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2020. Jun. 30. 21:30
The National Police of Spain said vendors’ “purchase of virtual currency stands out.” They arrested 33 suspects across two parallel raids.2020. Jun. 30. 21:21
Alex Masmej, the founder of Rocket and creator his own token ($ALEX) wants holders to vote on his life choices. The idea might become a startup, he says.2020. Jun. 30. 21:17
Zimbabwe's central bank, seeking to block attempts to avoid the country’s hyperinflation, halted all transactions conducted by "mobile money agents" this week.2020. Jun. 30. 20:26
Bitcoin volatility continues to drop as the price stays within a tight range and traders wait for a breakout in either direction.2020. Jun. 30. 20:12
Ransomware group Netwalker is believed to be behind the attack on UCSF, which temporarily restricted access to the medical school’s data.2020. Jun. 30. 19:22
Following a Tuesday governance vote, daily COMP token distributions will change dramatically, starting Thursday.2020. Jun. 30. 19:00
The host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas.2020. Jun. 30. 18:24
Lawyers have filed suit in a "highly unusual" case against flamboyant Italian e-scooter entrepreneur Salvator Palella, over a troubled ICO back in 2018.2020. Jun. 30. 18:21
Decentralized exchanges are seeing more action than ever thanks to a surge in decentralized finance activity.2020. Jun. 30. 16:30
As Zimbabwe embarks on its fifth bout of hyperinflation in modern history, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 30. 16:30
Pantera's Dan Morehead and 10T Holdings' Dan Tapiero can't agree on our economic future. Even so, they think it bodes well for bitcoin2020. Jun. 30. 16:30
Pantera's Dan Morehead and 10T Holdings' Dan Tapiero can't agree on our economic future. Even so, they think it bodes well for bitcoin.2020. Jun. 30. 16:28
79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up.2020. Jun. 30. 16:14
Thought leaders are decending on Washing to talk digital money while the Australian Securities Exchange may delay its blockchain settlement solution.2020. Jun. 30. 16:03
Decentralized cloud computing startup Dfinity has announced that its "Internet Computer" is now open to third-party developers.2020. Jun. 30. 14:00
Israeli blockchain startup Kirobo says it solved the problem of funds being lost through errors in irreversible crypto transactions.2020. Jun. 30. 13:43
The blockchain predictions platform is upgrading to version 2 in July, but users will have to migrate to a new token if they want to use it.2020. Jun. 30. 13:36
The popular stock-to-flow bitcoin valuation model has the air of academic rigor. Unfortunately, it's just math-laden marketing.2020. Jun. 30. 13:00
Elliptic, the blockchain analysis company, has added privacy coins zcash and horizen to its monitoring platform.2020. Jun. 30. 13:00
Blockchain data startup The Graph has raised $5 million in a token sale with Framework Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group and others.2020. Jun. 30. 12:35
MLS fans will now be able to collect and trade digital cards representing league players and use them to play fantasy soccer games run by the firm Sorare.2020. Jun. 30. 12:20
Swiss private equity firm VIVA Investment Partners AG is leaning into crypto funding through a new stake in blockchain venture capital firm SPiCE VC.2020. Jun. 30. 12:10
Coin Metrics offers a standardized way of measuring the size and depth of digital asset markets with free float supply methodology.2020. Jun. 30. 12:08
The Bank for International Settlements is expanding its “Innovation Hub” with a handful of new locations in Canada and Europe.2020. Jun. 30. 11:35
Bitwise suggests Bitcoin could be looking at territory well north of the previous $20,000 all-time high.2020. Jun. 30. 10:41
Bitcoin is still outperforming the top traditional financial assets so far in 2020 – even after a dour performance this month.2020. Jun. 30. 09:54
HDR Global Trading said David Wong – a former deputy CEO at Bank of China – will join its board as a non-executive chairman.2020. Jun. 30. 08:40
The blockchain-based clearing and settlement system from Australia's biggest stock exchange faces further delays if unhappy firms get their way.2020. Jun. 30. 08:00
Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.2020. Jun. 30. 04:00
Hut 8 says its new funding is going towards increasing the bitcoin miner's total capacity by a fifth.2020. Jun. 30. 02:16
Witnesses will discuss stablecoins and tokenized dollars during Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing on the digitization of money.2020. Jun. 29. 22:23
Sergey Medvedev pleaded guilty to racketeering charges as part of a $568 million payment card fraud forum, which used Liberty Reserve and bitcoin to launder funds.2020. Jun. 29. 21:20
Scams and fraud won't break crypto. But hubris might.2020. Jun. 29. 20:44
Bitcoin volatility drops to historic lows as the cryptocurrency stays just above $9,000.2020. Jun. 29. 19:00
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest.2020. Jun. 29. 18:44
Options market data suggests bitcoin could become more volatile than ether over the next three months.2020. Jun. 29. 17:10
With EIP 1559, Ethereum developers are proposing a dynamic pricing system to lower the blockchain network's current high gas fees.2020. Jun. 29. 17:00
A hacker has attempted to disrupt a blockchain voting system currently being used to help decide constitutional changes in the Russian Federation.2020. Jun. 29. 16:33
Balancer fell victim to a "flash loan" exploit while a shareholders association said EY should have caught Wirecard's multi-billion blackhole earlier.2020. Jun. 29. 16:08
If history is a guide, the dollar's reserve currency status can withstand a lot of bad policymaking. Bitcoin may rise, but it could take a while.2020. Jun. 29. 16:00
After a rough weekend, the price of BTC is back above $9,000 and Markets Daily from CoinDesk is here with another bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 29. 14:17
Ebang, one of the major manufacturers of bitcoin mining equipment, hopes an exchange could double total revenue by 2022.2020. Jun. 29. 13:27
The Confidential Computing Consortium aims to create systems that sequester sensitive data so it can't be exploited by nefarious actors.2020. Jun. 29. 13:02
