Kevin Warsh, a former U.S. Federal Reserve governor, recently told The New York Times the Fed should give serious consideration to releasing a government-sponsored cryptocurrency — commonly called a “FedCoin.” Warsh is among a group of investors in Basis, formerly Basecoin, a cryptocurrency designed with an algorithmic central bank that will keep the price stable. […]
HBO’s Silicon Valley is doing its part to usher in ICOs to the mainstream, as evidenced by the latest episode, which was entitled “Initial Coin Offering.” The series, whose show opening includes a shot of US bitcoin exchange Coinbase in the corporate landscape, is all in, with fictional decentralized internet startup Pied Piper opting to pursue […]
Looking to get involved in ‘the future of money,’ a former Fed governor, who was also a finalist to head the U.S. central bank, thinks the idea of a state bank-issued digital currency deserves serious consideration. FedCoin: Just an Idea, for Now Kevin Warsh was a Federal Reserve governor from 2006 to 2011 and a […]
A British court will this month sentence a 26 year old cyber-fraudster, from whom Scotland Yard seized about $700,000 in bitcoin proceeds earned from cyber-crime activities in 2015. The seizure of the $700,000 worth of bitcoin from Grant West last year is one of the first such seizures of cryptocurrency from any cyber-criminal in Britain. […]
Last December’s introduction of Bitcoin futures, which gave investors an opportunity to bet against the value of the coin, played a large role in the late-2017 and early-2018 price decline, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Bitcoin’s Connection With Futures Markets In the economic letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, published today […]
Researchers from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank believe that the launch of bitcoin futures played a role in bitcoin’s recent price slump.
Zhao Changpeng, believes raising money through ICOs are 100 times easier than that through traditional VCs.
The Breaking Bitcoin conference, first organized last summer in Paris, is returning for its second edition under the name “Building on Bitcoin,” this time in Lisbon, July 3–4, 2018. While the event in the French capital was centered around security, the one in the Portuguese capital will focus on second-layer technologies and other creative uses of the […]
A week after adding zcash, Circle’s trading platform Invest is adding monero.
The blockchain is widely considered to be one of the most revolutionary forms of technology in modern society. While it is typically used for recording financial transactions in real time, the blockchain is also being studied and explored by enterprises around the world for its abilities to store additional data in a safe and cost-effective […]