‘A Politician Masquerading as a Regulator’ – 3 Takeaways From Fortune’s Gary Gensler Profile
An in-depth magazine story about the SEC chair reveals the breadth of the man’s ambition and the limitations of his record.
The Protocol: It’s Crypto Spring, as Smart Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months
Digital-asset markets are heating up, especially for blockchain tokens. In this week’s Protocol issue, we highlight November’s 19% jump in the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platforms Index (SMT), the biggest gain in 10 months.
Binance Will Cease Support for Its BUSD Stablecoin on Dec. 15
Binance said it will end support for its BUSD stablecoin on Dec. 15, following the exchange’s August announcement that it would “gradually” do so after Paxos, the company that actually issued it, was ordered to stop minting the coin in February.
IOTA Jumps 43% After Registering Ecosystem Foundation in Abu Dhabi
Native token of the Iota ecosystem [IOTA] jumped 35% Wednesday on news about registering a development foundation in Abu Dhabi.
Jack Dorsey Aims to Create Anti-Censorship Bitcoin Mining Pool With New Startup
The startup said it created “only non-custodial” mining pool where miners get the new bitcoin block reward for mining directly from the network.
Digital Finance Firm SoFi Hands Its Crypto Business to Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com President Lane Kassleman said in an interview that his firm’s SoFi partnership equates to hundreds of thousands of users and hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bitcoin Buyer Quietly Accumulates $424M of BTC in 3 Weeks
An unknown entity has bought 11,268 bitcoin [BTC] worth $424 million since November 10 in what appears to be a time-weight average price (TWAP) accumulation strategy.
2024 Will Be the Year Tokenization Truly (Finally) Begins
After several years of being the next-big-thing, next year will be when tokenization of real-world assets really takes off, says Colin Butler, Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Companies.
Dogecoin Funded SpaceX ‘Doge-1’ Moon Mission Gets a Step Closer to Launch
Doge-1 is a cube satellite that will orbit the moon and broadcast a video feed.
Digital Asset Platform Coinchange Raises $10M to Scale API Yield Service
The funding round was led by G1.VC, Spirit Blockchain, Good News Ventures, K2.CA and Atoia Ventures, with Mintfox also participating.