The protocol upgrade includes changes to staking and governance.2020. Jun. 29. 12:54
Following a sharp drop in the Wirecard stock price, the German shareholders' body holds EY responsible for not alerting the public sooner over the firm's accounting failures.2020. Jun. 29. 12:28
It's been assumed for years that well-heeled financial institutions would become the main driving force and primary investor class in crypto. That narrative may underestimate the power of the retail investor.2020. Jun. 29. 12:00
Bitcoin chalked out minor price gains on Sunday, ending its longest run of daily losses for half a year and avoiding a break below the ongoing restricted trading range.2020. Jun. 29. 11:12
The sophisticated attack exploited a loophole that tricked the protocol into releasing $500,000-worth of tokens.2020. Jun. 29. 10:01
BHP has completed its first trial trade transaction of iron ore with China's Baosteel using blockchain technology.2020. Jun. 29. 09:01
Whether out of concern for personal security or a desire to preserve privacy, many Bitcoin developers are known to the world only by their pseudonyms.2020. Jun. 29. 08:46
The government has asked startup Sendsquare to develop a proof-of-concept blockchain registry to help analyze, anonymize and store clinical diabetes data.2020. Jun. 29. 08:46
The government has asked startup Sendsquare to develop a proof-of-concept blockchain registry to help analyze, anonymize and store clinical diabetes data.2020. Jun. 29. 07:28
Bitcoin’s investment narrative is evolving as the role of volatility is changing in both crypto and traditional markets.2020. Jun. 28. 19:00
The first iteration of Matic Network's staking program is now live, and has already allocated 12% of its token supply to the project.2020. Jun. 27. 17:37
A new international rule requiring digital asset operators to report transactions could spilt the crypto industry in two, argue two researchers.2020. Jun. 27. 14:00
As states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again.2020. Jun. 26. 20:45
Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions.2020. Jun. 26. 20:38
Traditional markets slide as coronavirus cases spike, and crypto follows because its correlation is still unbroken.2020. Jun. 26. 20:03
Decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that will provide a safety net of sorts should COMP’s fortunes take a turn for the worse.2020. Jun. 26. 19:00
The managing partner of Adamant Capital joins for a conversation about what the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution can teach us about bitcoin.2020. Jun. 26. 18:15
The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios.2020. Jun. 26. 17:47
AML Bitcoin's Marcus Andrade claims he is being extorted by the U.S. government in a response to Thursday's charges by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.2020. Jun. 26. 16:49
Technology on its own doesn't ensure inclusion. People do. There’s nothing intrinsically fair about a blockchain.2020. Jun. 26. 16:09
Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night.2020. Jun. 26. 16:05
New York officials have instituted a three-strike rule for crypto firms applying for the BitLicense, the Sovrin Foundation is now volunteer run and Aussies can now buy BTC at their post office.2020. Jun. 26. 16:00
With new data from the Federal Reserve suggesting that the cryptocurrency might not be the answer to dire economic times, Markets Daily is back with your latest Bitcoin news roundup!2020. Jun. 26. 15:35
The Compound token almost fell back below $200 earlier this week, before Coinbase rode to the rescue. It listed the token for retail users, and gave COMP a nice price bump.2020. Jun. 26. 15:27
The campaign, by CoinDesk, Gitcoin, Ethereal and the Giving Block, raised money for COVID-19 relief using "quadratic funding" to make donations.2020. Jun. 26. 12:47
The narrative that inflation arising from the massive coronavirus stimulus efforts would lead to a long-term rise in bitcoin's price is looking weak with new data from the Federal Reserve.2020. Jun. 26. 11:58
Even in super liquid cryptocurrency markets, such as USD and bitcoin trading pairs, the size and spreads of exchange order books can vary markedly.2020. Jun. 26. 10:50
Card issuer Crypto.com is refunding 100% of customer balances as the U.K. regulator orders Wirecard Card solutions to cease operations.2020. Jun. 26. 09:45
The Australian postal service has confirmed that it's partnered with Bitcoin.com.au to let customers purchase cryptocurrencies at its stores across the country.2020. Jun. 26. 09:45
The Australian postal service has confirmed it is partnering with Bitcoin.com.au to let customers purchase cryptocurrencies at its stores across the country.2020. Jun. 26. 08:46
The regulator hopes the new three-strike rule will encourage BitLicense applicants to ensure they've taken its feedback on board.2020. Jun. 26. 08:00
The planned regulatory regime could include stricter rules for projects deemed "global stablecoins," a subtle reference, possibly, to Libra.2020. Jun. 26. 04:07
Auditing firm CertiK is working with Hyundai subsidiary Hdac to record Internet of Things devices on a blockchain.2020. Jun. 26. 04:07
Auditing firm CertiK is working with Hdac to record Internet of Things devices on a blockchain.2020. Jun. 26. 04:07
Auditing firm CertiK is working with Hdac to record Internet of Things devices on a blockchain.2020. Jun. 26. 01:15
A pool of sBTC, renBTC and WBTC is helping Synthetix draw the attention of DeFi's growing horde of yield farmers.2020. Jun. 25. 21:10
The Sovrin Foundation, a digital ID non-profit, laid off all paid employees after failing to secure funding for an SEC-compliant token issuance.2020. Jun. 25. 20:38
After a quick dip in the crypto market, bitcoin is holding steady amid precariousness in the options market and the greater economic picture.2020. Jun. 25. 19:39
Public Citizen warned the U.S. Dept. of Energy that DMG Blockchain's bid to export electricity could set a dangerous precedent.2020. Jun. 25. 19:00
Scam selling, a big win for privacy from Apple, new jobless claims in the “whack-a-mole” economy and the biggest BTC options expiry ever.2020. Jun. 25. 18:54
The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund.2020. Jun. 25. 18:27
