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Cryptocurrency, once an obscure corner of the financial world, is going mainstream. It made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 19 in a ProShares exchange-traded fund…

Since at least 2013, when the Winklevoss twins first filed an application to create one, a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been the crypto industry’s white whale. An ETF would open bitcoin investment to a huge new array of players, from individual 401(k) users to maj

Every organization, of any kind, is organized in some way. So-called decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a new and different kind of organization: a collaboration among people in which members’ ownership, management and control are automated based on software.

Identifying the ideal path to regulatory compliance for a stablecoin has been difficult. U.S. regulators have taken a much more active interest in the industry, though it is still not entirely clear what they will want stablecoins to be.U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has wa

On Monday, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James announced an order that two crypto lending platforms unregistered with the state cease operations in the state. The companies – their names redacted in a letter published by the James’ office – were orde

On Sept. 29, 2021, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it had filed 14 complaints against various crypto trading platforms. It was the busiest day of action for the nation’s top commodities regulator and a noted departure from its usual course. Be

On paper, the concept of a “stablecoin” is relatively simple. Cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile, and traders like being able to cash out quickly. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that allow for just that. Tied 1:1 to the price of a particular fiat currency (us

As a new culmination in the protracted effort to create a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), ProShares launched its Bitcoin futures ETF, following tacit approval from regulators.

As global markets respond to the disruptive potential of decentralized finance (DeFi), one thing can be said for certain: amateur and do-it-yourself (DIY) traders are here to stay.

“Decentralization theater” is something which crops up in my inbox on an almost daily basis. By this I mean the development, release and marketing of software which leverages decentralized infrastructure for one, several or even most of its components, but not all of

As we progress into the digital age, America needs its computer geeks. Yet the U.S. government, rather than mine their ideas and talents, has thrown too many of them into prison. If we want to beat the Chinese and Russians in cyberspace, we’ll need our nerds – even th

5 Top Cryptocurrency Stocks To Watch In October 2021While investors try to find a middle ground between rising inflation and a potentially strong earnings season, cryptocurrency stocks shine. By and large, a notable piece of stock market news today would be surrounding Bitcoin. N

One of the problems non-fungible tokens (NFTs) purport to solve is the idea of “platform risk.” Buy an in-game add-on for a video game and your purchase really exists only on the publisher’s platform; files are hosted on company servers until the game is retired

Every major American issue seems to get sucked into the “red vs. blue” political dichotomy these days, and now it is cryptocurrency’s turn in the barrel. Following somewhat tense recent testimony between U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gens

There’s nothing that screams techno-optimist about U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, the four-term Republican member of Congress from Minnesota. The 60-year-old is a collector of toy trains and tractors. He first learned about cryptocurrency in a book. In a memorable scene from the coro

The frenzied buying and selling of cryptocurrencies remain unstoppable – and they hype will likely grow even further following the launch of the United States' first futures-based Bitcoin ETF.

The frenzied buying and selling of cryptocurrencies remain unstoppable – and that's despite the Securities and Exchange Commission's best attempts to slow the crypto train.

The scariest part of crypto has always been transferring it. That’s all changing with stablecoin usage up 59% since Q1 and the rise of blockchain domain names.

The cultural ascension of NFTs in 2021 has at times appeared as if it manifested out of thin air, but non-fungible token (NFT) technology made its debut with the now-popular Cryptopunks and Cryptokitties back in 2017.