The Litecoin Foundation is putting its capital to work, lending at interest through another cryptocurrency program. The Foundation has tapped the Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to…
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Binance Is Pitching Its Stablecoin as a Government-Friendly Libra Competitor – CoinDesk
Crypto exchange Binance is now explicitly positioning its Venus stablecoin project as a government-friendly alternative to Facebook’s Libra, just a month after downplaying any suggestions of rivalry between the…
Decentralized Employment Ecosystem Opolis to Integrate MakerDAO’s Dai Cryptocurrency – CoinDesk
Opolis received a development grant from MakerDAO to integrate its Dai cryptocurrency into its decentralized employer ecosystem for payroll and benefits, the company said. A blockchain-based answer to the…
Germany Passes National Policy to Explore Blockchain But Limit Stablecoins – CoinDesk
Germany’s government has passed a new strategy outlining the ways the leading EU state is planning to use blockchains. Approved by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday, the strategy…
ING Survey: Europe Still a Patchy Landscape of Crypto Adoption
European countries present a patchy landscape of cryptocurrency acceptance. Most consumers remain skeptical, but there is an emerging class of true believers, shows the latest ING survey, “From cash…
Ripple Coinbase Linkup Rumour Fueling XRP FOMO in 20% Surge
Today is all about the altcoins as a sea of green envelops crypto-asset markets and bitcoin is nowhere to be seen. In a rare move, many of the major…
Development Update #0 – Ethereum.org
Welcome to the first development update for Ethereum.org, the first of a regular series of blog posts keeping the community up to date on the website’s progress. What have…
VanEck, SolidX Withdraw Bitcoin ETF Proposal From SEC Review – CoinDesk
Cboe BZX Exchange withdrew its VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal on Tuesday. According to a filing dated Sept. 17, a proposed rule change to publicly list shares of…
CoinDesk to Move Into Same Building as Owner Digital Currency Group – CoinDesk
Employees at cryptocurrency news publication CoinDesk were told Tuesday that the firm is moving into office space in the same building as its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG),…