You Can Now Get a Master’s in Blockchain From a School in (Where Else?) Malta
The multidisciplinary masters’ program is Malta’s latest in a national campaign to become a global blockchain business and education hub. …
HTC’s Latest Blockchain Phone Can Run a Full Bitcoin Node
The Taiwanese electronics giant has launched the Exodus 1s phone with a built-in hardware wallet and the ability to support a bitcoin node. …
SEC’s Court Hearing on Telegram Token Delayed Till Next Year
The messaging app company and the SEC will now meet next February to debate the regulator’s claim the gram token is a security. …
Startups Weekly: The unicorn from down under, an Uber TV show and All Raise’s expansion
In this week’s newsletter: Pendo raises $100M, ‘cloud kitchens’ is an oxymoron and ‘Super Pumped’ is hitting the small screen. …
Crypto Derivatives: On Misleading Measurements
Noelle Acheson shows how using notional volumes to compare derivatives markets to spot is misleading – but, for now, it’s all we’ve got. …
Fidelity Digital Assets Opens to All Qualified Investors
Fidelity Digital Asset Services is rolling out its custody and trading platform to all qualified clients, after initially expecting it to launch in March. …
Bonds Are About To Become A Risky Investment, Experts Warn
“The majority of bond investors, I fear, are not aware of this risk.”
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With 18 Million Bitcoins Mined, How Hard Is That 21 Million Limit?
The 18 millionth bitcoin is about to be mined. Though the remaining 3 million will take 120 years to mint, some question the certainty of the…
Where are US fintech’s next billion-dollar startups?
As fintech investments soar to new heights, investors are looking at the bottom and top levels of the services stack to find the next billion-dollar startups….
FATF Joins BIS in Calling Stablecoins ‘Global Risk,’ Citing Money Laundering Concerns
Stablecoins pose a money laundering and terrorist financing risk to the world, the FATF said Friday. …
Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integration
Kik has sold its messaging business to a holding company called MediaLab but plans to continue enabling Kin on the platform …
Circle to Spin Out Poloniex Less Than 2 Years After $400 Million Takeover
Less than two years after paying $400 million to acquire Poloniex, Circle is spinning out the crypto exchange to an Asian investor group. …
Digital Securities Exchange Taps R3’s Blockchain for Post-Trade Activities
U.K.-based Archax has inked a deal to use R3’s Corda Enterprise to handle post-trade processes for its digital securities exchange. …
Fake Tor Browser Has Been Spying, Stealing Bitcoin ‘For Years’
Hackers have been distributing a compromised version of the official Tor Browser that’s packed with malware designed to steal bitcoin. …