The chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo believes blockchain technology would have made a difference to the regulators during the financial crash in 2008.
Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain platform TRON and CEO of peer-to-peer file sharing protocol BitTorrent, revealed in a tweet that he will get a chance to eat private lunch with Warren Buffett after winning this y…
French retail giant Carrefour said that blockchain implementation for tracking meat, milk and fruit along their supply chain have driven the sales of these products higher, Reuters reported.
Leading research and advisory firm Gartner has predicted that 90% of blockchain technology currently used by enterprises need to be replaced by 2021 to remain “competitive, secure and avoid obsolescence.”
The Binance.org website, which is used to gain access to the Binance DEX trading platform, will begin blocking users based in 29 countries, according to the cryptocurrency exchange website’s terms of services.
OKLink, a blockchain subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, is launching a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar in collaboration with Prime Trust, a US-licensed trust company.
Blockchain app developer Fluree has raised $4.7 million in its first seed funding round led by 4490 Ventures with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, according to a press release posted by The …
Blockchain development firm Perlin Network and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will establish a Center of Future Trade (CoFT) with support from Enterprise Singapore, the country’s trade authority, Dr. Koh …
Asiff Hirji, president and chief operating officer at Coinbase, has joined the growing list of senior executives exiting the firm in the past couple of months, Bloomberg reported.
SBI Ripple Asia, a joint venture between blockchain startup Ripple and Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings, last week announced the launch of a demonstration test of its Money Tap app that would allow in-st…
Social media behemoth Facebook has reportedly kicked off talks with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its cryptocurrency plans, the Financial Times reported.
Rodrigo Maia, the President of the Chamber of Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, has ordered to set up a special commission to deliver an opinion on a bill that aims to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country, Cointelegr…
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body monitoring the global financial system, has published a report on crypto-assets focused on the ongoing work, regulatory approaches and potential gaps.
World Economic Forum forms blockchain policy council to address governance gaps The World Economic Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution has formed six councils to work on new technology policy guidance.…
Klaytn, the public blockchain platform being developed by Kakao's blockchain subsidiary Ground X, has announced a new batch of initial service partners.
Following the copyright registrations for the bitcoin white paper and code filed by Craig Wright in April, another copyright registration for the white paper has been made by Wei Liu, CoinDesk reported.
Cryptopia’s assigned liquidator Grant Thornton New Zealand today released its first report on the state of affairs of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange.