The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association says it plans to make it easier for authorized exchanges to list digital currencies by loosening the screening process.
The country’s Financial Markets Authority is also looking for entities willing to test out DLT-based securities trading.
Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not. Valid Points is CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that breaks down Ethereum’s evolution and its impact on crypto markets.
JPMorgan has appointed Aaron Iovine as its head of crypto regulatory policy, a newly created role, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday.
Counterparty risk and “liability” form enduring qualities setting Bitcoin apart, says Fidelity Digital Assets.
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart partnered with Polygon-incubated organization eDAO to launch a virtual shopping world in the Metaverse.
Bank of America’s October survey of fund managers showed the “long dollar” as the most sought after bet for the fourth straight month.
The Law Commission of England and Wales is exploring how digital assets should be treated under existing and new legislation, and its suggestions may upend centuries-old legal norms.
Israel’s Ministry of Finance and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange expect to finish the pilot project by Q1 2023.
Former bank lobbyist Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani’s hearings contained a warning for the likes of Binance and Crypto.com setting up in the budding crypto hub.
An early draft of the 2022 IRS tax form sees cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and nonfungible tokens grouped under a new ‘Digital Asset’ category.
QNT whales have started securing profits after the token’s 450%-plus price rally since June 2022.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared new details about the country’s e-Human project powered by blockchain.
There are currently 450 Web 3.0 startup in the country, including four unicorns.
Over 93% of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol shortly after the attack, developers said.
Federal prosecutors have argued against a claim made by the former OpenSea product manager that the term “insider trading” is “inflammatory.”
Israel’s Ministry of Finance and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) are preparing to issue a blockchain-based digital state bond.
D’Agostino also said the recent battles between the SEC and CFTC is a good thing for crypto because it indicates that it will be a “vitally important piece of market structure” moving forward.
BNY Mellon CEO Robin Vince pointed to a survey earlier this year which found 91% of institutional asset managers were interested in investing in tokenized assets.
Nuri will maintain crypto trading services until the end of November, and has encouraged users to withdraw their assets before the mid-December deadline.
A dormant nonfungible token (NFT) wallet from 2017 with 141 CryptoPunks has been found to have minted the now ludicrously expensive NFTs for a possible $7 each.
The whereabouts of “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova are still unknown but the charges against OneCoin members are starting to pile up.
Aptos is launching at a time when the only concerns about the price of gas involve petroleum, not the virtual metaphor; bitcoin held comfortably above its recent $19,000 support.
Despite the European Union rejecting a proposal banning crypto mining earlier this year, more regulations could soon be implemented to mitigate the environmental impacts of crypto mining.
The long-awaited “Bluesky Social” app is now accepting users for private beta and says it will “launch soon”
The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol.
The native token of Aptos blockchain opened for trading late Tuesday.
MakerDAO, one of the largest decentralized protocols, is in the middle of a makeover. Rifts have emerged between investors and founders as they offer competing plans for making the protocol more decentralized and try to drive growth.
Newly released draft instructions for the 2022 tax year change the language from “virtual currency” to broader “digital assets.”
Decentralized autonomous organizations would benefit from greater checks and balances that prevent influential minorities from seizing control.