Hybrid blockchain maker Kadena wants to verify COVID-19 testing kits by recording their provenance on its network.2020. Jun. 25. 17:44
Rowland Marcus Andrade, the founder of AML Bitcoin, was indicted on wire fraud and money laundering charges related in part to an initial coin offering conducted in 2017 and 2018.2020. Jun. 25. 17:22
Twitter's CEO has endorsed the idea of decentralized fact-checking. We looked at some prototypes to see what that might look like.2020. Jun. 25. 17:00
COMP has created a sudden craze for "yield farming." Here are three scenarios illustrating the risks and rewards of DeFi's latest trend.2020. Jun. 25. 16:35
Before Wirecard's insolvency filing, Crypto.com and TenX said customer funds were unaffected by their partner's accounting scandal.2020. Jun. 25. 16:05
Craig Wright will go to trial, while IBM and a Norwegian association team up to track salmon on blockchain.2020. Jun. 25. 16:02
Bitcoin options have a big day coming up, NYC born rapper Ja Rule teams up with Ethereum-based Roll and more in this edition of Markets Daily, from CoinDesk2020. Jun. 25. 16:01
Buy land. Trick out your home. Watch a SpaceX launch. You can do a lot of almost-real things in Decentraland, a virtual world built on a blockchain.2020. Jun. 25. 16:00
Tezos-based "tokenized hedge fund" Stakerdao is now live after distributing its STKR governance token to funding round partners.2020. Jun. 25. 15:56
Telegram has settled its six-month court case with the SEC, agreeing to pay $18.5 million in penalties and to notify the agency if it plans to issue another digital asset in the next three years.2020. Jun. 25. 13:00
AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch.2020. Jun. 25. 13:00
Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments.2020. Jun. 25. 12:34
Surging open interest on bitcoin futures and options contracts might well be a sign that a breakout could be imminent.2020. Jun. 25. 12:00
The Bank for International Settlements appeared to contradict its own prior statements in a new digital payments report.2020. Jun. 25. 11:48
Bitcoin looks set to end its three-quarter losing run despite having dropped to $9,000 earlier on Thursday.2020. Jun. 25. 11:01
IBM is teaming with the Norwegian Seafood Association to create a blockchain-based track-and-trace system for Norway's sustainably farmed salmon.2020. Jun. 25. 10:29
A Florida judge threw out a motion for sanctions against Wright saying the lawsuit over 1.1 million BTC would be better decided by a jury.2020. Jun. 25. 09:41
The CENTRE consortium is teaming up with the Algorand Foundation to launch the USDC stablecoin on the Algorand network.2020. Jun. 25. 09:16
Following a seed funding round, AMD and Consensys-backed W3BCLOUD is tripling its GPU capacity for a range of new blockchain functions they don't want to discuss – yet.2020. Jun. 25. 09:00
Monaco’s Office of Digital Affairs has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Luxembourg-based blockchain startup Tokeny.2020. Jun. 25. 08:02
Although a variety of e-commerce platforms are booming during COVID-19 lockdowns, bitcoin payments remain exceedingly niche.2020. Jun. 25. 07:32
The tokens will be earned by Barcelona fans who participate in club decisions, such as deciding on a new mural for the first team changing room.2020. Jun. 24. 20:41
Bitcoin experienced a dip on Wednesday, but equities and other assets also dropped on an uncertain economic outlook.2020. Jun. 24. 20:28
Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s months-old ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales.2020. Jun. 24. 19:00
From markets to real estate to the dollar to retail, the data on whether the market is recovering or not is hella confused.2020. Jun. 24. 18:49
Another scammer is impersonating the CoinDesk website and offering impossible investment returns. We did some digging.2020. Jun. 24. 16:57
The cryptocurrency’s options market is on its way to a record $1 billion monthly expiry this Friday.2020. Jun. 24. 16:38
As the BitLicense turns five, the issuing watchdog looks to lure blockchain startups to New York, while a major brokerage firm is pivoting to crypto.2020. Jun. 24. 16:24
Crypto analytics company CipherTrace found bitcoin ATMs are increasingly being used to send funds to "high-risk exchanges" suspected of facilitating illicit activity.2020. Jun. 24. 16:05
While some exchanges left New York in the wake of its implementing the BitLicense, others say the regulatory regime have helped build market share and revenue.2020. Jun. 24. 16:01
Braintrust launched out of stealth mode Wednesday, backed by a $6 million seed round featuring True Ventures, Homebrew Ventures, Uprising Ventures, Galaxy Digital, IDEO CoLab, Kindred Ventures and Vy Capital.2020. Jun. 24. 16:00
With miners transferring more bitcoin now compared to any point in the last year, police misconduct on Ethereum and a new inter-blockchain hub out of China, Markets Daily is back with another news roundup.2020. Jun. 24. 15:01
Few states have developed their own cryptocurrency regulations – and none that did build a regulatory regime have followed the New York model.2020. Jun. 24. 14:09
FTX has launched eight unique index futures and volatility markets in less than 12 months. But few traders use these markets.2020. Jun. 24. 14:01
The BitLicense was first proposed in 2013, but wasn't implemented until mid-2015. CoinDesk outlines the major events in its history.2020. Jun. 24. 13:49
Bitcoin is often criticized for its volatility – now analysts are saying that, and more, about the pound sterling.2020. Jun. 24. 13:01
A recent post categorizing Bitcoin as just another fiat currency uses some strange definitions of money, our columnist writes.2020. Jun. 24. 13:00
Five years after erecting a wall around its market few crypto startups could scale – a wall known as the BitLicense – New York is handing down a ladder.2020. Jun. 24. 13:00
One small group of hackers may have made off with $200 million by infiltrating numerous exchanges, security firm ClearSky claims.2020. Jun. 24. 13:00
A list of all New York Department of Financial Service BitLicense and limited purpose trust charter recipients.2020. Jun. 24. 12:37
Bitcoin is often likened to digital gold, but some analysts say the more compelling correlation is with the stock market.2020. Jun. 24. 12:00
