Building on Bitcoin in the Age of Web3
On May 23, 2014, a few days after Credit Suisse pled guilty in a $2.6 billion settlement, Edmund Moy, Director of the United States...
DeFi Lending Giant Sky Sets Vote to Offload Wrapped Bitcoin as Justin Sun Concerns Linger
Sky, the decentralized finance lender formerly known as MakerDAO, will vote on fully ditching wrapped bitcoin (wBTC) from its ecosystem, according to a Thursday...
Kalshi’s New Political Prediction Markets Halted as CFTC Appeals Loss
A U.S. federal appeals court halted Kalshi’s brand-new political prediction markets, heeding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s request for an emergency stay after the...
World Liberty, Crypto Project Helmed by Donald Trump’s Family, Will Release on Sept. 16
Donald Trump announced that his family’s cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, will launch on September 16. The project aims to move away from traditional...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Rallies 5.3%, Leading Index Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently...
CFTC Has No Authority to Second-Guess Election Contracts, Judge Says
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn’t have the authority to “conduct a public interest review” that led it to block Kalshiex from listing...
Tune.FM, Music Streaming Project on Hedera Blockchain, Gets $50M Capital Commitment
Web3 music platform Tune.FM said Wednesday that it has secured a $50 million capital commitment from the Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Group. The news...
Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization of Real World Assets
The creation of a digital representation of assets via blockchain-based tokens is growing. In today’s issue, Herwig Konings from Security Token Market examines the...
WeWork Founder’s Climate Firm Refunds Crypto Token Holders After Failed Launch: Forbes
Flowcarbon, a climate company co-founded by WeWork’s Adam Neumann, is refunding holders of its native crypto token, the “Goddess Nature Token,” after it failed...