chain. “USDC combines the stability of the U.S. dollar with the power and speed of the internet,” the company wrote on its blog. “You can use […]

Report: Trump and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to Discuss Personnel Appointments

November 18, 2024
President-Elect Donald Trump reportedly is meeting with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to discuss the incoming administration’s personnel appointments. The meeting would mark the first time they have met since the day of the...

Crypto Crackdowns Could Take Back Seat to Immigration Under Trump

November 17, 2024
Expect the U.S. government to scale back enforcement of the cryptocurrency sector under the new administration. That was the message Friday (Nov. 15) from current and former senior government attorneys...

Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Team to Accelerate Onchain Payments Roadmap

November 13, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Utopia Labs team to accelerate its onchain payments roadmap within Coinbase Wallet. “The Utopia team has been on the ground floor building onchain payments products for years,” Jesse...