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2020. May. 31. 14:20
The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Today's wide-ranging discussion features Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine and Andreas M. Antonopoulos2020. May. 31. 14:20
The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Today's wide-ranging discussion features Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine and Andreas M. Antonopoulos2020. May. 31. 13:00
While institutional capital remains on the digital assets sidelines, family offices have shown willingness to diversify into crypto, says Constantin Kogan of BitBull Capital.2020. May. 30. 13:00
Stablecoins can mediate between central bank digital currencies and the consumer payments universe, says Sila's Alex Lipton.2020. May. 29. 21:22
Stocks across Asia and Europe took a dip Friday and so did bitcoin in anticipation of Trump’s comments on “deeply troubling situations” in Hong Kong.2020. May. 29. 20:36
Amazon has patented a distributed ledger-based system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods.2020. May. 29. 19:00
As the current economic crisis comes into clearer focus, how leading voices from pop culture to crypto including Carlota Perez, The Chainsmokers, Ray Yousseff and many others are reimaging money.2020. May. 29. 18:40
Blockchains aim to democratize influence and control, broadening access to capital and data. But we lack metrics to whether projects achieve decentralization.2020. May. 29. 17:45
Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all announced plans to become prime brokers this month. Here's what the trend reveals about the state of the industry.2020. May. 29. 17:01
Blockchains are flexible new forms of public infrastructure, says Michael Casey. Plus: with China rushing in, Africa is a prime battleground for the future of money.2020. May. 29. 16:54
In the war between Trump and Twitter, decentralized systems may win.2020. May. 29. 16:29
Russia's crypto community is pushing back against a set of bills that could impose onerous restrictions on startups and individuals in the country.2020. May. 29. 16:20
With bitcoin and many traditional markets down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!2020. May. 29. 14:47
Campaigners against Section 230 said Trump’s intervention might derail their cause, but it could offer an opportunity for decentralized tech.2020. May. 29. 14:26
A new TV series tracking the story of Disney-linked blockchain firm Dragonchain was fully funded in cryptocurrency. It's scheduled to go live July 4 on Discovery Science.2020. May. 29. 13:00
Ethereum startup Magic just raised $4 million from investors like Naval Ravikant, SV Angel, Placeholder and Volt Capital to make passwords less of a pain.2020. May. 29. 13:00
The Digital Dollar Project's first white paper describes how a two-tiered system underpinning a tokenized dollar could modernize the U.S. financial system.2020. May. 29. 12:51
Traders can also gloat over how much better bitcoin is performing in 2020 than Goldman Sachs shares.2020. May. 29. 12:17
Bitcoin's bulls are taking a breather as the traditional markets get the jitters over rising tensions between the U.S. and China.2020. May. 29. 10:24
Gibraltar Stock Exchange Group's recently launched GRID venue has tokenized the shares of adtech firm tribeOS.2020. May. 29. 09:31
Nuggets, a digital identity and payments platform, has developed a way to accept deliveries without needing a physical signature to combat a spike in fraud during the coronavirus pandemic.2020. May. 29. 08:00
It's tough getting regulated on "the Rock," says crypto derivatives exchange, ZUBR.2020. May. 28. 22:20
The Twitter account of BSV-based social media platform Twetch was suspended Thursday without warning, said Twetch co-founder Josh Petty.2020. May. 28. 21:42
A member of the Hyperledger Identity Working Group on how we can keep track of COVID-19 without giving up our digital rights.2020. May. 28. 21:11
Bitcoin is riding high as short sellers in the crypto derivatives market get squeezed out, triggering automatic buy orders.2020. May. 28. 19:44
BitClave will pay back over $25 million in a settlement with the SEC stemming from a 2017 token sale.2020. May. 28. 19:03
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov reportedly donated about $90,000 worth of bitcoin to help alleviate the financial burden of COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.2020. May. 28. 19:00
A macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy.2020. May. 28. 17:23
Vitalii Antonenko, 28, has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling reams of payment card data, the proceeds of which he laundered in bitcoin.2020. May. 28. 17:22
BlockTower Capital investors have seen 73% returns over the hedge fund's lifetime.2020. May. 28. 17:18
Goldman's bitcoin research is wrong in key respects. But, as with J.K Rowling, the fault may lie with bitcoiners for not communicating clearly, says an ex-GS staffer.2020. May. 28. 17:02
The Enigma mainnet was rebranded the Secret Network after an on-chain proposal by the community unanimously passed on May 17.2020. May. 28. 16:42
Stellar's Foundation converted its commitment into a loan to help SatoshiPay get through the next year.2020. May. 28. 16:23
Libra can make it easier for Facebook's users to buy goods advertised on its platform, which would incentivize businesses to buy more ads, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.2020. May. 28. 16:03
Coinbase is rolling out its Tezos staking service to the U.K., Spain, France and the Netherlands.2020. May. 28. 16:00
Users of the Compound lending platform will begin earning COMP governance tokens in mid-June.2020. May. 28. 16:00
Goldman talks down cryptocurrencies while Minecraft boots up tokenized assets. It's another episode of Markets Daily from CoinDesk!2020. May. 28. 15:00
A federal court has frozen assets raised from investors in the Meta 1 Coin token sale.2020. May. 28. 14:36
Put options – a bet on bitcoin's price – are declining alongside a rise in the leading cryptocurrency by market cap's price.2020. May. 28. 14:13
Bayer China is tapping VeChain to help it track clinical trial drugs along the blockchain.2020. May. 28. 13:32
Russia's is eyeing use cases for blockchain even as proposed legislation will clamp down on crypto.2020. May. 28. 13:00
The derivatives desk will expand the company’s suite of products as it aims to attract more institutional clients to its newly acquired prime brokerage arm.2020. May. 28. 13:00
Seamless login for the decentralized apps (dapps) of any blockchain. That’s the vision for Torus Labs’ new identity solution, DirectAuth.2020. May. 28. 12:00
During the coronavirus crisis, Handshake may be the leading free-speech-oriented crypto project. But is it just beginner’s luck?2020. May. 28. 12:00
During the coronavirus crisis, Handshake may be the leading free-speech-oriented crypto project. But is it just beginner’s luck?2020. May. 28. 11:47
Chainlink, the blockchain oracle provider, apparently has not only a devoted group of backers known as "LINK Marines," but a surprisingly committed crew of long-term investors. Here's why.2020. May. 28. 11:00
Samsung Blockchain users in the U.S. and Canada can now connect to Gemini’s mobile app to buy, sell and trade crypto.2020. May. 28. 09:43
The finance director of Switzerland's "Crypto Valley" has been denied a request for extra assistance for blockchain and crypto startups affected by coronavirus funding drought.2020. May. 28. 09:02
Players can now drop blockchain assets into their Minecraft servers, enabling ownership over in-game items and currencies.2020. May. 28. 09:02
Players can now drop blockchain assets into their Minecraft servers, enabling ownership over in-game items and currencies.2020. May. 28. 08:00
When coronavirus shutdowns roiled financial markets, BlockTower Capital more than doubled its cryptocurrency hedge fund's previously so-so returns.2020. May. 28. 08:00
When coronavirus shutdowns roiled financial markets, BlockTower Capital more than doubled its cryptocurrency hedge fund's previously so-so returns.2020. May. 27. 22:00
Electronics giant LG joined the Hedera Hashgraph governing council Wednesday. Its the council's first home appliance manufacturer and second Asia-based member.2020. May. 27. 21:40
Prominent researcher Elizabeth Renieris said ID2020 was moving too fast to adopt unproven technology, including distributed ledgers, for immunity passes.2020. May. 27. 21:40
ID2020 was moving too fast to adopt unproven technology, including distributed ledgers, for immunity passes, said prominent researcher Elizabeth Renieris.2020. May. 27. 21:07
Traders were feeling good about bitcoin’s upward trend and pushed it over $9,100 Wednesday.2020. May. 27. 19:54
CoinDesk Confessionals explores the inner psyche of blockchain's leading professionals. Crypto analyst Mati Greenspan discusses missing Y2K and his biggest anti-hero.2020. May. 27. 19:00
The “Rational Optimist” author gives his take on the economic history and possible futures of prosperity’s most important driver: innovation2020. May. 27. 18:22
