Comparing the SEC Crypto Framework to Global Positions on ICO’s and Tokens
The SEC’s ‘crypto token framework’ provided some more concrete guidelines on how the staff at the U.S. government regulatory agency view ICO’s and digital tokens in the cryptocurrency space. Within their framework, the SEC appears to suggest that they observe most...
Understanding the SEC’s Recently Released Crypto Token Framework
The SEC finally published their long-awaited ‘Framework for Investment Contract Analysis of Digital Assets,’ or colloquially known as the ‘Crypto Token Framework.’ While an important step in detailing the guidelines for issuing digital assets in compliance with...
Initial Exchange Offering for DRIVE Coin (DRV)
DRV opens at $0.14 on April 3rd, 2019 at 1:00PM UTC — Register Now We’re excited and proud to share our exchange token, DRIVE Coin (DRV), with the world! DRV will open for trading on April 3rd, 2019 at 1PM UTC and will be priced at $0.14. DRV, as with exchange...
Messari Releases Report on 2.2 Billion XLM Inflation Bug on Stellar in 2017
Messari — the crypto research and analytics site — recently released a report detailing a ‘lightly reported’ inflation bug that the cryptocurrency network Stellar experienced in April 2017. According to their research, an attacker exploited a vulnerability...
Blockstream Announces Liquid Core Desktop Wallet
Blockstream — a leading Bitcoin development company — has announced its ‘Liquid Core’ multi-platform desktop wallet for transacting in Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC). Liquid is one of Blockstream’s featured products and is a sidechain that functions as an...
Ledger Publicly Discloses Security Vulnerabilities of Rival Trezor
Ledger — the popular hardware wallet provider — publicly announced five different security vulnerabilities of its rival hardware wallet provider, Trezor, following research by its internal security department Attack Lab. The release came after the...
New York Prosecutors Charge OneCoin Leaders With Multi-Billion Pyramid Scheme Fraud
The top leaders of OneCoin, an alleged educational package cryptocurrency trading company, have been charged by prosecutors in New York’s Southern District (NYSD) with money laundering, wire fraud, and securities fraud. The press release from the Department of Justice...
MakerDAO Token Holders Vote to Improve Stability Fee
MakerDAO token holders recently completed a 4-day vote to approve the proposed 2-percent increase in the stability fee for the stablecoin Dai. The new rate will now be 3.5 percent in total.
Samsung Galaxy S10 to Feature Private Key Storage and ERC-20 Support
News about Samsung’s much anticipated Galaxy S10 phone has been unfolding over the last week following speculation about its potential cryptocurrency integrations. According to a piece by CoinDesk Korea, the ‘Blockchain Keystore’ app on the phone includes features...
DRIVE Markets Launches Commission Free, Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange
DRIVE Markets just announced the launch of their institutional exchange, starting with USD futures for the big five, BTC, BCH, ETH, XRP and LTC. Built on the FIX protocol, DRIVE Markets is targeting funds and brokers seeking the connectivity of conventional forex and...
Security Token Exchanges, Issuance Platforms, and Custodians
Security tokens continue to gain steam going into 2019 as issuance platforms, exchanges, service providers, and developers push ahead in the offering of digitally wrapped financial securities. The ecosystem is becoming more crowded by the minute, so it is worth...
Litecoin and BEAM Partner for Litecoin Mimblewimble Extension Blocks
BEAM — the Mimblewimble cryptocurrency — recently announced a cooperative effort with the Litecoin Foundation to integrate Mimblewimble technology with the established cryptocurrency founded by Charlie Lee. The initiative will seek to build ‘extension...
Status Launches Open-Source Cold Wallet Card for Developers
Status — the Ethereum based messaging app and company — has relaunched its hardware NFC wallet as Keycard. The cold storage card is entirely open-source, and the API enables developers to integrate the wallet with desktop and mobile apps, smart cards, and...
Reality Shares Files New Prospectus with SEC for Bitcoin ETF
Reality Shares — a branch of Blockforce Capital — has recently filed a new ETF prospectus with the SEC with NYSE Arca. The new ETF proposal is unique and an effort by Reality Shares — who has already submitted another ETF proposal — to...
