Tether and its sister company, Bitfinex, have been embroiled in a high stakes legal battle with the New York Attorney General and now face a class action lawsuit.
Facebook and other Libra backers still have much work to do to win over skeptical politicians and regulators. But their project doesn't need the support of payments incumbents to launch.
Zcash and its creator, the Electric Coin Co., have been put in the position of both having to prove their compliance with regulatory guidance while also extolling the value of their privacy technology.
Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, officially took a step toward the future of cryptocurrencies, with the launch of the first futures bitcoin contract that physically settles trading hands.
In a move aimed at further normalizing the otherwise-opaque and difficult-to-trade world of cryptocurrency trading, Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, launches its first-ever cryptocurrency futures contract that settles in bitcoin.
