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Blockchain-Based Lender Figure Technologies Applies for US National Bank Charter
If granted, the charter would replace the blockchain-based lender’s hodgepodge of state licenses with a single nationwide regulator.
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Video: Open Timestamps: Leveraging Bitcoin’s Security For All Data
Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss Open Timestamps, a Bitcoin-based time stamping project from applied cryptography consultant and former Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd. Open Timestamps leverages the security of the Bitcoin blockchain to timestamp any type of data, allowing…
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Interview: Is the stock-to-flow model flawed?
According to crypto analytic firm ByteTree, the popular stock-to-flow model is not a reliable indicator for Bitcoin’s long term price action.
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Spot Markets, Not Leverage, Fuel Bitcoin’s Price Rally Amid Mild Derivative Liquidations
Derivatives’ role in bitcoin’s rally is “muted” this time, said one trader.
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Government Seizes 69,730 Bitcoin ($1 Billion) Tied To Silk Road
On November 5, 2020, federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint describing the seizure of 69,370 bitcoin (worth about $1.06 billion at the time of this writing) from an individual who was able to steal the funds from darknet marketplace Silk Road. According to the complaint, the funds were stolen from Silk Road across 54 previously…
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Swiss Bank Sygnum Begins Storing Crypto With Taurus Group, Launches Staking Service
The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum has announced this week that the fintech firm is now storing digital assets with the company Taurus Group. On Friday, the bank also revealed that the FINMA-approved firm’s clientele can purchase and stake XTZ by leveraging the Tezos network. Earlier this year, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a number of Switzerland-based fintech services…
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3 reasons why traders expect Ethereum price to rally above $500 in 2020
Following Bitcoin’s bullish move, Ethereum price rallied to $447 and now traders anticipate an uptrend toward $500 and beyond.
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Canada Tax Collector Seeks to Force Crypto Exchange Coinsquare to Fork Over Client Records
The demand mimics a play tax enforcers at the IRS deployed against Coinbase.
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Blockchain Bites: Buterin’s Stake, Google’s Bitcoin Searches, Square’s Bustling BTC Business
Cash App generated over $1 billion in bitcoin revenues for Square in Q3. Google search data shows little bitcoin “FOMO” amid the current market bull run.
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Money Reimagined: Crypto-Informed Ideas for the Future of Government
The latest column from CoinDesk’s chief content officer features big ideas for rethinking government in the internet age.