This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Finn Brunton is an assistant professor at NYU and the author of Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Technologists, and Utopians Who Created Cryptocurrency (Princeton, 2019) and […]
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This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Jake Brukhman is the founder and managing director of CoinFund. After a partial recovery in the first half of 2019, the crypto markets were thrown to international government scrutiny […]
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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is getting specific about how it will update its controversial virtual currency license. Announced Wednesday by Superintendent Linda Lacewell at a breakfast held by Crain’s New York, the proposed guidance will modify the approval process for listing new cryptocurrencies. Under the current regime, NYDFS approves every cryptocurrency […]
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The Bitfury Group has made what it calls a “strategic acquisition” in decentralized credential provider Shyft Network as it prepares to build out government-facing identity products. Bitfury would not supply the total investment in the product. The deal as outlined in a December 11 press statement will see Bitfury invest in Shyft’s Financial Action Task […]
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Digital Asset (DA) has raised $35 million in Series C funding, signaling a comeback for the enterprise blockchain startup a year after the sudden departure of former CEO Blythe Masters. The funding came from a combination of new and existing investors led by Jefferson River Capital, the family office of former Blackstone president Tony James, […]
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This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Marie Wieck is general manager at IBM Blockchain, where she focuses on driving ecosystem growth around the Hyperledger Project and delivering enterprise blockchain solutions. In 2019, blockchain’s initial hype has […]
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The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, says his agency is taking a “measured” regulatory stance on “promising” blockchain tech. Giving testimony on the oversight of his agency before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on Tuesday, Clayton honed in on its regulation of the crypto and […]
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This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Michael Ou is CEO of CoolBitX, a blockchain security company and creator of the first hardware wallet that enables bluetooth-to-smartphone pairings. In 2019, it became clear that Asia was […]
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View Bitcoin may soon see solid support from the 21-month exponential moving average (currently at $7,097). Repeated defense of the EMA could attract technical buying. The average had acted as strong support in the five months to October 2018. A UTC close above $7,870 is needed to confirm a short-term bullish reversal. A violation at […]
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A risk-based approach rather than a blanket ban on crypto activity – that’s what blockchain forensics startup Elliptic is hoping to engender among banks with its latest offering. “Most banks at the moment have a zero-tolerance approach to crypto,” said Tom Robinson, Elliptic’s chief scientist and co-founder. “They don’t have any visibility into the risks […]
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