June 2020

The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios.

AML Bitcoin’s Marcus Andrade claims he is being extorted by the U.S. government in a response to Thursday’s charges by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Technology on its own doesn’t ensure inclusion. People do. There’s nothing intrinsically fair about a blockchain.

Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night.

New York officials have instituted a three-strike rule for crypto firms applying for the BitLicense, the Sovrin Foundation is now volunteer run and Aussies can now buy BTC at their post office.

With new data from the Federal Reserve suggesting that the cryptocurrency might not be the answer to dire economic times, Markets Daily is back with your latest Bitcoin news roundup!

The Compound token almost fell back below $200 earlier this week, before Coinbase rode to the rescue. It listed the token for retail users, and gave COMP a nice price bump.

The campaign, by CoinDesk, Gitcoin, Ethereal and the Giving Block, raised money for COVID-19 relief using “quadratic funding” to make donations.

The narrative that inflation arising from the massive coronavirus stimulus efforts would lead to a long-term rise in bitcoin’s price is looking weak with new data from the Federal Reserve.

Even in super liquid cryptocurrency markets, such as USD and bitcoin trading pairs, the size and spreads of exchange order books can vary markedly.