Digital Asset

Crypto attorney, John Deaton, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, aiming to unseat current Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). His campaign was kick-started with the launch of a dedicated website and a Facebook page over the past weekend, Blockworks reported....

Even as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) general partner and venture capitalist Chris Dixon recently claimed none of the companies in the a16z portfolio are allowed to sell tokens to the public, a review of a16z's investments revealed several instances that appear to disagree with...

Investors were initially curious about Spot Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). However, after the approval of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs, these have now captured their full attention. Benzinga gathered exclusive commentary from several experts to gauge the prospects for ...

To attract more crypto companies to France, the government made two moves to open borders and take advantage of the clarity in industry regulations. What Happened: Circle received conditional registration as a digital asset service provider from the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) of France....

As Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) reached their highest levels of the year on Monday, recent data revealed that inflows into digital asset funds hit their peak last week since their inception in October 2021. What Happened: CoinShares' latest report showed that last week,...

After Singapore, Paxos received approvals to issue stablecoins in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). What Happened: The regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform was granted in-principle approvals (IPAs) by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in the ADGM. It has...

Cathie Wood’s investment management firm, Ark Invest, has joined hands with exchange-traded product provider, 21Shares to launch a new range of digital asset ETFs. This partnership will lead to various options for investors who seek to include digital assets in their trading portfolio....

An analysis of the aggregated open interest of all cryptocurrencies, excluding Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC), indicates a risk of a price dip, according to CryptoQuant's J. A. Maartunn. Maartunn’s analysis cites a metric that currently stands at an elevated $13.8 billion, which could...

A Chinese court near Chongqing sentenced 21 people for online fraud, CoinDesk reported. Two defendants with surnames Jiang and Zheng employed 19 other money mules used decentralized wallet Bitpie to move $307 million in Tether (USDT) to local P2P exchanges on virtual currency platforms for Renminbi...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will be partnering with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to advance digital asset pilots. Industry titans BlackRock,...

Grayscale Investments has taken another step forward in its journey to transform the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC) into a spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETF, by lodging a new registration document with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This action follows the directive of a D.C....

Nomura’s (NYSE: NMR) digital asset subsidiary, Laser Digital Asset Management, introduced a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Adoption Fund for institutional investors which is first among the numerous digital adoption investment solutions this bank plans to undertake. Komainu was chosen as its...

CITI is set to make an appearance at the upcoming Future Of Digital Assets event powered by Benzinga on Nov 14 in NYC. Secure a spot here with code BZ10 for a 10% discount. In less than a week after Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) and HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) partnered with other companies for digital asset...

Brave New Coin (BNC), a data and research company focused on the blockchain and cryptographic assets industry, disclosed its partnership with the decentralized oracle network Gora.io to power its smart contracts utilizing the latter's AI-ready complex computation. The goal of the...

Coinbase Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong is scheduled to have a private meeting with House Democrats from the New Democrat Coalition on Wednesday to discuss digital-asset legislation. Other topics include tax, national security, privacy, and climate, Bloomberg reported. What Happened:...