digital assets
US Lawmakers File Bill to Exempt Cryptocurrencies from Securities Laws
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to exempt cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from securities laws.

Fidelity Is Launching a Crypto Trading Platform
Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest financial services providers, is launching a crypto trading and storage platform.

Blockchain Firm to Raise $24 Billion for Electric Bus Upgrades in China
A blockchain and AI technology firm has scored a major deal to help provide the financing as China upgrades its buses to run on electricity.

A16z Leads Investors in $20 Million Token Presale for Crypto Assets Platform
TrustToken, which aims to put tokenized assets on a blockchain, raised $20 million in a strategic token sale with help from Andreessen Horowitz.

A Porsche Speedster Is Being Turned Into Tokens
TEND, an ethereum-powered marketplace for tokenized luxury goods has partnered with a Porsche dealer to offer its first tokenized car.

Token Trader Templum Just Bought a Broker-Dealer
Blockchain startup Templum has acquired Liquid Markets Group's broker-dealer and alternative trading system Liquid M Capital LLC.

Blockchain Asset Registries: Approaching Enlightenment?
Putting real-world assets on a blockchain may be a promise worth pursuing, but field reports suggest it's an idea still just out of reach.

Assets Will Be Tokens (And It Will Change Finance)
Tokenization of assets will greatly reduce market friction, in part by giving investors unprecedented levels of information, writes Pavel Kravchenko.

Coinbase's GDAX Exchange Sets Out Criteria for Token Listings
Coinbase's digital asset exchange GDAX has released a framework for how it will consider tokens for listing on its platform.

China's ICO Ban: Understandable, Reasonable and (Probably) Temporary
China's ICO ban might not be what it seems, according to CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson. In an OpEd, she argues it's not only reasonable – but temporary.
