The cryptocurrency exchange industry may be far less orthodox than it appears. As revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, a global study of 216 exchange platforms by the regtech startup Coinfirm found 69 percent of exchanges did not have “complete and transparent”…
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Binance Tightens Compliance, Turning to IdentityMind for KYC
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is moving to boost compliance and data security through a new deal with Medici Ventures portfolio firm IdentityMind. IdentityMind announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Binance to “improve existing data protection and…
Privacy Is Vital to Crypto – And the Global Economy
Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. Imagine…
A G20 Crypto Policy? Let’s Hope It’s a Pipe Dream
Marc Hochstein is the managing editor of CoinDesk. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. “Let’s form a committee to explore the formation of an exploratory committee!” OK, that’s not quite…