The Nasdaq is planning to launch bitcoin futures as early as next year through a partnership with VanEck. Back in April, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman admitted that the exchange was keeping a close eye on cryptocurrencies. Once they mature, she told CNBC, it would consider becoming...
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revealed that it has launched investigations into 50 cryptocurrency companies over unlicensed operations. According to The Telegraph Money, the agency also said it was looking into seven whistle-blowing reports from employees engaged in the cryptocurrency sector. “The huge sums...
In the digital payments space, it used to be people built holdings of tokens. Now people can use tokens to buy holdings of buildings. Fortune reports that “in the first offering of its kind,” blockchain tokens are being used to buy a piece of real...
A New York woman has pleaded guilty and faces up to 20 years in prison for helping ISIS by carrying out an elaborate scam involving bank fraud, cryptocurrencies and money laundering. According to CNBC, Zoobia Shahnaz of Brentwood, Long Island admitted to wiring more than...
Ethereum’s co-founder doesn’t seem impressed with the IBM blockchain. The company has been among the firms investing both money and mind power into blockchain, evidenced by a string of announcements over the last several months — in a drive to file scores of blockchain-related patents. In...
Ohio is leading the charge in terms of accepting bitcoin as a payment method, as it is the first state to accept bitcoin to cover tax bills. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, reported businesses in the state will be able to...
A more than 30 percent drop in bitcoin prices last week ranks up there in terms of worst-ever one-week declines. There are signs, though, that the price drop for the marquee name in cryptos speaks to more than just speculative panic. Use cases remain limited, and...
Overstock is gearing up to sell its retail business, with a deal taking place in the next few months as it focuses solely on its blockchain initiatives. CNBC, citing comments Overstock chief executive Patrick Byrne made in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, reported...
SWIFT India, a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) in partnership with blockchain startup MonetaGo, Cointelegraph reported. The FinTech firm’s technology will reportedly work with SWIFT’s standardized financial messages, which serve the market in India. To bolster...