Hehmeyer Trading is ditching its non-crypto businesses to focus solely on being a market maker in a space its founder, longtime trader Chris Hehmeyer, calls "liberating."2020. Jun. 24. 11:51
A sudden spike in miner outflows of bitcoin to exchanges makes the cryptocurrency vulnerable to a price drop, according one analyst.2020. Jun. 24. 10:30
Doubling its mining capacity for privacy coin zcash could help Argo diversify after last month’s halving knocked its bitcoin revenue.2020. Jun. 24. 10:30
Doubling its mining capacity for privacy coin zcash could help Argo diversify after last month’s halving knocked its bitcoin revenue.2020. Jun. 24. 10:00
Digital asset infrastructure provider METACO is partnering with the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center to bolster its service offerings using the think tank's research.2020. Jun. 24. 09:00
Sweden's Riksbank has looked into the viability of central bank digital currencies for its local market.2020. Jun. 24. 08:00
The Financial Action Task Force holds its summer plenary meeting Wednesday. Here's what to expect with the anti-money laundering watchdog discussing crypto.2020. Jun. 24. 04:00
The Silicon Valley Innovation Program challenged blockchain startups to build Social Security number alternatives, an essential worker license and supply chain solutions for DHS.2020. Jun. 23. 21:51
If you’re going to reveal someone’s personal information without their consent, you better have a damn good reason to do it, writes our executive editor.2020. Jun. 23. 21:18
A Los Angeles startup has created “privacy-preserving face skins” – digital masks or avatars that counter facial recognition software.2020. Jun. 23. 20:25
Trading volume in the crypto market weakened Tuesday but bitcoin is still holding strong from a recent rally.2020. Jun. 23. 19:36
Spain is finally getting around to amending its AML laws six months after the EU deadline for compliance. The public comment period on that amendment ends today.2020. Jun. 23. 19:31
Ja Rule has inked a deal with Roll, an Ethereum-based protocol that allows content creators to control their own platforms using personal crypto tokens.2020. Jun. 23. 19:00
An oil and commodities expert breaks down how the shale revolution reshaped global energy power and why oil went below $0 earlier this year.2020. Jun. 23. 18:16
Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019.2020. Jun. 23. 16:30
Industry leaders reflect on PayPal's reported plan to offer direct access to crypto for its 325M users, while banks and crypto startups look for solutions to FATF's Travel Rule.2020. Jun. 23. 16:14
BLP Asset Management’s returns are a reminder that cryptocurrency funds that took a hit in 2018 when prices of digital currencies crashed have a harder time getting back to sea level than those buoyed by 2017’s cresting market gains.2020. Jun. 23. 16:14
Balancer Labs, the maker of an automated portfolio management tool, has confirmed to CoinDesk it has begun distribution of its BAL token.2020. Jun. 23. 16:00
As the price of bitcoin trades in an increasingly compressed range, sources tell CoinDesk that PayPal is planning something big, an uncensorable internet browser launches and the Fed now says Bitcoin IS money.2020. Jun. 23. 15:28
Eran Eyal, who raised $42 million in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering, settled charges with the SEC and paid a $450,000 fine in ether.2020. Jun. 23. 15:25
A new paper from Microsoft and universities in Germany and Denmark sets out how blockchain technology could overcome issues with providing an international carbon credit market.2020. Jun. 23. 15:19
Built on the InterPlanetary File System and the Ethereum blockchain, the protocol lets anyo file police misconduct reports anonymously.2020. Jun. 23. 13:04
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand.2020. Jun. 23. 13:04
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand.2020. Jun. 23. 13:00
ChainLink will help the state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) with oracles, and Cosmos-powered Irisnet will assist with interoperability.2020. Jun. 23. 12:40
Bitcoin's price volatility has declined to levels last seen ahead of a major rally witnessed in October 2019. But will the pattern repeat this time?2020. Jun. 23. 12:10
Three Arrows has taken a large bet on GBTC but the halcyon days of the Grayscale premium flip may be numbered.2020. Jun. 23. 12:00
A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting this week is proving to be a popular time for industry players to launch compliance-minded tech solutions.2020. Jun. 23. 11:59
ING Bank, Standard Chartered and others have developed a protocol to handle a new rule for crypto exchanges and firms dealing in digital assets.2020. Jun. 23. 10:11
The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines.2020. Jun. 23. 08:30
Crypto exchanges need to do more to protect customers and prevent tragic deaths in the wake of the Robinhood suicide, believes bitFlyer COO Joel Edgerton.2020. Jun. 23. 08:30
Crypto exchanges need to do more to protect customers and prevent tragic deaths in the wake of the Robinhood suicide, says bitFlyer US COO Joel Edgerton.2020. Jun. 23. 07:17
KPMG has built a suite of tools designed to make it easier to collate and query data from both traditional databases and blockchains, allowing for streamlined cryptoasset management.2020. Jun. 23. 07:00
Vanguard and a handful of high-profile players are piloting ways to record the entire lifecycle of an asset-backed security on a blockchain. Here's why.2020. Jun. 23. 05:00
Crypto lender Cred is bolstering its technical knowledge by bringing on an experienced CISO and CTO.2020. Jun. 22. 22:00
Handshake minimizes the role of centralized entities in the internet’s basic infrastructure. First, it was a new domain system. Now it's a browser.2020. Jun. 22. 20:42
Bitcoin is back in bullish territory but can the buying last?2020. Jun. 22. 20:25
Citing regulatory concerns, Berlin-based security token startup Neufund has announced plans to freeze its fundraising campaigns and sideline future tokenized equity offerings.2020. Jun. 22. 19:00
Some of the smartest investors in the crypto space share how they think the larger macro context is shaping interest in bitcoin and digital assets.2020. Jun. 22. 18:39
