Five large cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, and KuCoin, have been asked to explain the steps they are taking to protect customers from consumer fraud and scams to Congress. “As stories of skyrocketing prices and overnight riches have attracted both professional and amateur investors...
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be targeting a trio of smaller, privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, including Stellar’s lumen token, the world’s largest digital asset manager revealed in filings recently. Grayscale Investments, whose Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Grayscale Ethereum Trust hold $15.3 billion and $5.8 billion...
In the controversial world of cryptocurrency, there’s very little more controversial than privacy coins, a subtype of digital assets designed specifically to be impossible to trace. At the core of that controversy is a philosophical argument: Are digital assets like Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and...
The U.K. Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. Treasurer Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in a press release. The announcement did not specify the regulations, but it did note...
November 10, 2020
The U.K. Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. Treasurer Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in a press release. The announcement did not specify the regulations, but it did note that the approach will ensure that the CBDC meets “the […]
June 09, 2020
Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has rolled out compliance and investigative services for the Zcash and Dash digital currencies, according to an announcement. The firm noted that the two digital currencies...
December 04, 2019
U.S. asset manager WisdomTree has launched its first investment product, offering large investors exposure to bitcoin without having to directly hold the asset. As Jason Guthrie, WisdomTree Europe’s head of...
February 05, 2019
The team behind Zcash, a cryptocurrency that touts enhanced privacy for its users, revealed that it fixed a bug that could have been used to counterfeit unlimited coins, according to...