Goldman Sachs held an investor call Wednesday to discuss current policies for bitcoin, gold and inflation. The stalwart investment bank is still no fan of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.2020. May. 27. 17:41
If stablecoins are used for apparently illegal activity, should issuers step in to stop it? So far, they've been reluctant to do so, says our columnist.2020. May. 27. 16:40
Polkadot launched the blockchain of blockchains while an IMF official said CBDCs could spur financial innovation.2020. May. 27. 16:10
After facing a heavy load of transactions earlier this month, bitcoin's network has returned to a more normal level, recent developments suggest.2020. May. 27. 16:00
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 27. 14:00
Blockchain meets basketball in the newest game from Dapper Labs, the developers of CryptoKitties.2020. May. 27. 13:19
The total amount of bitcoins held in cryptocurrency exchanges wallets dropped to an 18-month low just above 2.3 million on Monday, according to data estimates from Glassnode.2020. May. 27. 13:07
Google is teaming up with Theta Labs in a move meant to help the video delivery network onboard users through Google Cloud.2020. May. 27. 12:00
South Dakota's Kingdom Trust is teaming with Kraken to offer a retirement savings platform where users can manage stocks, ETFs and crypto in one account.2020. May. 27. 12:00
South Dakota's Kingdom Trust is teaming with Kraken to offer a retirement savings platform where users can manage stocks, ETFs and crypto in one account.2020. May. 27. 11:37
Nearly two years after EOS first launched, the so-called "ethereum killer" has been able to surmount some of the problems that have previously hamstrung it. But is that enough?2020. May. 27. 11:00
Crypto exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading for institutional clients.2020. May. 27. 11:00
BitGo is entering the prime brokerage space following the launch of its lending business, announcing a new entity to serve institutional traders.2020. May. 27. 10:19
With historical data suggesting an intermittent correlation, bitcoin traders may do well to keep an eye on the ongoing slide in the yuan, analysts say.2020. May. 27. 10:19
With historical data suggesting an intermittent correlation, bitcoin traders may do well to keep an eye on the ongoing slide in the yuan, analysts say.2020. May. 27. 09:26
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is set to utilize the IBM-Maersk platform to speed up processes after COVID-19 highlighted issues with the existing system.2020. May. 27. 08:31
Via Varejo snapped up the Boston-based firm to further its aim of providing financial services to millions of unbanked Brazilians.2020. May. 26. 21:30
Synthetic CBDCs could let the private sector manage digital currencies backed by central banks, says the IMF's Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli.2020. May. 26. 21:06
While bitcoin has been trending lower, Tuesday’s big winner in the markets are equities.2020. May. 26. 19:00
In a world where conventional wisdom has never been more up for grabs, one VC explains why there is opportunity in alternative narratives.2020. May. 26. 18:31
In the smart home era, we need to take privacy protection into our own hands, says the co-founder of IoTeX. Privacy laws won't help us.2020. May. 26. 18:30
Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1).2020. May. 26. 17:33
Facebook's digital wallet subsidiary has rebranded as Novi while a series of bitcoin transactions cast doubt on Craig Wright's claims.2020. May. 26. 16:08
Some have written off Libra as a watered-down project. But you can see its potential in places where Facebook use is high and payment standards are low.2020. May. 26. 16:00
Remember that time you claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto? It's the inevitable return of CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin News Roundup.2020. May. 26. 15:27
ErisX has released a block trading API for futures contracts and spot market trades to help large traders.2020. May. 26. 14:32
India's commercial banks can indeed provide banking services to traders and firms dealing in cryptocurrencies, the RBI has clarified.2020. May. 26. 14:00
In the run-up to launch, libra's digital wallet subsidiary has been given a new look and a new name: Novi, which means "new way."2020. May. 26. 13:09
The crypto payroll provider claims its "world's first" bitcoin 401(k) plan can help U.S. companies cross the crucial 75% threshold with their small business loans.2020. May. 26. 12:17
CBDCs might seem to be anathema to the mission statement of bitcoin, but they may prove to be a valuable on-ramp for new investors.2020. May. 26. 11:41
Bitcoin briefly crossed back above $9,000 earlier on Tuesday amid signs of an improved risk appetite in the traditional markets.2020. May. 26. 11:00
Halsey Minor’s VideoCoin platform launches Wednesday with fiat payment rails that aim to move the project beyond the limited sphere of crypto.2020. May. 26. 10:33
The web giant is earmarking funding for emerging technologies as it seeks to grow after the COVID-19 epidemic.2020. May. 26. 08:38
A Thailand public-private joint venture has inked a deal with blockchain startup Power Ledger to encourage renewables trading and uptake.2020. May. 26. 05:33
India's largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, has secured a $2.5 million strategic investment led by Polychain Capital with support from Coinbase Ventures.2020. May. 25. 16:20
Zcash (ZEC) is due for its first mining reward halving later this year. The event could solve a major problem for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.2020. May. 25. 14:44
Bitcoin keys from coins Wright claims to own were used to sign a message calling him a "fraud."2020. May. 25. 11:54
While bitcoin is losing altitude, small investors look to be gaining exposure to the top cryptocurrency, data suggests.2020. May. 25. 10:46
Telegram has thrown in the towel in its court battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will no longer be appealing the ban on its blockchain token project.2020. May. 25. 09:34
Binance is forced to "technically" support last week's hard fork of the Steem blockchain, according to the exchange's CEO, Changpeng Zhao.2020. May. 25. 08:00
With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook that they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles.2020. May. 24. 13:00
The Bitcoin halving was like New Year's Eve with no time differences and everyone committed to a nonviolent revolution against financial tyranny.2020. May. 23. 13:00
To reap the full benefits of digital currencies, central bankers need to consider decentralizing some authority, say the authors of a new report.2020. May. 22. 19:00
How the myth-making around Satoshi reinforces what makes bitcoin unique in the landscape of global monies.2020. May. 22. 18:34
The Louisiana State House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to regulate and license virtual currency businesses. A Senate committee will now evaluate the proposal.2020. May. 22. 16:00
Ten years ago today someone spent 10,000 bitcoin on about $30 worth of pizza. Today, nations are redrafting crypto regulation and crypto firms report millions in revenues.2020. May. 22. 15:15
The pandemic is likely to accelerate a shift to automation, putting people out of work and raising the need for new types of money.2020. May. 22. 15:00
Binance and eosfinex are joining the oversight team for Equilibrium, the decentralized finance group behind the EOSDT stablecoin.2020. May. 22. 14:30
Laszo Hanyecz's 10,000 BTC pizza buy 10 years ago has a special place in bitcoin folklore, highlighting, however expensively, that participation is necessary for network success.2020. May. 22. 14:00
The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.2020. May. 22. 13:07
RenBTC, the latest implementation of bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, quietly went live this week, though the general public can't yet mint thier own tokens.2020. May. 22. 13:07
RenBTC, the latest implementation of bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, quietly went live this week, though the general public can't yet mint thier own tokens.2020. May. 22. 12:17
The China-based manufacturer had cut the pricing for its bitcoin miners by half during the first three months.2020. May. 22. 12:00
The cryptocurrency industry just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders, thanks to the World Economic Forum.2020. May. 21. 21:35
Iran's President has ordered officials to develop a new approach to cryptocurrency mining.2020. May. 21. 21:14
Bitcoin fell for a second day as sentiment grew bearish, though some traders say they’ll buy the dip.2020. May. 21. 20:55
While Main Street is shut down, the financial world keeps moving as quickly as ever. That's not a sustainable situation, says our columnist.2020. May. 21. 19:36
Clean bitcoin, dirty bitcoin. Could FATF regulations lead to a bifurcation of the crypto space, one where certain digital assets trade at lower prices?2020. May. 21. 19:35