On a relatively new exchange like the Antigua-based FTX, the order book depth, as represented by the number of buy and sell orders at each price, now matches the depth seen on industry leader BitMEX.2020. Jun. 22. 16:59
Fintech giant PayPal plans to roll out direct sales of cryptocurrency to its 325 million users, according to three people familiar with the matter.2020. Jun. 22. 16:28
Bitmain's ousted co-founder is offering to buy his rival out of the company at a $4B valuation, significantly less than at the company's height.2020. Jun. 22. 16:00
With gold up and the price of bitcoin treading water, today we're talking academic piracy and Cambodia's blockchain plot to escape the dollar.2020. Jun. 22. 15:56
India's crypto industry shows potential, but it continues to be held back by a lack of regulatory clarity, particularly around exchange-banking relationships.2020. Jun. 22. 15:39
Economists at the Federal Reserve suggest that Libra – in its original, basket-backed stablecoin form – might not have had as severe an impact on financial stability as policymakers suggested last year.2020. Jun. 22. 14:00
Opyn, a hedging instrument for decentralized finance (DeFi) has closed a $2.16 million funding round led by Dragonfly Capital.2020. Jun. 22. 14:00
Opyn, a hedging instrument for decentralized finance (DeFi) has closed a $2.16 million funding round led by Dragonfly Capital.2020. Jun. 22. 13:46
BlackBerry and Intel are hoping to halt cryptojacking attempts on Intel's commercial PCs with a new mining malware detection tool.2020. Jun. 22. 12:59
Gold is a traditional safe harbor in a crisis and the blockchain-based version is a good way to start taking advantage of tokenization.2020. Jun. 22. 12:51
It's been a second straight year of disappointment for the XRP token from Ripple, which has stagnated as other big cryptocurrencies have seen big rallies.2020. Jun. 22. 12:16
CrossTower has raised $6 million in seed funding, with entrepreneur Gerard Lopez leading the round.2020. Jun. 22. 12:08
Bitcoin is reporting moderate gains on Monday as gold, a safe haven asset, rallies amid renewed coronavirus concerns.2020. Jun. 22. 11:51
The Financial Conduct Authority wants six months to review and ask follow-up questions to crypto businesses applying to operate in the U.K.2020. Jun. 22. 09:52
The bank funds are said to be linked to Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly ran the defunct crypto exchange BTC-e.2020. Jun. 22. 09:25
The offer seems an apparent effort to bring about negotiations that could end the divisions that have been tearing the company apart.2020. Jun. 22. 08:00
Bitcoin has been used by outlaws of all sorts, but this time the outlaw is a young scientist from Kazakhstan breaking through the paywalls of academic journals.2020. Jun. 22. 07:00
Securitize Japan joined the Japan Security Token Offering Association, becoming the first international firm to do so.2020. Jun. 22. 05:06
A solar energy trading trial run by blockchain startup Power Ledger has found its initiative to be "technically feasible."2020. Jun. 22. 03:00
The Italian Banking Association announced last week that its banks were interested in piloting a digital euro.2020. Jun. 21. 21:56
Is bitcoin having a good year or not? As an industry, we need to work on honing our understanding of the many narratives, and how they can influence value.2020. Jun. 21. 15:13
The reason Bitcoin is likely to be important to the future isn't about the technology, it's about the modern world where money is abused for the benefit of the few and to the detriment of the many.2020. Jun. 20. 18:54
Compound has overthrown MakerDAO as the decentralized finance protocol with the most value staked, locking $484 million to Maker's $481 million on Saturday.2020. Jun. 20. 16:30
The Bank of Thailand is integrating a CBDC payments system into the financials of the country’s oldest cement company in an extension of its Inthanon project.2020. Jun. 20. 14:00
An economic comparison of where boomers were at the same age as millennials leads to only one conclusion: Millennials are screwed.2020. Jun. 20. 12:22
The widespread use of public / private key pairs will change how assets are held and funds are managed.2020. Jun. 20. 02:17
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing outgoing U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who will step down by July 3.2020. Jun. 20. 02:17
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who said he had not resigned.2020. Jun. 20. 02:17
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who said he had not resigned.2020. Jun. 20. 02:17
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who said he had not resigned.2020. Jun. 20. 02:17
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, replacing U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who said he had not resigned.2020. Jun. 19. 22:28
At a virtual event Friday called "Crypto & Race," blockchain entrepreneurs explored how racial inequality affects the cryptocurrency sector.2020. Jun. 19. 21:50
Cambodia's central bankers are riding their hopes of de-dollarization on a national payments blockchain: Project Bakong.2020. Jun. 19. 20:44
Lower bitcoin spot volumes and flatter-than-usual price action doesn’t mean crypto traders have zero opportunities to capitalize.2020. Jun. 19. 19:55
Economists at the New York Federal Reserve think Bitcoin is a fiat currency. Nic Carter thinks the New York Fed is "insane."2020. Jun. 19. 19:28
Startups built on Compound's decentralized lending protocol are now pondering the second-order effects of COMP's price surge.2020. Jun. 19. 19:22
Tether's volume on decentralized lender Compound has quadrupled to over $224 million in just a few days, and is by far the dominant stablecoin on the platform.2020. Jun. 19. 19:00
From technology to aging demographics, some of the most important trends shaping the economy have been deflationary. What happens when that rapidly changes?2020. Jun. 19. 18:57
A little-known virtual currency fund heavy on math and statistics is turning a steady profit under a lead trader who once oversaw a major cryptocurrency exchange.2020. Jun. 19. 18:36
