Sian Berry, former co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales and current member of the London Assembly, is looking to crack down on crypto advertisements on public transport. According to a Nov. 14 Twitter post, Berry said she would be recommending the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, ban all crypto advertising in the city’s transport network, including many…
As the U.S. federal government — acting through its Securities and Exchange Commission — continues to valiantly protect investors and the public interest from the grave dangers of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, one major American city after another begin embracing or at least exploring the potential of crypto and blockchain technology to improve various aspects of city finance, administration…
Electronic music producer Joel “deadmau5” Zimmerman is venturing further into the metaverse with another NFT collection, “head5.” Together with his long-time collaborator Nick “Smearballs” DenBoer, deadmau5 will put 5,555 NFTs, minted on the Polygon blockchain, up for sale on Monday through head5.io. The 3D head-shaped NFTs will cost 0.15 ETH each, or about $680 at the time of publication. So…
Bitnomial has launched U.S.-based, “physically” settled bitcoin futures with a 35% margin.The contracts allow for efficient basis trading, eliminating the need to execute bilateral trades to unwind positions.The new offering also enables lenders and miners to hedge at scale. Bitcoin derivatives exchange Bitnomial has launched U.S.-based, “physically” settled bitcoin futures with a 35% margin, the company announced in a release…
India’s parliamentary committee on finance has held a meeting with representatives from the crypto industry and other stakeholders on cryptocurrency and its oversight. “There was an understanding that cryptocurrency can’t be stopped but it must be regulated” and “There was a consensus that a regulatory mechanism should be put in place to regulate cryptocurrency.” First Parliamentary Meeting Dedicated to Crypto…
Digital assets and investment management firm Galaxy Digital has released its third-quarter financial results. A standout figure in the firm’s Q3 results is its net comprehensive income—the total net assets of the company, including unrealized gains and losses—of $517 million, up 91% from last year’s figure of $41.5 million. “Our organic growth demonstrates our continued ability to capitalize on opportunities,…
For four days last week, Solana took over Lisbon, Portugal. Decrypt travelled to the first Solana Breakpoint conference to get a firsthand view of the Solana community, which has celebrated milestone after milestone over the last 12 months. Here’s what we found. A city-wide celebration of Solana Non-crypto folks arriving in Lisbon would have been forgiven for not knowing what…
TLDR: Coinbase is now hiring in Brazil and Singapore, building upon remote-first and timezone based regions of work. By Manish Gupta, EVP of Engineering Coinbase continues to rapidly grow our Engineering team around the world. As a global company, we need deep technical and market-specific expertise across the key regions we serve. Earlier this year, we established our first tech hub…
The third bitcoin futures ETF to launch in the U.S. will go live tomorrow.The VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will launch on Cboe as the SEC rejected the asset manager’s spot offering last week.VanEck will attempt to gain market share by offering the lowest fees among its competitors. VanEck announced that its bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF), the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF…
Despite his actual term at the helm of the New York City government kicking off some 1.5 months from now, Eric Adams, the city’s mayor-elect, has already started governing by publicity. Making the Empire City more business and tech-friendly is a centerpiece of Adams’ vocally projected agenda, and — much to the crypto community’s delight — the incoming mayor has…