The stablecoin would help facilitate trade among four Asian countries, which is key to economic recovery in the region after coronavirus, proponents said.2020. May. 21. 19:09
The Kin Foundation is offering a peek under the hood of its operations with a new transparency report published with Messari.2020. May. 21. 19:00
The coronavirus pandemic is putting more pressure than ever before on the already structurally weakened European economic and political landscape.2020. May. 21. 17:22
Yesterday 50 BTC moved from a long-dormant wallet. Today we look at a theory rethinking bitcoin's total supply.2020. May. 21. 17:15
Anchorage now has six executives in its C-suite, hiring a head of finance and head of sales with experience in both tech and Wall Street.2020. May. 21. 16:39
It doesn't take long to learn how to trade, but it takes a lifetime to learn how to manage risk, says Jeff Dorman, CIO at Arca.2020. May. 21. 16:00
Spoooky! BTC saw a ghost Wednesday and scared the markets. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 21. 15:58
Harsh new rules for using and issuing digital assets without a license might soon become law in Russia.2020. May. 21. 14:20
Bittrex says it will return all confiscated steem tokens that got "rescued" soon after yesterday's hard fork.2020. May. 21. 13:00
Here's why Kyber Network's KNC is this season's hottest token across decentralized cryptocurrency markets.2020. May. 21. 13:00
Digital currency trader and lender Genesis Global Trading is moving toward full-service prime brokerage with the acquisition of crypto custodian Vo1t.2020. May. 21. 11:39
Rumor spread Bitcoin's mysterious founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was moving early-mined bitcoin.2020. May. 21. 10:08
Bitcoin is struggling to gather upside traction despite positive developments on the macro and technical fronts.2020. May. 21. 09:27
Block.one has issued its own set of criteria to use when voting for EOS block producers, perhaps controversially including where they are based.2020. May. 21. 08:18
The online retailer has finally handed out its digital dividend to shareholders after delays hit last year's planned distribution.2020. May. 21. 04:00
IBM has become a shareholder in we.trade, the blockchain-based trade-finance platform jointly owned by 12 European banks.2020. May. 21. 04:00
IBM has become a shareholder in we.trade, the blockchain-based trade-finance platform jointly owned by 12 European banks.2020. May. 20. 21:49
A new bill in Congress asks the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to consider a national blockchain strategy.2020. May. 20. 20:44
Downward bitcoin prices could impact stakeholders more than ever before, including derivatives traders and miners.2020. May. 20. 19:55
Crypto lender Nexo minted $4 million in dai on MakerDAO using synthetic bitcoin token WBTC as collateral. Here's why that matters.2020. May. 20. 19:10
Want to bet the price of ether is rising relative to the price of bitcoin? There's now a token for precisely that.2020. May. 20. 19:00
Despite the specter of inflation from money printing, the dollar has gained strength. Here’s why that’s a problem - for everyone.2020. May. 20. 19:00
Despite the specter of inflation from money printing, the dollar has gained strength. Here’s why that’s a problem - for everyone.2020. May. 20. 18:13
Bitcoin tumbled 6% in the span of an hour on Wednesday, bringing a quick end to a four-day rally.2020. May. 20. 17:53
The Citizen app, which normally fights crime, is now tracing coronavirus cases. Is your data safe with a powerful private company?2020. May. 20. 17:43
50 bitcoin held in an inactive wallet since 2009 were moved Wednesday, but there's little to support the belief that creator Satoshi Nakamoto mined those coins.2020. May. 20. 16:30
Rick Falkvinge is an advocate for bitcoin cash (BCS) and the creator of the Swedish Pirate Party, a political party that lobbies for individual freedoms and reforms pertaining to file sharing, copyright and patents. Falkvinge began exploring bitcoin in 2011, and has described bitcoin as the “Napster of banking,” in reference to the former peer-to-peer […]2020. May. 20. 16:18
Big Tech firms outlined the dangers of letting the US fall behind in strategic blockchain initiatives while a former Coinbase lawyer is moving to a top government seat.2020. May. 20. 16:00
Bitcoin's halving busted a lot of miners while Samsung adds blockchain e-gaming. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 20. 14:51
Brazil’s national competition regulator is about to decide the fate of its investigation of whether some of the largest banks in the country illegally refused to bank local crypto brokers.2020. May. 20. 14:51
Brazil’s national competition regulator is about to decide the fate of its investigation on whether some of the largest banks in the country wrongly locked local crypto brokers out of financial services.2020. May. 20. 14:44
The Steem hard fork nabbed the tokens of dissenting community members. Soon after, though, the tokens were said to have been diverted.2020. May. 20. 14:16
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance.2020. May. 20. 14:11
The U.S. Department of Defense can’t afford to lose the global military blockchain race to Russia and China, warns a new private sector whitepaper.2020. May. 20. 13:00
Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic has added 87 new tokens to its analytics offering, expanding its reach to 97% of digital assets by trading volume.2020. May. 20. 12:03
With staking and a surge of demand for stablecoins, Ethereum has everything it needs to become a viable store-of-value network.2020. May. 20. 11:54
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" just fell 6%, giving small-scale miners a reprieve. But this is only a small dip before an even steeper ascent.2020. May. 20. 11:45
Investors in Tokensoft's $4 million series seed round received a digital form of their equity using Ethereum.2020. May. 20. 11:29
Open interest in bitcoin options listed on the Panama-based exchange jumped to a record $1 billion Tuesday, according to data from Skew.2020. May. 20. 10:23
THETA.tv will soon be available on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S20 smartphones shipped to the U.S.2020. May. 20. 09:27
Superhero lets users increase exposure to their content and receive tips without sharing personal data.2020. May. 20. 08:51
A bug in tBTC meant the dapp couldn't tell different bitcoin addresses apart, the team has disclosed.2020. May. 20. 08:51
A bug in tBTC meant the dapp couldn't tell different bitcoin addresses apart, the team has disclosed.2020. May. 20. 07:00
A new documentary – “Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution” – explores the role of cryptocurrencies in African economies.2020. May. 20. 04:00
Jack Dorsey's mobile payments company Square allows users to set up automatic bitcoin payments.2020. May. 20. 02:11
The Bitcoin network just fine-tuned a key parameter to coax back miners who quit after last week's halving hammered their profits.2020. May. 20. 00:43
Brian Brooks, a former Coinbase lawyer and the No. 2 at a U.S. banking regulator, may soon take the top job – at least, temporarily.2020. May. 19. 20:50
Ether is outperforming bitcoin in 2020 but has lower liquidity and different technical dynamics than the world’s largest cryptocurrency.2020. May. 19. 20:50
Ether is outperforming bitcoin in 2020 but has lower liquidity and different technical dynamics than the world’s largest cryptocurrency.2020. May. 19. 19:30
The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin’s price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist.2020. May. 19. 19:21
As a wobbly recovery tries to take hold, was the coronavirus pandemic simply the pinprick on a larger economic bubble?2020. May. 19. 18:35
The Puell Multiple shows bitcoin may still be undervalued.2020. May. 19. 18:00
Legislation proposed this week would make it increasingly difficult, and risky, for cryptocurrency exchanges to sell bitcoin in Iran.2020. May. 19. 17:35
Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets.2020. May. 19. 16:31
When a famed macro investor like Paul Tudor Jones invests in Bitcoin, you know it's a serious play. Next step: central banks buying crypto too.2020. May. 19. 16:28
A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations.2020. May. 19. 16:01
Harmony announced Tuesday that its mainnet has now incorporated staking, allowing users to earn ONE tokens for locking in their current holdings.2020. May. 19. 16:00
BTC hits a golden cross while hackers break into COVID-19 researching supercomputers. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 19. 14:15
What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist.2020. May. 19. 14:11
The hacker compromised an employee's phone and gained access to users' personal information, including their names and addresses, but BlockFi says no funds were affected.2020. May. 19. 14:11
The hacker compromised an employee's phone and gained access to users' personal information, including their names and addresses, but BlockFi says no funds were affected.2020. May. 19. 14:03
