Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions… https://www.coindesk.com/vanguard-symbiont-blockchain-foreign-exchange-pilot-with-state-street-bny-mellon-franklin-templeton

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has revamped its digital exchange… https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-com-tech-upgrade-paves-way-for-derivatives-trading

Hester Peirce, one of five commissioners with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been tapped for a second term at the regulatory agency… https://www.coindesk.com/sec-crypto-mom-hester-peirce-tapped-for-second-term-at-us-regulator-report

ZUBR, which began trading in March, said Wednesday it had received in-principle approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider… https://www.coindesk.com/gibraltar-regulator-crypto-derivatives-exchange

Laszlo Hanyecz has the honor of conducting the first commercial Bitcoin transaction: trading 10,000 bitcoin for about $30 worth of pizza… https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-bites-iran-and-russia-revisit-crypto-regulations-bitcoin-pizza-day-10-years-later

During a Monday appearance at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Distributed, Buterin appeared to confirm a July launch date put forth in February by the lead researcher of the Eth. 2.0 project, Justin Drake… https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-clarifies-remarks-on-expected-launch-date-of-eth-2-0

With companies closing, unemployment rising and investors spooked in the age of the pandemic… https://www.coindesk.com/starting-a-bitcoin-startup-during-the-covid-19-crisis-feat-yan-pritzker

The “Great Lockdown” is redrawing the bitcoin mining landscape as the economic crisis makes smaller operations less profitable and access to China’s hardware supply chains crucial… https://www.coindesk.com/in-canada-theyre-essential-in-argentina-theyre-shut-down-bitcoin-miners-reckon-with-covid-19