Assemblyperson Ron Kim has proposed a decentralized contact tracing protocol and a blockchain-based public banking system for New Yorkers.2020. Jun. 19. 18:04
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved on Friday to halt an allegedly-fraudulent digital asset investment fund run by two Pennsylvania brothers.2020. Jun. 19. 16:46
With DeFi and ETH-backed stablecoins booming, and the ETH 2.0 scaling upgrade imminent, the Ethereum community is gaining near-unstoppable momentum.2020. Jun. 19. 16:15
The COMP governance token is seeing massive gains and potential listings on Coinbase Pro and CoinFlip, while Reddit looks to scale its Ethereum-based project.2020. Jun. 19. 16:00
Devs, node operators and the Kin Foundation board have approved its move from a fork of the Stellar blockchain to Solana's network.2020. Jun. 19. 15:28
A “high severity vulnerability” was found and patched in Ethereum wallet Argent, according to leading white-hat hackers OpenZeppelin.2020. Jun. 19. 14:20
With BTC miners HODLing, Reddit dreaming big and a crypto card issuer missing billions of dollars and drawing comparisons to Enron, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another Bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 19. 14:08
Compound's new COMP token is only five days old, but its price is soaring. Observers tie the rally to speculation over the future growth of decentralized finance.2020. Jun. 19. 13:46
Ethereum’s consensus algorithm is not the only thing changing with the launch of Eth 2.0. The underlying cryptography itself is getting an overhaul.2020. Jun. 19. 13:27
Miner outflows of bitcoin have dropped to decade lows, with analysts saying a hoarding mentality and a drop in issuance after the halving are responsible.2020. Jun. 19. 13:06
Factom Inc.'s board has presented a proposal for restructuring the business, which will now be assessed by the administrators.2020. Jun. 19. 10:19
An industry spat has kicked off after Binance's new pool became the biggest miner for BSV, despite the exchange delisting the token a year ago.2020. Jun. 19. 09:29
ParaFi Capital, an investment firm focused on blockchain and DeFi, has invested in Kyber Network and will work with the project on adoption and governance.2020. Jun. 19. 08:03
CoinShares, Nomura Bank, and crypto security firm Ledger have formally launched a digital asset custody business targeting institutional investors.2020. Jun. 18. 20:37
Most markets are quiet while activity seems to be increasing on Ethereum’s DeFi network - which could help explain ether’s outperformance of bitcoin in 2020.2020. Jun. 18. 20:37
Crypto exchange FTX is launching COMP derivatives later Thursday as deposits on the Compound DeFi platform soar past $300 million.2020. Jun. 18. 20:03
Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation to find a scaling solution for the site's new blockchain-based Community Points.2020. Jun. 18. 19:49
Traders may now be able to hedge the risks they face from interest rate payment fluctuations in perpetual contracts.2020. Jun. 18. 19:00
Persistent unemployment and fears of further layoffs are the real economic counterpoint to the financial market’s unbridled enthusiasm.2020. Jun. 18. 17:51
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has revamped its digital exchange, claiming a tenfold increase in performance and throughput.2020. Jun. 18. 16:44
More people are wiling to try online voting these days. But experts say it isn't safe, and - despite what you might have heard - blockchain doesn't help much. Not yet, at least.2020. Jun. 18. 16:21
Galaxy Digital is working on a project that may lead to institutions adopting crypto as an asset class. And the firm needs it, Mike Novogratz says.2020. Jun. 18. 16:15
It's hard to pick just one stunning fact about the market suddenly created by the issuance of Compound's COMP token.2020. Jun. 18. 16:10
Cryptocurrencies should be regulated more stringently, a VMWare security executive told U.S. lawmakers, citing a rise in cybercrime during the pandemic.2020. Jun. 18. 16:09
Who watches the watchdogs? President Trump reportedly told his Treasury Secretary to go after Bitcoin while the DEA failed to properly oversee crypto investigations.2020. Jun. 18. 16:00
With an Austrian app that aims to track COVID-19 now including blockchain, CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin news roundup is back!2020. Jun. 18. 15:48
Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet.2020. Jun. 18. 13:47
Removing monuments to fit the values of the day is not censorship. It is an act of speech in and of itself, says our columnist.2020. Jun. 18. 13:35
News media incentivized to tell the truth in a non-sensational manner is essential for beating racism and other injustice, says our columnist.2020. Jun. 18. 13:23
Algorand was selected to host the digital ratings and titles of World Chess players in a way that's free from fraud or manipulation.2020. Jun. 18. 13:23
Algorand was selected to host the digital ratings and titles of World Chess players in a way that's free from fraud or manipulation.2020. Jun. 18. 13:00
Thanks to a second donation from the Ethereum Foundation, UNICEF will give cryptocurrency to several more startups in emerging markets.2020. Jun. 18. 12:39
Former national security advisor John Bolton is said to have revealed the conversation in his book, scheduled for publication next week.2020. Jun. 18. 12:15
With the global economy in deep water amid the coronavirus crisis, some cryptocurrency analysts are starting to wonder if a correction in U.S. stocks might prompt another "Black Thursday" crash.2020. Jun. 18. 12:00
It's only a proof-of-concept at this point, but there's now a model for locking BTC on the Bitcoin blockchain and minting PolkaBTC on Polkadot.2020. Jun. 18. 11:29
Bitcoin's Mayer multiple indicates the cryptocurrency is undervalued despite having rallied by over 40% this quarter.2020. Jun. 18. 10:29
The Chinese firm also revealed its anticipated share price in its updated filing with the U.S. SEC.2020. Jun. 18. 10:00
OKCoin and BitMEX just sponsored another Bitcoin Core developer, Amiti Uttarwar, who is focused on privacy tech and education.2020. Jun. 18. 09:01
The U.S. District Court of Georgia has denied a subpoena request by the exchange's parent firm as it tries to track down a missing $850 million.2020. Jun. 18. 08:00