Robert Werner is the second former FinCEN staffer to join the Libra Association this month.2020. May. 19. 14:00
The former JPMorgan blockchain leads at Kadena have inked a deal to use Chainlink’s oracles for pricing crypto assets on Kadena's high-throughput network.2020. May. 19. 12:58
The trading engine for BitMEX, formerly the largest bitcoin derivatives exchange measured by open interest, is offline at press time.2020. May. 19. 12:58
The trading engine for BitMEX, formerly the largest bitcoin derivatives exchange by open interest, was offline for a period Tuesday.2020. May. 19. 12:48
The plaintiffs – a crypto fund and an individual investor – are seeking compensatory damages from Block.one and other defendants.2020. May. 19. 12:00
Led by Swiss crypto exchange Lykke, a $200,000 initiative to fund tech-driven COVID-19 relief projects has tapped ex-CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo as its advisor.2020. May. 19. 12:00
Led by Swiss crypto exchange Lykke, a $200,000 initiative to fund tech-driven COVID-19 relief projects has tapped ex-CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo as its advisor.2020. May. 19. 11:55
Bitcoin mining is set to get easier, as the network undergoes an expected difficulty adjustment on Tuesday – the first since last week's reward halving.2020. May. 19. 11:13
Bitcoin's price uptrend could gather pace following the confirmation of the golden crossover in the next few days.2020. May. 19. 09:13
An amended lawsuit accuses the chip maker of concealing $1 billion in graphics processing unit sales to crypto miners to downplay risk to long-term profits.2020. May. 19. 08:00
A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials.2020. May. 19. 07:00
DTCC, the plumber to capital markets’ quadrillion-dollar pipes, is wondering if DLT can boost securities processing2020. May. 19. 04:00
Antitrust agencies should reconsider blockchains as they can help them fight monopolies, Vitalik Buterin and Thibault Schrepel argue in a new paper.2020. May. 18. 22:05
Developers of ether mixer Tornado Cash have destroyed their admin keys, turning the privacy tool into permissionless code.2020. May. 18. 20:52
Bitcoin treaded water in the high $9,000 range Monday as stocks rallied and traders wondered when the cryptocurrency would break five digits again.2020. May. 18. 19:09
BMA LLC, which two weeks ago sued Ripple, has now accused crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX of orchestrating the largest financial crime in U.S. history.2020. May. 18. 19:00
A blueprint for redesigning society as the world shifts from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Age.2020. May. 18. 18:47
Tether, the oldest and largest stablecoin tied to the U.S dollar, has fallen below par value for the longest stretch since bitcoin dropped to 12-month lows in March.2020. May. 18. 18:15
The headline feature of the new Uniswap will be the ability for anyone to create any token pair they want, so long as it exists on Ethereum.2020. May. 18. 17:05
Thesis shut down tBTC after two days on due to a bug, and plans to release details once all users have withdrawn their funds.2020. May. 18. 16:48
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period.2020. May. 18. 16:26
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated.2020. May. 18. 16:00
BTC can't seem to break $10K while JK Rowling gets an earful. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. May. 18. 13:33
Wealth and age determine when and how 250 million Americans get their stimulus payments, says our columnist J.P. Koning.2020. May. 18. 13:03
a16z says high quality projects in the past cycle (some being startups in its own portfolio) will drive growth in the next.2020. May. 18. 12:00
Bakkt has onboarded 70 clients to its custody services, and signed a deal with insurance broker Marsh to provide customers with an optional extra $500 million of coverage.2020. May. 18. 11:49
Bitcoin's recent price rally and industry optimism contrast with the downbeat tone in the U.S. stock market. Even Visa's CEO says digital currencies could be "additive to the payments ecosystem."2020. May. 18. 11:49
Bitcoin's recent price rally and industry optimism contrast with the downbeat tone in the U.S. stock market. Even Visa's CEO says digital currencies could be "additive to the payments ecosystem."2020. May. 18. 10:37
Bitcoin's upward move looks to have stalled amid gold's rally to 7.5-year highs. But analysts think it's only a matter of time before bitcoin begins drawing stronger haven demand.2020. May. 18. 10:00
The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space.2020. May. 18. 10:00
The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space.2020. May. 18. 09:00
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining.2020. May. 18. 08:00
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life.2020. May. 18. 04:05
Synthetix is putting over $40,000 in crypto on the line to entice users to try out the faster beta of its decentralized exchange (DEX).2020. May. 15. 22:12
It broke J.K. Rowling's Time Line.2020. May. 15. 21:29
It took only three (3) hours for Crypto Twitter to scare JK Rowling away from bitcoin.2020. May. 15. 20:57
Bitcoin attempted to recover from a price dip on Friday as global stock indexes end the week lower.2020. May. 15. 19:00
The third part of The Breakdown’s Money Reimagined series looks at the role of bitcoin and USD stablecoins in the new global monetary order.2020. May. 15. 17:48
Tendermint and Cosmos developer (and part-time pirate) Sunny Aggarwal is the latest intriguing soul to take the CoinDesk Confesssional questionnaire.2020. May. 15. 17:10
Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake.2020. May. 15. 17:10
Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake.2020. May. 15. 17:00
Crypto.com is now shipping its crypto-to-fiat card, the MCO Visa, across the European Union.2020. May. 15. 16:00
BTC hovers at $9K while Australia knocks out Bitcoin sales. This is CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. May. 15. 14:40
Forty-six central banks would consider a broader form of distributed ledger technology for a CBDC but aren't crazy about putting it on a blockchain.2020. May. 15. 14:00
CoinMarketCap's new exchange ranking gives its new owner Binance a perfect score. The site's CEO said the decision was in part based on the Twitter "presence and feed" of the exchange's CEO.2020. May. 15. 13:28
From bitcoin mining workshops to VR meetings about VR meetings, everything you need to know for the last day of Consensus: Distributed.2020. May. 15. 13:02
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency.2020. May. 15. 12:39
Bakkt's eagerly awaited debut offers new ways for institutions to get exposure to bitcoin. And it's just getting started.2020. May. 15. 12:20
Bitcoin is rallying again, and some analysts are taking a closer look at data extracted from the underlying blockchain for signals on whether cryptocurrency miners are buying or selling. Or if they're HODLing.2020. May. 15. 12:20
Bitcoin is rallying again, and some analysts are taking a closer look at data extracted from the underlying blockchain for signals on whether cryptocurrency miners are buying or selling. Or if they're HODLing.2020. May. 15. 11:56
Investor interest in bitcoin options listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange peaked to record highs in the days after Monday's halving event.2020. May. 15. 10:00
The woman is believed to be involved in a crypto money-laundering syndicate, according to a report.2020. May. 15. 10:00
The woman is believed to be involved in a crypto money-laundering syndicate, according to a report.2020. May. 15. 10:00
The woman is believed to be involved in a crypto money-laundering syndicate, according to a report.2020. May. 15. 09:00
One of the oldest crypto custodians, BitGo has started securing crypto assets at India's largest exchange by trade volume, CoinDCX.2020. May. 15. 08:00
Internal documents show that Pantera Capital's bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts.2020. May. 15. 08:00
Pantera Capital internal documents show the investment firm's bitcoin fund vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset funds.2020. May. 14. 23:00
One of the Singapore government’s two sovereign wealth funds, Temasek, is joining the Libra Association, alongside Paradigm and Slow Ventures in the latest round of additions to the stablecoin project.2020. May. 14. 23:00
Temasek, one of Singapore’s two state-owned investment vehicles, is among the latest firms to join the Libra Association, the consortium Facebook set up to create a global digital currency.2020. May. 14. 21:43
IBM, We.Trade and Microsoft executives spoke about the trials and tribulations of capitalizing on enterprise-grade blockchain at Consensus: Distributed.2020. May. 14. 21:16
Some backers of the now-shelved TON blockchain project are in talks to sue Telegram over their refund structure.2020. May. 14. 20:49
Bitcoin has seen double-digit gains in price since the halving. Institutional investors doing more trading in crypto options on CME is a sign of continued interest.2020. May. 14. 20:49
