The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading in two Bitcoin and Ethereum investment products until September amid confusion over their nature. Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One are characterized by broker-dealers as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which legally mean listed funds that track a basket of assets. However, the products’ issuer, XBTProvider, states the […]
Blockchain research institute and accelerator Cryptic Labs is adding two Nobel Laureates to its team of advisors. The additions, economists Dr. Eric S. Maskin and Sir Christopher Pissarides, are professors at Harvard University and the London School of Economics, respectively. They join Cryptic Labs’ Chief Scientist Dr. Whitfield Diffie, who won the 2015 Turing Prize […]
A new research report from a leading independent fintech research firm says that funding for initial coin offerings (ICOs) has reached a 2018 low – levels not seen since April 2017. ICOs: From Business Boom to Burgeoning Bust ICOs were positioned as the trendy new way for startups to crowdfund their ambitious blockchain projects without […]
Cryptocurrencies are ill-suited for terrorist financing, a member of a think tank told the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
Nearly half of all initial coin offerings (ICOs) in 2017 and 2018 failed to raise any funds, according to a new report.
Just days after leaving her role as Ripple’s top legal officer, Brynly Llyr is taking on the role of general counsel at crypto payments startup Celo.
The post Bitcoin News Summary – September 10, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. News came out earlier this week that investment bank Goldman Sachs was cancelling its plans for a Bitcoin trading desk. However, Goldman Sachs refuted the report, calling it “fake news.” […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is of the opinion that the cryptocurrency market is unlikely to experience an explosive bullish rally similar to the one seen in late 2017 ever again. The ‘gold rush’ is in the past and now the average person is aware of blockchain and digital currencies, thus erasing the surprise element of […]
Last week, cryptocurrency researcher Kevin Rooke questioned the ability of Ethereum and EOS to support decentralized applications (dApps), given the dearth of users on those blockchains. Now he’s wondering if most cryptocurrencies are getting enough use. He recently observed in a tweet that only 27 cyrptocurrency tokens had 400 or more active users in a […]
The main Australian financial regulator has just published its 2018 to 2022 corporate plan. In the document, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) states that it will keep a watchful eye on cryptocurrency and will regulate it to minimise harm whilst preserving the innovative potential of the space. ASIC’s Focus on Harm Reduction Consistent […]