Analysis
Adoption
NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie in talks with NBA to securitize his talent and launch STO on Ethereum
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is creating a revenue-sharing platform allowing professional sports players to tokenize themselves as debt securities, starting with an offering…
Technology
Brave hits eight million monthly users, launches “Transparency” page for tracking growth metrics
Privacy-centric browser Brave has reached an all-time high of eight million monthly active users and released impressive statistics suggesting its crypto-incentivized advertising model is…
Adoption
Central bank of Canada considering launch of its own digital currency to enforce KYC and monetary controls
The central bank of Canada is considering launching a sovereign digital currency that would eventually replace cash and combat the “direct threat” cryptocurrencies pose…
Adoption
21 remaining firms become official Libra members after Visa, Stripe, PayPal, and others pull out
The head of Libra, Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency initiative, has stated the project will continue to develop its planned “new global currency” despite having lost…
People
BitMEX Research and Charlie Lee denounce Craig Wright speaking at conference as Satoshi
BitMEX Research, the research arm of Bitcoin derivatives giant BitMEX, has published a tweet thread encapsulating the most prominent court rulings and accusations of…
Adoption
Bitcoin has a long road to mass adoption, Facebook data suggests
People interested in Bitcoin represent less than 1 percent of the world’s population, and are most likely to be males under 34 years old…
Analysis
Data shows Bitcoin interest high in places with low economic freedom
Analysis of LocalBitcoins data shows that Bitcoin has exceptionally high rates of usage in countries with low economic freedom, supporting the argument that BTC…
Derivatives
CTFC head: Ethereum is a commodity, anticipates launch of ETH futures
The chairman of the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) gave verbal confirmation that Ether is a commodity and that he expects an…
Trading
VanEck: Bitcoin improves portfolio upside, potential as “digital gold”
VanEck, known as the first U.S. investment manager to bet on gold before it broke from the gold standard, produced a report pitched at…
Regulation
UK forcing AML regulations on cryptocurrency exchanges, ATMs, and open-source wallets
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges, ATMs, and open-source projects like wallet providers. These services will have to comply…
Analysis
Why is the UK thinking of banning crypto derivatives?
Britain’s foremost financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority, is contemplating a blanket-ban on cryptocurrency derivatives for retail traders as early as 2020, The Economist…
Analysis
Bitcoin investors fearful according to Crypto Fear & Greed Index
Investors are nearly as fearful as they were during the bear-market despair of January, where Bitcoin was trading below $4,000, according to the “Crypto…