CoinShares' Demirors on her legacy: "My memoir will be short and sweet - 'Meltem. She had a good time.'"2020. May. 14. 20:49
CoinShares' Demirors on her legacy: "My memoir will be short and sweet - 'Meltem. She had a good time.'"2020. May. 14. 20:49
CoinShares' Demirors on her legacy: "My memoir will be short and sweet - 'Meltem. She had a good time.'"2020. May. 14. 19:00
As the COVID-19 crisis grows, some industries will recover quickly, but some won’t recover at all. In this episode we help you understand which is which.2020. May. 14. 18:01
Copper's ClearLoop tool lets two parties finalize all details of a trade before transferring the seller's assets to the buyer's possession, rather than force the seller to store these assets on an exchange.2020. May. 14. 17:15
London-based Bequant becomes one of only a few companies in crypto to offer a full range of prime brokerage services for hedge funds.2020. May. 14. 16:30
Ether whales are headed to bitcoin while Reddit rolls out Community Points. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. May. 14. 15:58
The firm is soon to launch the first test network for its new blockchain designed to bring new safeguards for financial institutions working with security tokens.2020. May. 14. 15:26
Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed.2020. May. 14. 14:53
Telegram's Pavel Durov rails against the SEC's "ossification." But his TON project was always on shaky ground legally-speaking, says Preston Byrne.2020. May. 14. 14:11
Today at Consensus: Distributed you'll hear from IBM, EY and ING Bank executives on enterprise blockchain profitability and Nic Carter on coin metrics.2020. May. 14. 13:24
The Proof of Stake Alliance has released a set of recommendations for entities securing a proof-of-stake network to avoid drawing the ire of regulators.2020. May. 14. 13:00
Ledn is now offering USDC stablecoin savings accounts through a partnership with the crypto lending and trading conglomerate Genesis.2020. May. 14. 12:52
Silvergate was among the first U.S. financial institutions to embrace the crypto industry, and it's not letting go.2020. May. 14. 12:00
Even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell says negative interest rates are not on the cards, the remaining possibility might be rekindling traders' spirits – or at least refocusing attention on bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.2020. May. 14. 12:00
Even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell says negative interest rates are not on the cards, the remaining possibility might be rekindling traders' spirits – or at least refocusing attention on bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.2020. May. 14. 10:42
While bitcoin is fast reversing its pre-halving price drop, hash-rate data suggests miners are still leaving the network.2020. May. 14. 09:52
Binance managed to see an alert and freeze the stolen funds in little more than half an hour.2020. May. 14. 09:10
The e-commerce firm is hoping to persuade a judge in the Utah District Court to throw out a class-action securities fraud lawsuit relating to the firm's security token dividend and its effect on short sellers.2020. May. 14. 02:07
Reddit has unveiled its "community points" offering members a way to earn a "piece of their favorite communities," built right on top of the blockchain.2020. May. 13. 22:27
Consensus: Distributed saw discussions over the constitutionality of FATF's Travel Rule and why regulators want DeFi in the U.S.2020. May. 13. 21:15
IOV Labs, which builds platforms secured by bitcoin’s hash rate, launched Wednesday a light client for the Lumino Payments Network, its smart contract-compatible rival to the lightning network2020. May. 13. 20:40
A slowly rising bitcoin price might not help some miners run profitable operations now that the halving is in the past.2020. May. 13. 20:32
F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun tells Consensus: Distributed why he chose a $2.3T NY Times headline for Bitcoin's last block before the halving.2020. May. 13. 20:05
Benjamin Lawsky, the former regulator who created New York’s BitLicense in 2015, joined a bitcoin fund manager nearly a year before it applied for, and received, the license.2020. May. 13. 19:04
The CEO of Tezos reveals her biggest fear, and what inspires her most, in an all new CoinDesk Confessional.2020. May. 13. 19:04
The CEO of Tezos reveals her biggest fear, and what inspires her most, in an all new CoinDesk Confessional.2020. May. 13. 19:00
A conversation with the “Price of Tomorrow” author on the key structural challenge looming over the global economy.2020. May. 13. 18:36
The seven-day average of the number of unique addresses holding 10,000 ethers or more fell to 1,050 on Tuesday. That's the lowest level since January 2019.2020. May. 13. 17:01
More than 70,000 crypto-related SARs had been filed with FinCEN since 2013, director Kenneth Blanco said Wednesday.2020. May. 13. 17:01
More than 70,000 crypto-related SARs had been filed with FinCEN since 2013, director Kenneth Blanco said Wednesday.2020. May. 13. 16:06
Join us on a walking tour of the sights and sounds of Decentraland led by noted LAND lovers DCL Blogger and DCG’s Barry Silbert. We start at the Centre Genesis Plaza (0,0) then we go on check out some art, pop by the convention center, visit a museum, and wrap up with a chat at […]2020. May. 13. 16:04
Andreessen Horowitz-backed dYdX released its Bitcoin Perpetual Contract out of private alpha on Wednesday, bringing a key BTC derivatives product to DeFi.2020. May. 13. 14:09
The subscription model offers smaller frequent traders a flat fee monthly, something normally only major clients get.2020. May. 13. 13:50
Your guide to Consensus: Distributed, Day 3: FATF, DeFi and why Bitcoin is still king.2020. May. 13. 13:00
The bank said the blockchain letter-of-credit transaction – between mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese firm Baosteel – was the first to be denominated in yuan.2020. May. 13. 12:45
“It’s not a total coincidence that all of us who saw the potential of crypto also saw the potential of coronavirus to exponentially grow.”2020. May. 13. 12:40
“Eventually the old people will die, the rules will go with them, and newer generations will set the cultural norms. As entrepreneurs, it’s part of our role to bring those new concepts into the world.”2020. May. 13. 12:40
"A lot of people call it digital nomadism, but it’s more than just that. [It’s about] wanting to build communities all over the world."2020. May. 13. 12:40
Adriana Belotti is the person at the party who can stop talking about bitcoin.2020. May. 13. 12:40
The co-founder of Ujo Music, the Ethereal festival and an organizer of Node Republik, a Burning Man camp for ConsenSys workers and Ethereum enthusiasts.2020. May. 13. 12:40
There’s another upside to using Sarafu over Kenya Shillings during the Covid-19 outbreak – users don’t have to touch it.2020. May. 13. 12:40
“Digital everything is going to become a thing, and the only thing that’s missing right now is a true global money that’s run on the internet.”2020. May. 13. 12:40
"This really makes the libertarian case... our world fell apart all around us, and the only thing that really mattered was whether you yourself were ready."2020. May. 13. 12:39
Not defined by age, country or class, Generation C is bound by a willingness to question mainstream narratives.2020. May. 13. 12:13
Bitcoin is the reason why we're writing these words and you’re reading them now. The first crypto still dominates the industry.2020. May. 13. 12:00
The anemic price action surrounding bitcoin's third halving has led to head-scratching over why the cryptocurrency didn't moon. One possibility: Derivatives are bringing more price discovery.2020. May. 13. 11:00
Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to accredited investors on CoinList.2020. May. 13. 11:00
Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to investors on CoinList.2020. May. 13. 10:10
Bitcoin is hovering close to $9,000 amid rising speculation the U.S. could ultimately adopt negative interest rates.2020. May. 13. 09:17
A rise in cryptocurrency and coronavirus investment scams in New Zealand's Pacific islands has prompted authorities to launch awareness campaign.2020. May. 13. 08:27
Agtech startup Agri10x is working with India's government to better connect small-scale farmers to global buyers, using blockchain to cut out the middleman.2020. May. 13. 08:27
Agtech startup Agri10x is working with India's government to better connect small-scale farmers to global buyers, using blockchain to cut out the middleman.2020. May. 13. 05:02
The IRS is emailing crypto startups with an offer to "assist our Revenue Agents in calculating taxpayers' gains or losses as a result of their transactions involving virtual currency."2020. May. 12. 23:52
The world is growing comfortable with digital assets: JP Morgan banks crypto, England discusses CBDCs and Sheila Warren a place for privacy coins.2020. May. 12. 23:31
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin: “I defer to the client devs on timelines and if they are now saying ‘Q3’ more broadly then I believe them.”2020. May. 12. 20:57