Russia's Ministry of Justice is the latest government authority to oppose a proposed crypto ban, seeing inconsistencies in the bill's stipulations.2020. Jun. 18. 01:45
Binance and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) say they'll work to implement industry best practices in the Indian crypto market.2020. Jun. 18. 00:00
A new licensing agreement between the South Korean soccer league and Sorare will bring on over 400 K League players on to the fantasy soccer platform.2020. Jun. 17. 22:30
The fact investors buy XRP for different reasons means it's more like a new form of currency than it is a security, says former CFTC head Christopher Giancarlo.2020. Jun. 17. 20:46
There is little to no excitement in the markets today with bitcoin staying steady, which has been the case for its overall price performance the past six weeks.2020. Jun. 17. 19:54
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he believes central banks would have to design and implement CBDCs, not private entities.2020. Jun. 17. 19:00
A conversation about pseudo-anonymity, global digital nomadism and the trader’s mindset2020. Jun. 17. 18:55
Austria's economic affairs ministry awarded a $67,600 grant to a project called QualiSig, which uses the Ardor blockchain to verify COVID-19 testing.2020. Jun. 17. 18:15
Singapore-based Ryde announced it will be the first ride-hailing service to incorporate bitcoin payments into its own app.2020. Jun. 17. 17:55
Will Hezbollah in Lebanon use bitcoin? The data suggests terror activity is uncommon despite surging crypto popularity across the Middle East.2020. Jun. 17. 17:06
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration failed to adequately police its undercover agents’ handling of cryptocurrency, a Department of Justice Inspector General report found.2020. Jun. 17. 16:03
With Ethereum logging it's busiest week on record and the number of bitcoin whales headed up, CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin news roundup is back!2020. Jun. 17. 16:00
Technology and the law have traditionally been at odds, but with blockchain and antitrust policy there's potential for cooperation.2020. Jun. 17. 15:42
The number of Bitcoin whales is at its highest level since 2017, as the network adjusts its difficulty setting for the first time post-halving.2020. Jun. 17. 15:17
CurioInvest is selling tokenized shares of a limited-edition Ferrari worth over $1 million.2020. Jun. 17. 15:01
Coinbase published an open-source technical standard designed to streamline its token listing process by making it easy for blockchains to share important data with the exchange's platform.2020. Jun. 17. 14:00
JD Digits is teaming up with blockchain-based privacy platform ARPA protect the financial data of major clients.2020. Jun. 17. 13:14
Crypto firms and banks are partnering at scale, part of the broader democratization of payments systems around the world.2020. Jun. 17. 13:00
Bitcoin broker River Financial has closed a $5.7 million seed round to secure additional U.S. money transmitter licenses.2020. Jun. 17. 12:20
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption.2020. Jun. 17. 12:00
Bitcoin's rally has stalled since the May halving, but that hasn't deterred large investors from accumulating coins, data shows.2020. Jun. 17. 11:47
The frenzy around decentralized lender Compound's new governance token reveals growing excitement for the DeFi space overall.2020. Jun. 17. 11:12
Binance U.K will provide regulated crypto trading services for British and European institutional investors.2020. Jun. 17. 11:12
Binance U.K. will provide regulated crypto trading services for British and European investors.2020. Jun. 17. 09:30
The Thai Public Debt Management Office plans to sell the cheaply priced bonds through a state-owned bank’s blockchain e-wallet.2020. Jun. 17. 08:41
If approved, a new Stellar upgrade means exchanges can prevent investors purchasing more than they are legally allowed to.2020. Jun. 17. 08:19
One of the top U.S. exchanges, Kraken is extending its operations down under for crypto trading in AUD.2020. Jun. 17. 07:35
Mauritius' financial watchdog has developed a licensing framework for security token trading systems and issuers.2020. Jun. 16. 22:30
Former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has settled his defamation suit against fellow a privacy-tech expert who publicly accused him of sexual misconduct.2020. Jun. 16. 22:15
WisdomTree is seeking to launch an exchange-traded fund that invests in part in the growing bitcoin futures market.2020. Jun. 16. 21:15
The world is awash in COVID-19 contact tracing apps but few seem to be delivering on their promises.2020. Jun. 16. 21:08
One of the newer entrants to the DeFi space, Curve, is riding the wave of demand for the freshly issued Compound governance token, COMP.2020. Jun. 16. 20:35
Equities are winning while bitcoin traders experience a dip in crypto volumes.2020. Jun. 16. 19:16
A leading independent financial analysis shares thoughts on the “Robinhood rally,” Fed policy and why Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is already here.2020. Jun. 16. 18:44
A co-founder of the celebrity-backed Centra Tech crypto scam has pleaded guilty to his role in the $25 million fraudulent ICO.2020. Jun. 16. 18:42
Today's stablecoin market mirrors the “wildcat banking” era of the mid-1800s, when banks printed their own dollars. Like then, federal intervention is likely.2020. Jun. 16. 18:05
It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.2020. Jun. 16. 17:04
The Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CDBC), detailing its plans in a new job posting.2020. Jun. 16. 17:02
Miners now face the fourth-most difficult two-week mining period in Bitcoin's history, even though it's only been a little over a month since the halving.2020. Jun. 16. 16:52
Canaan Creative's stock is at the lowest price since going public while Revolut is simultaneously ceding ownership of and exerting control over client's crypto holdings.2020. Jun. 16. 16:47
With their economy crumbling from hyperinflation, Venezuelans are finding new workarounds to get hold of digital dollars.2020. Jun. 16. 16:04
Stocks keep crypto down while Africa gets Lightning Nodes. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. Jun. 16. 14:57
