The president and CEO of the asset management giant said blockchains are “transformational tech” that can help drive down operational costs during a panel discussion at Consensus 2024.Source
Aptos will be the first blockchain that uses the Move coding language to integrate Chainlink’s services, according to the announcement at Consensus 2024 in Austin.Source
Alexandra Damsker, author of “Understanding DeFi,” argues that the shifting nature of tokens means that agencies like the SEC and CFTC are incapable of regulating crypto effectively.Source
Terraform Labs and co-founder Do Kwon have tentatively agreed to settle a fraud case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a court filing Thursday.Source
A lot has changed since Bitcoin’s release 15 years ago. Many other distributed database networks have been created, each with its own functionality and potential use cases.Source
A $25 million donation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) hit the campaign coffers of the industry’s U.S. political action committee (PAC), according to a Thursday announcement from the firm, putting the amount raised by some of crypto’s biggest names at about $136 million and potentially elevating the sector to the upper echelon of campaign donors.Source
New York’s top financial regulator has issued new guidance which requires cryptocurrency service providers to collect relevant data to assess whether they are resolving customer service requests and complaints in a timely and fair manner, it announced Thursday.Source
Ether spot ETFs could attract as much as $3 billion of net inflows this year, the report said.Source
The funding round included contributions from Polychain Capital and the venture arm of crypto exchange and CoinDesk parent company Bullish.Source
More than $473 million worth of cryptocurrency has been lost to hacks and rug pulls in 2024, according to a report by security researcher ImmunefiSource