Based on the rise of daily active bitcoin addresses, the highest number since 2018, interest could continue now that the halving is complete.2020. May. 12. 20:50
Close to 17,000 have made a claim for defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX's assets, its bankruptcy monitor reported Tuesday.2020. May. 12. 19:01
The value of assets for all stablecoins surpassed $10 billion as more cryptocurrency traders prefer alternative cryptocurrencies using dollar-backed digital tokens instead of bitcoin, according to Coin Metrics data.2020. May. 12. 19:00
From gaming and entertainment to the future of the banking industry, live interviews at the Consensus: Distributed virtual summit.2020. May. 12. 18:00
R3, the company behind the Corda blockchain, is edging ever closer to Ethereum, with news of a partnership with enterprise software startup Kaleido.2020. May. 12. 17:08
The Bank of England will not budge on its design principles for any future CBDC.2020. May. 12. 17:03
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the company is abandoning its TON blockchain project after losing an initial court fight with the SEC.2020. May. 12. 16:22
With the third Bitcoin halving in the rear view mirror, Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup for look at price movements, problematic privacy and more...2020. May. 12. 16:06
The blockchain analytics firm is launching an initiative to pitch itself to central banks as both a tech partner and a guiding influence on future digital currency projects.2020. May. 12. 15:59
The Bank of Mauritius is inching closer to issuing a retail-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC), its governor confirmed Tuesday.2020. May. 12. 14:36
FireBlocks' CEO was quick to dampen enthusiasm for libra.2020. May. 12. 13:36
Here's the rundown on what not to miss.2020. May. 12. 13:00
The U.S. banking giant is providing deposit and withdrawal transactions for the exchanges' U.S. users, as well as other services.2020. May. 12. 12:13
How's the global crypto community copi during the COVID-19 crisis? Jeff Wilser checks in with groups in seven locations.2020. May. 12. 11:55
A coded-in message on the blockchain harked back the the genesis of the original cryptocurrency.2020. May. 12. 11:40
Bitcoin's price volatility has declined following the network's third mining reward halving event on Monday.2020. May. 12. 11:32
Bringing big business to the Ethereum's public blockchain is key to reaching "world computer" status, and Besu may be the project to do it.2020. May. 12. 10:00
Binance is betting on Indonesia as a promising market for cryptocurrency trading.2020. May. 12. 09:00
RAKBank aims to speed up remittances for Bangladeshi expats after integrating with RippleNet.2020. May. 12. 08:00
IBM is implementing the Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 base layer to support smart contract governance on its blockchain platform.2020. May. 12. 01:11
Chainlink may be solving part of the problem that first drove Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s interest in decentralized applications.2020. May. 11. 22:38
"I envision a world where a Kevin Hart token can trade for a Lebron James token can trade for a Serena Williams token," Spencer Dinwiddie said.2020. May. 11. 22:23
Get all the news from the first day of Consensus: Distributed, including the latest on Bitcoin's third halving. (And, who had the best Zoom backgrounds?)2020. May. 11. 21:57
Hut 8's Q1 2020 earnings fell, pulled lower by falling revenue, decreased EBITDA and increased collateral requirements.2020. May. 11. 21:21
Author Jeff John Roberts is joined by Fred Ehrsam to talk about the rise of CoinBase and Ehrsam’s experience in crypto. Fred Ehrsam, who co-founded Coinbase, said that crypto has been good to him. “I feel like as somebody who works in crypto, we’re pretty lucky in this time,” he said. “I feel like crypto […]2020. May. 11. 20:43
With the highly anticipated bitcoin halving reducing new mining supply, what are crypto traders thinking about upcoming market behavior?2020. May. 11. 19:26
Bitcoin's third halving, a once-every-four-years occurrence and the most anticipated event this year in the cryptocurrency industry, has finally happened.2020. May. 11. 19:00
The story behind the soundbite: why one of the world’s most famous investors is betting on bitcoin as a hedge against a new inflation era.2020. May. 11. 18:51
During Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk is raising money for COVID-19 relief using an innovative method called quadratic funding.2020. May. 11. 17:48
Mass adoption is on everyone's mind. Here are the shows at Consensus: Distributed you'll want to catch on crypto going mainstream.2020. May. 11. 17:00
Brian Brooks, now a US banking regulator, said creating a federal license for crypto startups might make more sense than subjecting them to 50 different state money transmitter approvals.2020. May. 11. 16:01
Binance US has launched an OTC trading portal for major orders above $10,0002020. May. 11. 15:00
Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer.2020. May. 11. 14:37
Ethereum's founder says the network's big upgrade is on track to launch in July, bringing proof of stake and new scalability features to the network.2020. May. 11. 14:11
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said there may be “too much privacy” associated with government-issued cash, noting the prevalence of money laundering and its widespread use for storing and moving the proceeds from corruption.2020. May. 11. 14:11
ErisX is launching physically settled ether futures contracts, it announced Monday.2020. May. 11. 14:00
Crypto.com has gathered a record-breaking $360 million worth of insurance to cover the potential loss of coins stored in special offline vaults.2020. May. 11. 13:56
Gavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create at Consensus: Distributed.2020. May. 11. 13:45
"We’re watching the birthing of a store of value, and whether that succeeds or not only time will tell," he told CNBC.2020. May. 11. 13:20
Bitcoin's third halving, Consensus:Distributed and a pullback after the bulls make another run at $10,000. It's Markets Daily from CoinDesk.2020. May. 11. 13:00
Canada-based crypto exchange VirgoCX has turned to enterprise infrastructure technology platform Ledger Vault to provide custody solutions for retail and institutional clients.2020. May. 11. 12:17
Consensus: Distributed kicks off on the same day as Bitcoin's big day. Here's what to watch to stay up to date on the halving.2020. May. 11. 12:00
Just 48% of respondents to Edelman's Trust Barometer indicated they believe in the potential of cryptocurrency, but this figure still shows double-digit growth year over year.2020. May. 11. 12:00
Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.2020. May. 11. 11:55
BitMEX liquidated over $250 million-worth of bitcoin long-short positions after spot prices fell sharply Sunday.2020. May. 11. 11:53
The European Central Bank is looking into what a retail central bank digital currency form of the euro might look like, executive member Yves Mersch said.2020. May. 11. 11:51
Blockchain Bites will publish twice daily throughout Consensus: Distributed, setting the schedule and rounding up what you may have missed.2020. May. 11. 11:25
The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin's price pulls back just before the event.2020. May. 11. 11:19
China's central bank, part of CoinDesk's new 50 list, is a pioneer of central digital currencies. Now the rest of the world is racing to catch up.2020. May. 11. 00:47
There is a notable shift in the style and profile of bitcoin miners, towards more sophisticated structures and financial engineering.2020. May. 09. 18:44
At-home working opens up security issues for crypto. Oxford University researcher (and Consensus speaker) David Shrier outlines ways to mitigate the risk.2020. May. 09. 14:00
“There’s no easy answers” for bitcoin companies, says lawyer Preston Byrne.2020. May. 09. 13:13
Bitmain remains at the center of the crypto economy. But, in China, "mining avengers" are racing to catch up.2020. May. 09. 11:00
Why beauty mogul Michelle Phan says her 8.9 million YouTube subscribers are ready for bitcoin: "They want to know how to protect their purchasing power."2020. May. 09. 00:07
Telegram will fork over bank records and communications with its investors in an agreement with the SEC as part of the agency's ongoing lawsuit.2020. May. 08. 21:49
Someone has just taken over a Youtube channel and started doing a Live broadcast using a Richard Branson interview and adding misleading text. Victims are promised they get 2x their money back if they only send a certain amount to an address.
Remember: there is no such thing as a free lunch. There are no give-aways where you have to send money first.
The channel was renamed to “Richard Branson” to try to give legitimacy but the profile picture hasn’t changed. Perhaps it was changed but takes a long time to propagate and is cached for now.
The scam address has received one transaction so far, of 0.3 BTC value. That is a lot to pay for a lesson this simple.
