The CoinDesk 20 tracks the world’s largest and most-liquid cryptocurrencies in an investible index available on multiple platforms. The broader CoinDesk Market Index comprises approximately 180 tokens and seven crypto sectors: currency, smart contract platforms, DeFi, culture & entertainment, computing, and digitization. Source
Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon and Others Test Enterprise Blockchain for Tokenized Assets Source
“Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD into separate pools to farm ETHFI tokens over four days,” with farming starting at 00:00 UTC on March 14, Binance said. “Binance will then list ETHFI at 12:00 UTC on March 18.” Trading pairs will be available in ETHFI versus bitcoin (BTC), stablecoin (USDT) and BNB TOKEN, among others. Source
Etymology: Proto-Danksharding is named after two Ethereum researchers, Dankrad Feist and Proto Lambda, who proposed the change. It’s fitting because Proto Danksharding is necessary for the full rollout of Danksharding — which is several years away and takes the idea of simplifying data storage further. Also, although the term “sharding” is in the name, neither Danksharding nor Proto-Danksharding is a traditional way to “shard” — or split — a database into smaller parts as known in computer science, which was the original plan for getting Ethereum to scale. In a…
With Monday’s inflows, VanEck’s offering became the sixth-largest U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETF, handling more than 6,000 BTC ($440 million) in assets under management and overtaking rivals Invesco (BTCO) and Valkyrie (BRRR), according to BitMEX data. Source
“I defend your right to smoke a cigarette, [and] I’ll defend your right to buy a Bitcoin,” he said, according to a Reuters report, citing a video appearance at the Australian Financial Review business summit. “I will personally never buy Bitcoin and I do think it’s a risk if you are a buyer. When governments look at all this stuff, why do they put up with it?” Source
“Scalability is the fundamental unlock that enables permissionless collaboration between developers across projects and teams,” said Karl Floersch, CEO of OP Labs, the primary developer firm behind the Optimism network. “With EIP-4844 and Dencun, devs across the Ethereum ecosystem can more seamlessly build together.” Source
“We must continually be fair and consistent in evaluating the products and proposals presented for our consideration,” Behnam said.”The commission must abide by core regulatory principles that prioritize, among other things, customer protections, market stability, and resilience. And, we must ensure a level playing field, regardless of the asset class.” Source
Sweden’s central bank governor said he wants “as little bitcoin as possible in the Swedish financial system.” Source
“The new law sets consistent definitions for violations, including not freezing funds, not respecting travel bans or arms embargoes, transferring funds to persons subject to sanctions, or doing business with state-owned entities of countries under sanction,” the press release said. Source