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The U.S. SEC has again delayed a decision on the VanEck SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposal.
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New Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards for regulating crypto firms are expected to be finalized in June. They will likely subject crypto exchanges, wallet providers and others to the “travel rule” followed by correspondent banks.
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As ABN AMRO drops its exploration of a cryptocurrency wallet product, the Dutch bank says it’s seeking to launch a blockchain platform for trade inventory.
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More than half of the full nodes in the bitcoin network are still running client software vulnerable to an inflation bug that could allow miners to inflate the total bitcoin supply beyond the 21 million BTC.
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Insured cryptocurrency custody services hold digital assets on behalf of investors in secure storage locations may be the key to institutional investment growth. Other storage options put too much secure storage responsibility on the investors themselves.
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This paper examines the difficulties the rapidly shifting, contested vocabulary poses for regulators seeking to understand, govern, and potentially use blockchain technology.tags: Fintech Blockchain
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This paper addresses the myth of decentralized governance of public blockchains, arguing that certain people who create, operate, or reshape them function much like fiduciaries of those who rely on these powerful data structures.tags: Fintech Blockchain
Kiffmeister’s Fintech Daily Digest 05/20/2019
