Circle Rolls Out Crypto Investment App in 46 US States Circle made its Invest app widely available Tuesday. It offers commission-free trading of bitcoin, ethereum, and several other tokens.… Read More
Coinbase Receives E-Money License from UK Financial Regulator Coinbase has announced it has been granted an e-money license from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority.… Read More
Europe’s Central Bank Touts Crypto As Underbanked Aid A new opinion piece from European Central Bank officials discusses the important role a central bank-backed cryptocurrency could play in society.… Read More
Square Seeks BitLicense to Bring Bitcoin Buying to New York Square is in the process of applying for a BitLicense in a bid to expand its Cash App’s bitcoin option to New York residents. … Read More
ICOs Go to Washington: What to Expect When Congress Talks Crypto The U.S. House’s Capital Markets, Securities and Investment subcommittee will explore cryptocurrencies and ICO markets in a hearing on Wednesday. … Read More
No-Fork Guarantee? New Cryptocurrency Touts Resistance to Code Splits Hedera, a new public ledger developed by enterprise DLT software firm Swirlds, uses a patented codebase to prevent forking or cloning of the currency.… Read More
CFTC Official Backs Winklevoss Brothers’ Crypto Self-Regulation Bid CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz has expressed approval over a virtual commodities SRO proposed by Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.… Read More
Binance Unveils New Blockchain to Support Decentralized Crypto Exchange Binance announced Binance Chain, a public blockchain for trading assets, on Tuesday.… Read More
IMF’s Lagarde: Track Cryptos with Blockchain to ‘Fight Fire with Fire’ IMF head Christine Lagarde has argued that regulators could use blockchain technology itself to regulate cryptocurrencies… Read More
OpenBazaar Raises $5 Million from Bitmain, OMERS Ventures OB1, the development company behind decentralized online marketplace OpenBazaar, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round.… Read More