Coinbase’s Ex-Lead Lawyer Sold $4.6M in Stock to Head US Banking Watchdog
Brian Brooks left Coinbase to lead the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last month.
Brian Brooks left Coinbase to lead the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last month.
Libra's most vexing challenge may be juggling inclusion and compliance. But policy chief Dante Disparte says the project is not giving up on reaching the unbanked.
“My job here is not to protect incumbents,” says acting Comptroller of the Currency (and Coinbase veteran) Brian Brooks of his fintech-forward agenda.
It's time for internet users to assert their rights as content owners, rather than giving up free material to platforms like Google and Facebook, says our columnist.
Ripple's court filing says CEO Brad Garlinghouse could still be "long" on XRP and sell a claimed 67 million tokens on the open market.
The central bank claims to have distributed 'part' of a recent $13 billion bank "liquidity enhancement" using blockchain tech.
The U.S. Marshals Service is on the hunt for a contractor to help it store and auction cryptocurrency it seizes in operations against criminals.
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real.
Electricity thieves built their own illicit power stations to connect hidden mining farms with the local energy grid, a state-owned provider says.
Peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions are up in the developing world. This has everything to do with "QE Infinity" and could be an opening for stablecoins.
The New York State Department of Financial Services and its French regulatory counterpart will work to "ease the entry" for fintech innovators into their respective markets.
The research explores how "central banking for all" via digital currency could affect commercial banks.
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show.
A federal banking regulator is seeking public input on how cryptocurrencies interact with the national banking system and financial institutions.
The depth of the outrage reveals how scandalized the public can become when trusted institutions are shown to be less reliable than expected.
Blockchain analytics provider Coinfirm will help Binance Korea better comply with anti-money laundering rules.
Renewables provider WPO has been granted an "ICO visa" from the French financial markets regulator.
While Bitcoin created an alternative financial system independent of government, Libra’s architecture depends on the existing fiat currency system – and on the whims of the governments that control it.
The figure puts 2020 on track to become the second-costliest year in the history of crypto.
Blockchains are flexible new forms of public infrastructure, says Michael Casey. Plus: with China rushing in, Africa is a prime battleground for the future of money.
Russia's crypto community is pushing back against a set of bills that could impose onerous restrictions on startups and individuals in the country.
Campaigners against Section 230 said Trump’s intervention might derail their cause, but it could offer an opportunity for decentralized tech.
It's tough getting regulated on "the Rock," says crypto derivatives exchange ZUBR.
BitClave will pay back over $25 million in a settlement with the SEC stemming from a 2017 token sale.
Russia's is eyeing use cases for blockchain even as proposed legislation will clamp down on crypto.
Some have written off Libra as a watered-down project. But you can see its potential in places where Facebook use is high and payment standards are low.
Bitcoin keys from coins Wright claims to own were used to sign a message calling him a "fraud."
Telegram has thrown in the towel in its court battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and will no longer be appealing the ban on its blockchain token project.
To reap the full benefits of digital currencies, central bankers need to consider decentralizing some authority, say the authors of a new report.
The cryptocurrency industry just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders, thanks to the World Economic Forum.