India’s Appetite for Crypto Derivatives Is Growing, Exchanges Say
India is developing an appetite for crypto derivatives, even as the country's Supreme Court continues to deliberate over the future of the exchange industry.
India is developing an appetite for crypto derivatives, even as the country's Supreme Court continues to deliberate over the future of the exchange industry.
Given the threat to US interests posed by a digital yuan and similar projects, you might think candidates would have positions on the future of money. Not so much.
Bitcoin looks to have found a price bottom over the last two days and may soon witness a stronger recovery rally.
Nothing is more centralizing than a state’s control over decentralized technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency, says law professor and blockchain adviser James Cooper.
Exchanges sometimes treat depositors' assets like fractional reserves, with disastrous results. Time for regular audits, writes Nic Carter.
Binance has launched a direct channel integration with Istanbul-based Akbank, allowing users to deposit Turkish lira to their exchange accounts.
Alameda Research, a crypto quant trading firm which shares it CEO with derivatives exchange FTX, has invested seven figures into new rival Folkvang.
The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra.
Bitcoin jumped the most in two weeks Monday, surging alongside U.S. stocks amid speculation that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will support markets as the coronavirus spreads.
Noelle Acheson looks at how the market turmoil could spill over into politics and what that could mean for bitcoin.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control has added two individuals and 20 bitcoin addresses to its sanctions list, accusing them of being part of the North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group.
Bitcoin is unlikely to get bid up after the May 2020 mining reward halving, based on the way the cryptocurrency’s options are valued.
The UK insurance giant is underwriting a new policy protecting against theft of cryptocurrency held in online hot wallets.
The exchange is eyeing use cases for its tech across areas such as tokenized asset issuance, payments, identity verification and lending.
Bitcoin is flashing green on Monday, having suffered a double-digit price drop last week.
West Virginia will not continue with its use of blockchain-based mobile voting software Voatz amid security concerns from experts.
The exchange's membership of Japan's self-regulatory organization for cryptocurrency firms indicates Coinbase still plans to launch services in the nation.
The messaging app firm launched a new U.S.-based crypto exchange, Bitfront, last week, offering traders dollar-to-crypto trading pairs.
In developing blockchain projects, companies often lack an understanding of the economics of networks, and the path to creating long-term monetization.
If states want to promote the use of blockchain tech, they need advisors with solid technical understanding of what they're trying to legislate.
Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements say the future of payments may be peer to peer, but a number of considerations must be satisfied before distributed ledger-based systems can go mainstream.
An activist investor owned by billionaire Paul Singer reportedly has plans to shake up the management at Twitter after taking a big stake in the firm.
They don’t need to shut their headquarters; they don’t have headquarters.
The outbreak has complicated tech upgrades, product development, logistics and business travel at crypto exchanges and other blockchain firms in China.
The ongoing civil war in Yemen highlights the contradictions underlying bitcoin adoption.
Investors are betting the Fed will quickly slash rates amid coronavirus jitters. Whether they turn to bitcoin as a crisis hedge remains to be seen.
Digitex has claimed that only email addresses were stolen in a data breach earlier this month.
Cryptocurrency traders are contending with volatile markets due to the coronavirus).
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