2020. May. 08. 20:18
Casual investors are hearing about bitcoin more often while professionals are taking advantage of a growing derivatives market.2020. May. 08. 19:51
Open interest for CME bitcoin futures made a new all-time high of just under $500 million on Friday. CME’s bitcoin futures market are growing faster than nearly every other bitcoin futures market on a percentage and real growth basis.2020. May. 08. 19:35
New Zealand’s central bank is looking for a Head of Money and Cash to focus "on the future of money” and be a "thought leader" for digital currency.2020. May. 08. 19:12
Nearly 85% — or 25.79 million — of addresses holding bitcoin are now “in-the-money.”2020. May. 08. 19:00
Could the dollar be replaced by a single new dominant currency like China’s DCEP, or is a multipolar currency world more likely?2020. May. 08. 19:00
Could the dollar be replaced by a single new, dominant currency like China’s DCEP, or is a multipolar currency world more likely? Presented in documentary podcast and full transcript formats.2020. May. 08. 18:36
Bixin is launching a $66M fund, Massive Adoption's Jacob Kostecki is getting sued and Filecoin is delivering physical hard drives.2020. May. 08. 17:07
The Fed is handing Wall Street an asset inflation payoff while Main Street stares down the barrel of deflation. But bitcoin may benefit.2020. May. 08. 17:07
The Fed is handing Wall Street an asset inflation payoff while Main Street stares down the barrel of deflation. But bitcoin may benefit.2020. May. 08. 16:45
"Wherever I sit, is going to be the Binance office," says Changpeng "CZ" Zhao.2020. May. 08. 16:00
Bitcoin bumps against six figures while a cancelled crypto event draws legal ire. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 08. 14:00
Some Americans are still waiting for stimulus support. Would a digital dollar have helped disburse funds? Here's a breakdown of the debate.2020. May. 08. 13:30
Crypto adoption is up from Argentina to Venezuela, especially bitcoin and stablecoins like dai. But each market is unique.2020. May. 08. 13:12
Taking on powerful forces in the surveillance economy was never going to be easy. But Brendan Eich and Brave are making a good fist of it.2020. May. 08. 13:12
Developers can now access the tools needed to manage a full-scale Enterprise Ethereum network through Microsoft's tech marketplace.2020. May. 08. 13:00
Bitfinex says the perpetual swap provides investors with a less volatile form of exposure compared to a plain-vanilla bitcoin futures contract.2020. May. 08. 12:27
Open contracts on bitcoin options rose to record highs on Thursday as the cryptocurrency’s price rose into five figures. It's not necessarily a bullish sign, though.2020. May. 08. 12:15
The crypto markets are in a permanent state of flux. Meet the traders who know how to read the room.2020. May. 08. 11:49
With bitcoin's halving event almost upon us, Google Trends shows searches for "halving" or "bitcoin halving" are far higher than for the same event in 2016.2020. May. 08. 10:19
The bank has signed up to a blockchain-based trade finance network from Contour with the aim of bringing corporate settlements into the digital realm.2020. May. 08. 09:40
After Micree Ketuan Zhan, the exiled co-founder of Bitmain, moved to reinstate his position after another partial legal victory over his former employer, tensions reportedly escalated into a physical brawl.2020. May. 08. 09:00
A lawsuit filed by David Silver on behalf of Massive Adoption attendees alleges fraud, unjust enrichment and breach of contract on the part of organizer Jacob Kostecki after they did not receive refunds for the canceled crypto conference.2020. May. 08. 08:00
Coinstar, the coin counting kiosk maker hosting 3,500 Coinme bitcoin ATMs, is considering doubling that count after a surge in usage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.2020. May. 08. 06:04
A key lawmaker in the California Assembly has proposed exempting some digital assets from the state’s definition of corporate securities.2020. May. 08. 04:10
Bixin, one of the earliest bitcoin miner operators and wallet startups, is dedicating 6600 bitcoin, worth $66 million, to a new fund of funds.2020. May. 07. 23:40
Bitcoin's price has broken the $10,000 barrier just days before its next halving.2020. May. 07. 21:14
The CFTC alleged three individuals and affiliated entities defrauded crypto and binary options investors out of $20 million over 5 years.2020. May. 07. 20:31
Bitcoin’s price keeps gaining as people increasingly talk about the halving - but the event’s potential after-effects may be considered an afterthought for many investors.2020. May. 07. 20:25
Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world's literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto.2020. May. 07. 19:00
From surging price and all-time-high hash rates, to Paul Tudor Jones and narrative relevance, a look at the strength of BTC heading into next week’s halving.2020. May. 07. 18:51
Tradeshift wants the Danish government to try out a supply-chain relief plan that involves the fintech unicorn's blockchain-based trade finance platform.2020. May. 07. 18:41
Paul Tudor Jones, a pioneer of the modern hedge fund industry, is reportedly betting on bitcoin’s price as an inflation hedge. Exactly how is unclear.2020. May. 07. 17:57
Zoom, the popular-by-necessity video conferencing service, has acquired Keybase in a bid to bring end-to-end encryption to its paying customers.2020. May. 07. 17:43
RadicalxChange, the civics network founded by polymath economist Glen Weyl, isn't left or right exactly, but it is radical. Now governments are starting to adopt its ideas.2020. May. 07. 17:00
Securitize is rolling out a digital ID service so issuers, investors and other players in the security token market don't have to keep sending the same documents to every company they deal with.2020. May. 07. 16:47
Ethereum clients are beginning to sync and validate a new Eth 2.0 testnet, Schlesi, ahead of the network's prospective launch in July.2020. May. 07. 16:35
In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving.2020. May. 07. 16:00
BTC could hit $10K while mining ramps up. This is CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 07. 15:00
A whirlwind journey through a new set of rules governing crypto exchanges created by a powerful intergovernmental organization.2020. May. 07. 13:49
Over 10,000 attendees worldwide have registered for our marquee event, which goes fully virtual next week.2020. May. 07. 13:32
TON Labs, a startup that helped Telegram run the test network for its blockchain network, launched its own version called Free TON Thursday, with the support of professional validators.2020. May. 07. 13:15
Binance, #1 on the new CoinDesk 50 list, continues to move aggressively after the biggest opportunities in crypto.2020. May. 07. 13:15
In an industry known for tribalism and infighting, Cosmos is banking on everyone else’s success. That's why it's on the new CoinDesk 50 list.2020. May. 07. 13:15
The CoinDesk 50 is an annual selection of the most innovative, consequential and viable projects in the crypto-blockchain industry.2020. May. 07. 13:15
The CoinDesk 50 is an annual selection of the most innovative and consequential projects in the crypto-blockchain industry.2020. May. 07. 11:51
Bitcoin looks to have decoupled from traditional markets as investors refocus on the network's imminent mining reward halving.2020. May. 07. 11:20
More activity on the bitcoin blockchain means the blockheight, which triggers the halving event, is probably coming faster than anticipated.2020. May. 07. 10:00
Senator Kelly Loeffler received the hefty payout from her husband's company, Intercontinental Exchange, as she left bitcoin company Bakkt to take up her political position.2020. May. 07. 09:00
The $5 million capital allocation precedes Abra's integration with the Stellar blockchain.2020. May. 07. 08:00
The standard defines a uniform model for data that must be exchanged by crypto firms alongside transactions.2020. May. 07. 06:00
Cambridge University's Centre for Alternative Finance has released a bitcoin mining map, showing where bitcoin miners are located worldwide.2020. May. 07. 04:00
The partnership between OSL and Monsoon is seeking to cement a leadership position in the Asia and U.S. regions.2020. May. 07. 04:00
The partnership between OSL and Monsoon is seeking to cement a leadership position in the Asia and U.S. regions.2020. May. 06. 21:01
Bitcoin profit through Square’s Cash App was $7 million in the first quarter of 2020. It earned $8 million in bitcoin profit through the whole of 2019.2020. May. 06. 21:01
Bitcoin profit through Square’s Cash App was $7 million in the first quarter of 2020. It earned $8 million in bitcoin profit through the whole of 2019.2020. May. 06. 20:37
The crypto derivatives market is helping to hedge the uncertainty on which way the bitcoin market will go when miners have less revenue post-halving.2020. May. 06. 19:00
100m jobs lost. 2.7T in GDP evaporates. Shutdowns lasting 18-24 months? A look at how the crisis is impacting key industries.2020. May. 06. 18:56
The number of Bitcoin nodes fell to its lowest level in almost three years, according to data calculated by one prominent Bitcoin developer.2020. May. 06. 18:20
With a key metric declining to record lows, bitcoin’s options market may be underpricing the cryptocurrency’s future volatility.2020. May. 06. 17:47
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation.2020. May. 06. 16:53
Ohio lawmakers have proposed the launch of a blockchain voting pilot in spite of security experts' repeated warnings against any internet-based elections system.2020. May. 06. 16:45
The Libra Association has just named HSBC Chief Legal Officer and former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey as its new CEO. Levey will take the reins later this year.2020. May. 06. 16:15
It's all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die.2020. May. 06. 16:15
It's all about labor. Tron claims to have received employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die.2020. May. 06. 16:00
BTC stays above $9K while some new startups wrestle for market share. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. May. 06. 15:02
Eris Clearing, the clearing and settlement arm of ErisX, has been awarded the hard-to-come-by Virtual Currency License from New York's Department of Financial Services.2020. May. 06. 14:43
Security token platform TokenSoft is expanding its services to Europe using a new Swiss entity, licensing its software through a local partner.2020. May. 06. 14:27
A delay in transposing the EU's 5AMLD into local law has given crypto companies no recourse after Irish banks closed their accounts.2020. May. 06. 13:00
