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US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Wants to Sell Blockchain Analytics Platform to the DEA and IRS

The San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is offering a cloud-based platform dubbed Coinbase Analytics to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

June 6, 2020

Cryptographer Matthew Green Warns Access to End-to-End Encryption Is Under Attack

Matthew Green, a cryptographer, security technologist and computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University, says companies trying to integrate end-to-end…

June 5, 2020

Ripple Reveals Which Countries Really Support Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP in Key Remittance Markets

Ripple has released an extensive overview on digital asset regulations around the world. In a 2020 report called The Last…

June 4, 2020

Ripple Chief Brad Garlinghouse Meets With Central Bank Leaders in Brazil

Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse just met with the top brass at Brazil's central bank. According to the Agenda of…

June 3, 2020

Governor of the People’s Bank of China Confirms Completion of Critical Advancements of the Digital Yuan

The People's Bank of China has not yet announced an official release date for its upcoming digital yuan but leaked…

May 30, 2020

Bank of France Announces Successful Test of Blockchain-Based Digital Euro

The Bank of France says it's successfully completed an initial test of a central bank digital currency based on blockchain…

May 20, 2020

Deadline: Unregistered Crypto Firms Face Shutdown in the Netherlands

Unregistered Dutch crypto firms now face the prospect of closing their doors as the Netherlands' enhanced anti-money laundering laws (AML)…

May 18, 2020

Telegram Officially Ends Ill-Fated Crypto Project, CEO Cites US Domination of Global Finance

Telegram, the popular mobile messaging platform, has officially abandoned its crypto and blockchain project, the Telegram Open Network (TON). The…

May 12, 2020

Ethereum Ecosystem Enters Next Market Expansion With Launch of First-Ever ETH Futures in the US

Physically-settled Ether (ETH) futures contracts are now available. Chicago-based exchange ErisX launched the contracts on Monday. This marks the first…

May 11, 2020

Coinbase CEO Says New Cryptocurrency Bill Would Have Major Impact on Future of Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says a new bill being considered by lawmakers in California would have a major impact on…

May 10, 2020