Eleven members of Congress are calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to look at new technologies, including blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), to help streamline how cash and supplies are distributed under a federal law trying to boost the economy during the COVID-19 crisis...
The SEC and Kik both filed oppositions to the other party’s motions for summary judgement late Friday, reiterating their arguments in the case and their respective takes on whether statements collected during the court battle to date are complete and accurate.
In the SEC’s view, kin...
The company has not seen transaction activity on its platform grow quickly enough to cover operating costs, according to an email sent to the alternative trading system’s (ATS) users and shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday.
The email is asking issuers with tokens listed on the site to cover...
The Dutch central bank says The Netherlands is well placed to develop and trial a digital Euro.
The Dutch central bank wants to be the proving ground for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the European Union.
In a 45-page report released by the bank on April 21, the De...
Singapore’s tax authority will not take a cut of airdropped cryptocurrency so long as the recipient gets it for free, according to an income tax treatment guide published Friday.
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)’s new e-tax guide, published Friday, filled in the...
China is about to launch its national blockchain platform, part of the country’s grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy. Led by the State Information Center, the Blockchain Service Network (BSN) is poised to launch for domestic commercial use Wednesday and...
The news comes weeks after a court order put into doubt whether grams will be issued as planned at the end of April. Blackmoon touted its relationship with investors in Telegram’s upcoming blockchain last fall, shortly before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against...
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Such a move would come five months after Huobi’s San Francisco-based over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage, Huobi US (HBUS), abruptly halted operations, citing unspecified regulatory roadblocks. At the time, Singapore-based Huobi Group said it would return but did not give a timeframe.
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Steven Waterhouse is the CEO and co-founder of Orchid, a privacy tool built on Ethereum designed to let people explore the internet freely.
With the global coronavirus pandemic confining billions to their homes, masses of workers everywhere are adjusting to remote work for the first...
In times of crisis, people look to their government – or, at least, they want to.
They may not have actual faith in the state’s capacity against a pandemic. But many of us want to believe there's someone with a higher plan.
Coronavirus is a test of our faith and trust in...
Speaking at a contentious White House coronavirus news briefing on Sunday that involved testy standoffs with multiple reporters, President Trump declared that "the peak in death rate" in the coronavirus pandemic "is likely to hit in two weeks," and said the federal government will be extending...