UCL will be the first university and 13th member of the Hedera Hashgraph governing council, whose members run nodes and vote on software updates.2020. May. 06. 13:00
Bitwise found that bitcoin acts as a useful counterweight to a traditional portfolio if managed in the right way.2020. May. 06. 11:40
Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors.2020. May. 06. 11:40
Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors.2020. May. 06. 11:17
Bitcoin is quickly gathering upward momentum alongside a surge in open positions on CME futures.2020. May. 06. 10:00
Demand for bitcoin is surging in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, attracting investment from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and a token project by Akon.2020. May. 06. 09:07
The Swiss ETP provider's new token lets traders make gains whenever bitcoin’s price falls.2020. May. 06. 08:02
The Swedish startup is working with the IDB and local agencies to make land ownership more transparent in Latin America and the Caribbean.2020. May. 06. 05:00
iSignThis, claimed the Australian Securities Exchange suspended its shares to prevent iSignThis's DLT trading system from launching on a rival securities platform.2020. May. 06. 03:16
Open network Nervos has launched an incubator for early-stage startups that build user-centric decentralized applications.2020. May. 05. 20:46
Bitcoin volatility has risen a bit, higher than the S&P 500 ahead of its expected halving next week - but it’s nowhere close to the rocky ride oil has been on.2020. May. 05. 19:22
Average fees paid by bitcoin users spike at a certain time every day due to the actions of one firm, derivatives exchange BitMEX, a researcher found.2020. May. 05. 19:13
TokenAnalyst is shutting down after 2.5 years of operations, with some employees moving on to new roles at Coinbase.2020. May. 05. 19:12
As remote work become the norm, privacy-focused startups see COVID-19 as an opportunity to expand.2020. May. 05. 19:00
In a world of centralized mobile money solutions, do decentralized, permissionless currencies matter?2020. May. 05. 18:01
Dutch crypto companies must register with the Netherlands’ central bank by May 18 or cease operations immediately as the country enforces new anti-money laundering regulations required by the European Union.2020. May. 05. 17:25
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed.2020. May. 05. 16:00
BTC is showing some impressive transaction numbers as the market heats up before the halving. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 05. 15:58
Crypto lender BlockFi has hired two execs from traditional finance to help launch a bitcoin rewards card and build out business teams in Europe and Asia.2020. May. 05. 14:35
Tether growth is hitting new all-time highs across multiple blockchains, but the first protocol to support Tether is being left behind.2020. May. 05. 14:26
Consensus:Distributed speaker and CoinDesk columnist Ajit Tripathi argues the pandemic will normalize the use of CBDCs and cryptocurrencies.2020. May. 05. 12:32
The lawsuit alleging Ripple violated U.S. securities laws comes from a company that previously accused FTX of price manipulation.2020. May. 05. 12:00
David Birch's book "The Currency Cold War" foresees a world of competing digital currencies. COVID-19 brings that future closer, he says.2020. May. 05. 11:42
Bitcoin is beating stocks this year, but it's also crushing the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, whose billionaire CEO said in February that the cryptocurrency had "no value."2020. May. 05. 11:17
The cryptocurrency has again failed to keep gains above $9,000 even as active bitcoin addresses spike to 11-month highs.2020. May. 05. 11:17
The cryptocurrency has again failed to keep gains above $9,000 even as active bitcoin addresses spike to 11-month highs.2020. May. 05. 10:00
Mastercard, IBM and the provincial government of British Columbia are among the founding members of the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation.2020. May. 05. 09:00
IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy.2020. May. 05. 08:00
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines.2020. May. 05. 04:39
Bitcoin mining difficulty increased to 16.10 trillion (T) on Tuesday, close to the network’s all-time high of 16.55 T recorded in March.2020. May. 04. 22:59
Telegram says it won't be repaying investors in its 2018 TON token sale in gram tokens, one week after saying it could do so once the network launches.2020. May. 04. 20:49
IBM, Merck, Walmart and KPMG’s drug-tracing blockchain pilot exceeded the interoperability benchmarks set by the Food and Drug Administration, the group said.2020. May. 04. 20:45
Jihan Wu is the co-founder of Bitmain, a multinational semiconductor company that is a major manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips used to mine bitcoin and a variety of other cryptocurrencies. Through Bitmain, Wu oversees mining pools ConnectBTC, and the two historically largest bitcoin mining pools by computing power, BTC.com and AntPool. Additionally, Wu […]2020. May. 04. 20:18
After a flurry of trading late last week, bitcoin dipped on lower volume.2020. May. 04. 19:00
NLW unpacks a meaningful shift as the famously optimistic Warren Buffett struck a more sober note at Berkshire Hathaway’s first virtual annual meeting.2020. May. 04. 17:41
Ethereum’s transaction counts have surged by 72% since mid-February2020. May. 04. 17:15
The U.S. Senate is considering blockchain voting during the COVID-19 crisis, while crypto becomes a mainstay in the Middle East.2020. May. 04. 16:00
May the BTC be with you. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 04. 15:00
NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.2020. May. 04. 15:00
CoinDesk's Nolan Baurle speaks with the Ethereum Foundation's Hudson Jameson about private transactions, client improvements, dealing with FUD on Ethereum and more.2020. May. 04. 14:10
Hackers have exploited a critical flaw in infrastructure management tool Salt and, in one case planted crypto mining software.2020. May. 04. 13:00
A new partnership with StakeWith.US will allow community members to delegate staking if they don't have time or knowledge to get directly involved in governance, said Kyber.2020. May. 04. 12:00
Are stablecoins fully backed by reserves? Are they FDIC-insured? Stablecoins may be too good to be true, says our columnist.2020. May. 04. 11:30
The post-Bretton Woods system is on the ropes, but what's driving interest into bitcoin is price volatility and the upcoming halving event.2020. May. 04. 11:00
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications.2020. May. 04. 10:30
Bitcoin has again rallied sharply in the weeks leading up to the impending halving event, but if historic patterns are anything to go by, the cryptocurrency could suffer a temporary price pullback following the event.2020. May. 04. 09:30
A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the firm changed its name to include "blockchain" in 2017 to boost its share price.2020. May. 04. 08:40
U.S. Senate staffers, hunting for tech to keep their chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 continuity of Senate memo.2020. May. 04. 08:00
New BitMEX users in Japan will be unable to open positions after the exchange restricted some accounts in accordance with new regulations.2020. May. 04. 02:00
Bitcoin's underlying technology and monetary system make it one of the few investable assets that is immune to the economic fluctuations we have ahead.2020. May. 03. 14:10
Private enterprise blockchains are prone to insider attacks and don’t benefit from constant testing by an open community, experts at Kaspersky and EY say.2020. May. 02. 14:00
F2Pool, the largest bitcoin mining pool in the world, controls 20% of the network's hashrate. F2Pool's Thomas Heller explains the economics of mining.2020. May. 02. 10:00
Arming the Federal Reserve with a digital dollar would harm the free market, says Max Raskin, an NYU adjunct professor of law.2020. May. 01. 22:54
Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company wants to question employees of at least three U.S. banks about Crypto Capital – Bitfinex’s payment processor – accounts and holdings in an effort to recover more than $800 million.2020. May. 01. 21:21
In a significant deviation from the norm, bitcoin miners just produced 16 blocks in 63 minutes.2020. May. 01. 20:55
The security vulnerability, which appeared in older versions of its application, could have allowed a bad actor to steal closed source code and possibly inject their own code into Blockfolio’s Github repository and, from there, into the app itself.2020. May. 01. 20:32
Traditional markets continue to get whalloped on terrible economic numbers while bitcoin holds ground ahead of the halving.2020. May. 01. 19:48
On Thursday, hourly trading volume in Tether Gold climbed to over $13 million, up from roughly $1 million the day before.2020. May. 01. 19:00
With trillions in money printing, the dollar should be getting weaker. Instead, it’s stronger than ever. What gives? The first of a four-part microseries on the battle for the future of money.2020. May. 01. 17:46
Telegram's success blinded investors to the risks inherent in building blockchains and raising a token sale.2020. May. 01. 17:08
Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here.2020. May. 01. 16:51
Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt.2020. May. 01. 16:00
Bitcoin beats the markets while wallet demand rises. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.2020. May. 01. 14:01
Spot and futures markets reflect the strong bullish sentiment of American investors2020. May. 01. 13:00
tZERO Crypto wants to become the first platform approved to trade crypto, digital securities and traditional stocks on a single app.2020. May. 01. 11:47
Tezos is outstripping the usual crypto leaders on the outside track, possibly down to an increase in the number of exchanges offering staking as a service.2020. May. 01. 11:00
While bitcoin is rising so far on Friday, the price rally looks overstretched and gains may be transient.2020. May. 01. 11:00
While bitcoin is rising so far on Friday, the price rally looks overstretched and gains may be transient.2020. May. 01. 11:00
Bitcoin is rising so far on Friday but the price rally looks overstretched and gains may be transient.2020. May. 01. 09:30
Bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain said an 11-fold increase in revenues shows pivoting away from mining-as-a-service was a good move for the company.2020. May. 01. 08:00
While Japan is known for its retail market, crypto exchange OKCoin believes the country’s strict licensing regime will attract institutional investors.