Life in the Sidechain
ABOUT
- Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain, called "Liquid", is now live.
- The Financial Stability Board says that cryptocurrencies and digital assets are not currently a threat to global financial stability.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission goes after an alleged pump-and-dump scheme involving a $100 million ICO.
- Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini hires another Wall street executive
- Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics Technologies raises over $12 million in a Series A funding round.
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We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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