DIGITAL BUCKS: Former CFTC Chairman J Christopher Giancarlo, former LabCFTC Director Daniel Gorfine and investor Charles Giancarlo want to take the dollar digital – and they're not waiting for the Federal Reserve. The three are forming the Digital Dollar Foundation, working with Accenture to design and push for a potential U.S. central bank digital currency. Full story
CASH AND CRYPTO: The new owner of the Chrysler Building is selling a property worth $135 million to a blockchain real-estate company, taking a fifth of the purchase price in ethereum-based tokenized securities. New York-based RFR Holdings agreed to sell its majority stake in a commercial property in Zurich to BrickMark, a Swiss real estate agency. Full story
DIY INSURANCE: Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has created its own $200 million insurance company to protect clients against the potential loss of coins from its offline vaults. Full story
PRIVATE PAYMENTS: The for-profit entity working on zcash has published a software kit that will help developers support shielded payments on Android and iOS mobile devices. The capability means addresses, transaction amounts and memos within transactions can be obfuscated. Full story
SALE OFF: Japan-based Liquid exchange has cancelled its sale of Telegram's not-yet-launched gram tokens as the SEC lawsuit holds up the launch of the TON network. Full story | 