Cryptocurrency

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW covers: The record-setting performance of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund and what happens next as new ETFs […]

The third aspect is really around anti-money laundering (AML). I think it is very important, because we don’t want to see this thing leveraged by bad actors to do things that are objectively bad for […]

Would you let a chrome, volleyball-sized sphere scan your retinas in exchange for crypto? That’s the interesting – and controversial – premise behind Worldcoin, a new project co-founded by former Y Combinator president Sam Altman. Depending […]

Short-selling research firm Hindenburg Research is offering a bounty of up to $1 million for previously undisclosed details about the reserves backing Tether’s stablecoin USDT. The firm said it “has doubts” about Tether’s backing and […]

Shares of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund, the first bitcoin-related ETF to trade in the U.S., initially rose 3% when trading began and were lately up 1.6% to $40.63 in their debut on Tuesday […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt, which is majority-owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), was trading down more than 4% in its first day of trading after completing a SPAC transaction with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings. Bakkt, based in […]

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s recent speech: “Lawless in Austin.” See also: SEC Approves Bitcoin Futures ETF, Opening Crypto […]

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On this edition of “The Breakdown Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at two new policy frameworks released by companies in the crypto and Web 3 space. The […]

Belarus has classified crypto miners in the same electricity-tariff grouping as data centers, according to a directive jointly issued by the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Anti-Monopoly. The directive, issued Sept. 27 and made […]

More and more businesses are including cryptocurrencies as part of their corporate treasuries. The trend that was started by large publicly traded companies in 2020 is rising. But as you’re about to find out, companies […]