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Top shelf Square will invest in environmentally conscious bitcoin tech. Spain's second-largest bank is reportedly planning a leap into the digital asset industry. And large crypto funds topped a combined $15 billion AUM, as markets trade sideways.
Greening the orangecoin Square has announced the launch of a Bitcoin Clean Energy Investment Initiative, where it has committed $10 million to support companies working on green energy technologies within the bitcoin mining sector. Announced Tuesday, the company said it aims to become a net-zero carbon contributor for operations by 2030 and wants to help drive the adoption and efficiency of renewables within the bitcoin ecosystem. “We believe that cryptocurrency will eventually be powered completely by clean power, eliminating its carbon footprint and driving adoption of renewables globally," said Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. "
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Quick bites BLOCK-U-SIGN? The simple reason DocuSign doesn’t use blockchain. (Quartz) DERIBIT DEGEN? How one bitcoin options trader turned $638,000 into $4.4 million in five weeks. (CoinDesk) STILL FEARED: Rebranded Libra still a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” according to German Finance Minister. (CoinDesk) TOKEN TRANSMOGRIFICATION: Blockstack’s stacks tokens could be tradable in U.S. after the launch of its new Stack 2.0 blockchain. (CoinDesk) MACRO STRATEGY: MicroStrategy will raise an additional $400 million to fund yet more bitcoin allocations. (CoinDesk) ‘ABSOLUTELY INEVITABLE': Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters says about digital currencies adoption. (CNBC) TRACED FASHION: International fashion brand Desigual will employ the Marco blockchain for supply chain transparency. (CoinDesk) $1M NFTs: Cryptocurrency artist Murat Pak becomes the first to earn $1 million. (Decrypt)SIGNALING SECRECY? MobileCoin, a crypto with associations to Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike, quietly launched with trading on FTX. (CoinDesk)
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Crypto’s Most Influential in 2020 Each year since 2014, CoinDesk has identified the crypto community's “most influential” members. The community needed influencers to spread awareness, build confidence and set precedents for the digital currency industry to reach its full potential.
These evangelists broke through all the white noise and ushered in a new wave of enthusiasts into the space. To recognize their contributions, CoinDesk launched its “Most Influential” franchise to highlight individuals who moved the needle.
Over two days, Dec. 7-8, a special CoinDesk Live series looks back to the first list and takes stock of the industry’s progress, and zooms forward to reveal CoinDesks' seventh Most Influential list to recognize the latest pioneers who helped take the industry forward.
Watch CoinDesk Live: Most Influential 2020 on CoinDesk.com, YouTube and Twitter, Dec. 7-8.
Market intel Deja vu – 2017? Monthly review The latest CoinDesk Monthly Review compares bitcoin’s November 2020 rally with the asset’s market and network performance three years ago, and looks at some metrics on the progress toward the launch of Ethereum 2.0. Download the free CoinDesk Research November 2020 Review.
At stake Squaring the circle? In the period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, several Democrat lawmakers have come out swinging against favorable, crypto-focused guidance issued under the Trump administration.
Most notably is the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act, introduced by U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) and Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) last week.
The bill, if passed, would essentially treat stablecoin issuers as deposit holders and therefore be subject to certain banking regulations. As Blockchain Bites reported earlier, much of the crypto community has come out against the proposed legislation – with many saying it fails to understand the nature of decentralized, programmable money and would hinder the growth of an emergent industry.
It’s a bit of a black box how a President Biden will run his administration, especially regarding financial matters. While campaigned he told rich donors, i.e., Wall Street, “nothing would fundamentally change" if he's elected. And he has gone on to nominate or float financially lenient regulators, such as Janet Yellen, for cabinet positions.
Yellen is on record as saying she believes the U.S. financial regulators should allow blockchain and cryptocurrency projects to develop, saying in 2015 the Federal Reserve and other regulators might have “limited authority” over digital currency systems.
That said, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire believes the incoming administration will “ultimately be supportive of cryptocurrency because it represents a seismic shift as large as the commercial internet.” Allaire’s Circle is part of the CENTRE consortium that oversees the USDC stablecoin.
The Biden administration is “going to be focused on infrastructure changes that make America more competitive, and this is absolutely going to be a core building block in that,” Allaire said on CNBC. He did not comment on the STABLE Act directly, but noted there are moderates in office that believe in constructive approaches to regulation.
If the economy is the biggest story in this election cycle, the growing crypto dollar sector – now over $20 billion – is hard to ignore.
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