El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator Meets With U.S. SEC: ‘It Was Very Refreshing’

El Salvador’s Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales (CNAD), the agency in charge of regulating digital assets in the Central American nation, is seeking to establish a cross-border regulatory sandbox with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “We want to create international collaboration,” Juan Carlos Reyes, president of the CNAD, told CoinDesk in an interview. … Read more

SoftBank Is Buying Bitcoin Again, After $130M Loss in 2018. Is This Time Different?

Japanese investment giant SoftBank is dipping its toes back into crypto by backing a new bitcoin (BTC) investment vehicle, Twenty One Capital, in conjunction with Tether, Bitfinex, and Cantor Fitzgerald. For some, the SoftBank Group—which has $308.7 billion assets under management—taking an interest in bitcoin is a welcome development and another sign of mounting institutional … Read more

Strategy Stock Could Climb as New Rival Twenty One Validates Its Bitcoin Strategy

Michael Saylor’s bitcoin buying strategy had both believers and skeptics. But a new rival just emerged, already holding nearly $4 billion BTC on its balance sheet—and it’s a bullish sign, according to at least one Wall Street analyst. When SoftBank, Tether, and Cantor Fitzgerald unveiled plans to launch a new bitcoin investment company called Twenty … Read more

TON Foundation Appoints MoonPay Co-Founder, Maximilian Crown, as CEO

TON Foundation, the entity behind the Telegram-linked TON blockchain, has appointed Maximilian Crown, co-founder of MoonPay, as its CEO. Crown was the CFO and COO at the crypto infrastructure provider and has relationships with banks, payments companies, and regulatory bodies. He will remain on the board at MoonPay. The move comes one month after the … Read more

Crypto for Advisors: Crypto — No Longer the Wild West?

In today’s crypto for advisors, Dovile Silenskyte from WisdomTree talks about the growth of crypto products and how they’ve evolved into a strategic investment allocation. Then, Kim Klemballa from CoinDesk Indices answers questions about digital asset benchmarks and trends in Ask an Expert. – Sarah Morton Unknown block type “divider”, specify a component for it … Read more

Stablecoin Legislation Must Ensure Financial Privacy

Both the U.S. Senate and House are considering bills creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins, and all of the usual crypto-skeptic refrains have been sung, including the hymn that crypto is for crime. For instance, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) warned that the Senate’s GENIUS Act “will supercharge the financing of terrorism.” During debate on the … Read more

Coinbase Introduces Free Conversion for PayPal’s PYUSD as Stablecoin Competition Intensifies

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) said it will introduce free conversions between PayPal’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, PYUSD, and the U.S. currency in a move aimed at accelerating the shift toward on-chain payments. The move, open to both retail and institutional customers, is part of a partnership aimed at promoting PYUSD as a payment currency. Coinbase also plans … Read more