May 2020

Ohio lawmakers have proposed the launch of a blockchain voting pilot in spite of security experts’ repeated warnings against any internet-based elections system.

The Libra Association has just named HSBC Chief Legal Officer and former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey as its new CEO. Levey will take the reins later this year.

It’s all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die.

BTC stays above $9K while some new startups wrestle for market share. It’s CoinDesk’s Markets Daily Podcast.

Eris Clearing, the clearing and settlement arm of ErisX, has been awarded the hard-to-come-by Virtual Currency License from New York’s Department of Financial Services.

Security token platform TokenSoft is expanding its services to Europe using a new Swiss entity, licensing its software through a local partner.

A delay in transposing the EU’s 5AMLD into local law has given crypto companies no recourse after Irish banks closed their accounts.

UCL will be the first university and 13th member of the Hedera Hashgraph governing council, whose members run nodes and vote on software updates.

Bitwise found that bitcoin acts as a useful counterweight to a traditional portfolio if managed in the right way.

The Pound Sterling continues to have trouble finding its footing ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of Bank of England policymakers.