Institutional Crypto and a New Generation of Wall Street Leaders
Donna Redel is an angel investor focusing on financial technology, blockchain and emerging technologies, professor of blockchain and a former chairman at the Commodity Exchange.…
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US Bills Seeks to Protect Cryptocurrency Investors from Market Manipulation
Two US congressmen introduced bipartisan legislation designed to prevent cryptocurrency price manipulation and position the United States as a leader in the crypto industry. Democrat…
Nasdaq Comms VP Confirms Bitcoin Futures in H1 2019: ‘We’re Doing This No Matter What’
On Monday (3 December 2018), Joseph Christinat, Vice President of Communications at Nasdaq, confirmed that the second-largest exchange in the world (by market cap) will definitely be launching a…
US CFTC Chairman: Distributed Ledger Technology May Help in Monitoring Trading Markets
Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently said that distributed ledger technology (DLT) may help regulatory authorities monitor trading markets more…
Former CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler: ICOs Should be Considered Securities
Former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler said that most tokens sold through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) should be classified as securities,…
Bitcoin: An Extraordinarily Scarce Commodity
The debate about what Bitcoin (BTC-USD) actually is from the U.S.’s regulatory standpoint is finally over. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently officially classified Bitcoin as…
Cryptocurrency is ‘Here to Stay’: CFTC Chairman Giancarlo
Bitcoin may never replace the greenback, but the flagship cryptocurrency could achieve significant adoption in the two-thirds of countries without stable currencies. That statement might…
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE LAUNCHES BAKKT ECOSYSTEM
Digital Asset market is worth $270 billion now. Eyeing this massive opportunity, Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has…
CFTC Chair: Crypto Needs ‘Do No Harm’ Approach That Regulators Gave the Early Internet
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has said that crypto needs a “do no harm” approach from regulators to flourish, in…
Bitcoin ETF Will Likely Be Approved Next Year: Asset Manager
The focus on a Bitcoin ETF has shifted from its possibility thereof to the timing of an imminent approval. With several predictions from different quarters…