James Rubin

James Rubin was CoinDesk's Co-Managing Editor, Markets team based on the West Coast. He has written and edited for the Milken Institute, TheStreet.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit, among other organizations. He is also the co-author of the Urban Cyclist's Survival Guide. He owns a small amount of bitcoin.

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‘Open Finance’ Project Findora Launches $100M Ecosystem Fund

The fund will be used for research and to develop new applications and infrastructure.

DeFi Pushes North America to Become World’s Second-Biggest Crypto Market

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Trump Banking Regulator Determined Banks Should Be Allowed to Trade Crypto: Report

But the OCC staff’s ruling was never made public.

Donald Trump

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Top Lawyer for Binance.US Steps Down

Christopher Robins served as Binance.US’s general counsel for just seven months.

Binance to Wind Down Derivatives in Europe, Malaysia Orders Closure

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Reddit Readying an NFT Platform

In a job posting for a senior engineer, the social media giant said that a “rapidly growing team” was looking to build “the largest creator economy on the internet.”

Reddit (Shutterstock)

Regulación

Fed Reserve Governor Quarles Doesn’t See Reasoning Behind CBDCs

Randal Quarles, who also chairs the Financial Stability Board, said he’s not certain how a central bank digital currency could address financial inclusivity concerns.

FSB Chair Randal Quarles (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Multicoin Capital to Raise $250M for Its Third Crypto Fund: Report

The initiative comes less than six months after the investment firm raised $100 million for its second crypto fund.

Multicoin Capital managing partner Tushar Jain (center) speaks at Consensus 2019.

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US Treasury Department Says Cryptocurrencies Could Undermine Sanctions

The agency issued the warning after a six-month review of U.S. sanction programs and recommended the agency itself improve communication with financial institutions and others that touch on the crypto sector.

U.S. Treasury Department seal (Bill Perry/Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

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Tribe Capital to Launch $75M Crypto Fund

The firm has invested 20% of its assets in crypto projects.

San Francisco, where Tribe Capital is based. (Shutterstock)

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Square to Consider Building a Bitcoin Mining System

CEO Jack Dorsey said if the payments service provider begins the initiative, it would follow the open-source model it is using to build a hardware wallet.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

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Second-Biggest Mortgage Provider in US Stops Accepting Crypto Payments

United Wholesale Mortgage’s announcement comes only about six weeks after it said it would begin offering a crypto payment option via a pilot program.

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