Diar Report Highlights Increasing Interest in Crypto Collateralized Debt
Diar — the digital asset institutional publication — released their weekly report detailing the increasing prominence of collateralized debt in the cryptocurrency markets — with both on-chain and off-chain services. Their report follows last week’s...
Wrapped Bitcoin Goes Live as Bitcoin-Backed ERC-20 Token
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) officially launched on January 30th and represents the first one-to-one backing of an ERC-20 token backed by Bitcoin. WBTC is basically a tokenized version of Bitcoin that exists as a smart contract on Ethereum. WBTC employs a similar model to...
Casa Launches Lightning Network Browser Extension
Casa — the multisig wallet key security and hardware node company — recently announced the release of their Lightning Network (LN) Bitcoin node browser extension. The extension will enable users to connect their Casa LN Node to external websites for easier...
Robinhood Acquires BitLicense to Bring Crypto Trading to New York
Robinhood — the popular investment and trading app — recently announced that it has received the virtual currency license from the New York State Department for Financial Services (NYSDFS) — known as the BitLicense — that will enable the...
Bitfury Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network Products for Businesses
Bitfury — a full-service blockchain technology company — recently announced their launch of a suite of Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) tools targeting businesses, developers, and users. Created by their LN development team — Lightning Peach —...
Thai Stock Exchange Planning on Launching Cryptocurrency Trading
The Thai Stock Exchange (TSE) is set to apply for a license from the Ministry of Finance so that they can list digital asset trading on their platform. The move by the TSE is the start of the first stages of enabling securities companies to become brokers and dealers...
Brave Browser Surpasses 5.5 Million Users and 28,000 Verified Publishers in 2018
Brave Browser — the blockchain-based, ad-blocking web browser — detailed in a recent post their highlights from 2018, including user metrics, partnerships, publisher developments, and software updates. Brave surged from 1 million monthly active desktop...
BEAM Launches Mainnet of First Full Mimblewimble Implementation
BEAM — the privacy-focused cryptocurrency — officially launched their mainnet today of the first full implementation of the Mimblewimble blockchain protocol. BEAM’s launch comes just before the scheduled launch of Grin — an open-source cryptocurrency...
Wallet.fail Demo Reveals Cold Wallet Security Vulnerabilities
During the C5C3 Refreshing Memories Conference, security researchers from Wallet.fail successfully demonstrated a hack of the Trezor One, Ledger Nano S, and Ledger Blue cold storage wallets. The team demonstrated how they were able to manipulate the firmware of the...
AION Releases Transparency Report Highlighting Financial Holdings
AION — the enterprise-focused smart contracts platform — recently released their first AION Foundation Report aimed at providing comprehensive insights into the platform’s development, investments, and direction since the July 2017 ICO. In light of the...
Basis Stablecoin Shutting Down and Returning Investment
Basis — the well-known stablecoin startup that raised $133 million earlier this year — is reportedly shutting down following regulatory complexities. The startup will return nearly all of the $133 million to its investors in an unprecedented move in the...
Samsung Launching Cold Wallet App With Galaxy S10
Samsung — the South Korean multinational conglomerate — recently filed trademarks unmasking rumored plans to launch an integrated hot/cold cryptocurrency wallet with their upcoming S10 phone. According to SamMobile, the app will feature a hot wallet for...
A Glimpse Into the Digital Marketing and Web Traffic of Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Cryptocurrency exchanges seem to be popping up everywhere you look. While the major players that have been in the industry (i.e., Binance and Coinbase) for several years continue to dominate, smaller exchanges have emerged offering their unique benefits. The...
G20 Summit Declaration Addresses Global Cryptocurrency Regulation
The G20 Summit in Buenos Aires recently concluded and with it came the release of a declaration titled “G20 Leaders’ Declaration: Building Consensus For Fair and Sustainable Development,” which addressed several topics including emerging technologies, such as...
TRON Announces $100 Million Fund for Blockchain Gaming
TRON — the Chinese-based smart contracts platform led by Justin Sun — announced a $100 million fund to support the blockchain gaming ecosystem. The game fund is called TRON Arcade and will invest up to $100 million in blockchain gaming development over the...