Expect digital assets investing to mirror fixed income investing and become more specialized and complex over time, says our columnist.2020. Jun. 16. 14:00
Ethereum development house ConsenSys is being backed by heavy hitters like Binance and Huobi to test its new “staking-as-a-service” offering.2020. Jun. 16. 13:07
BlockFi is adding a former Bakkt and Microsoft employee to their lineup to take charge of the firm's security.2020. Jun. 16. 13:00
The project plans to use $2.1 million worth of tokens to incentivize development on its lightweight blockchain.2020. Jun. 16. 12:19
A fresh stimulus "bazooka" from the Fed Reserve and the U.S. government lifted prices for both stocks and bitcoin.2020. Jun. 16. 12:00
Central bank stimulus – negative interest rates or asset purchases – are just two sides of the same coin that both strengthen the case for bitcoin.2020. Jun. 16. 11:00
Tokensoft has partnered with New York-based Signature Bank in a bid to make security tokens click for real estate investors.2020. Jun. 16. 10:11
Fireblocks has teamed up with Chainalysis to help flag high-risk transactions passing through its platform.2020. Jun. 16. 09:00
The new debit card enables U.S. customers to spend their crypto holdings as fiat currency.2020. Jun. 16. 08:00
A Nigerian entrepreneur has released a $500 kit for building solar-powered Lightning nodes in hopes of expanding bitcoin adoption across Africa.2020. Jun. 16. 07:00
Capital One believes its patented artificial intelligence system can better assess whether crypto-related news and data are more reliable than humans for tradings, according to its patent filing.2020. Jun. 15. 23:18
Shares of Canaan Creative, one of the few publicly traded crypto miner manufacturers, fell below $2 Monday, their lowest after going public last year.2020. Jun. 15. 21:19
The case, which turns on how to interpret the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, could set precedents for crypto in the years ahead.2020. Jun. 15. 21:18
SIMBA Chain, a blockchain-as-a-service company, has two years and $1.5 million to further build out its supply chain logistics platform for the United States Air Force.2020. Jun. 15. 20:32
Roller-coaster daily trading for bitcoin Monday isn't convincing traders a larger crypto bull market is in the cards.2020. Jun. 15. 19:00
A Bloomberg senior editor today argued there were six reasons why 2020 was bad for bitcoin. Here’s the opposite case.2020. Jun. 15. 18:34
CME Group’s bitcoin options market grew tenfold within a month and recorded six consecutive all-time highs for open interest so far this month.2020. Jun. 15. 18:22
A majority of bitcoins haven’t moved in at least a year, according to on-chain data, signaling investor confidence amid macroeconomic uncertainty.2020. Jun. 15. 18:07
UK fintech bank Revolut will give its customers legal ownership over their cryptocurrencies next month, but will limit how they can spend those coins.2020. Jun. 15. 17:30
Nexus Mutual, an alternative insurance provider for a variety of Ethereum-based DeFi protocols, has seen its risk pool double over the past 90 days to more than $4 million.2020. Jun. 15. 16:36
JPMorgan bond analysts think bitcoin has passed its first stress test while South Korea's central bank is continuing to research CBDCs.2020. Jun. 15. 16:00
With bitcoin and ether both down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!2020. Jun. 15. 13:50
Mining pool Ethermine said it would never freeze transaction fees again.2020. Jun. 15. 13:50
Mining pool Ethermine said it would never freeze transaction fees again.2020. Jun. 15. 13:00
OKEx is partnering with Paxful, adding more than 160 fiat currency onramps to its crypto exchange business.2020. Jun. 15. 13:00
OKEx is partnering with Paxful, adding more than 160 fiat currency onramps to its crypto exchange business.2020. Jun. 15. 12:17
The Bank of Korea has set up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points for a future CBDC issuance.2020. Jun. 15. 12:17
The Bank of Korea has set up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points for a future CBDC issuance.2020. Jun. 15. 11:30
Cardano's ADA token is racking up impressive gains this year, possibly over speculation the network's early adoption of a proof-of-stake blockchain might help it win a growing share of the DeFi space.2020. Jun. 15. 10:15
The put-call volume ratio of bitcoin options suggests Monday's price decline could be short-lived. However, the cryptocurrency remains vulnerable to a further sell-off in stocks.2020. Jun. 15. 09:18
The free web service, which lets users send encrypted messages that self-destruct once read, has been copied with the reported aim of redirecting users' bitcoin to criminals.2020. Jun. 15. 08:02
Talk that India might be considering a new ban on crypto may be premature, exchange founders and startup CEOs working in the sector believe.2020. Jun. 15. 07:00
U.K.-based cryptocurrency platform Ziglu has launched, following a $6.6 million seed round.2020. Jun. 15. 03:20
Bitcoin proved itself a resilient asset, if not a stable or useful currency, during March's global market meltdown, JPMorgan analysts told investors.2020. Jun. 14. 22:17
One overlooked aspect of crypto markets is that transparency and choice holds participants accountable in ways traditional markets have not experienced.2020. Jun. 14. 22:17
One overlooked aspect of crypto markets is that transparency and choice holds participants accountable in ways traditional markets have not experienced.2020. Jun. 14. 14:30
Richard Myers says the future of ad-hoc mesh networks for SMS messages and Bitcoin transactions on your smart phone is here, but it needs the Lightning network to succeed.2020. Jun. 13. 16:00
This week, the wildest, most nonsensical, volatile part of the market wasn’t bitcoin, but the “Robinhood Rally” in equities.2020. Jun. 13. 13:00
CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and adult content creator Allie Awesome talk about payments and money in the sex industry, especially the trends impacted by the coronavirus crisis.2020. Jun. 13. 10:59
When the coronavirus forced Chef Bagus to conduct his cooking classes online, he needed a good payment system. There wasn't one, but his customers helped find a workaround.2020. Jun. 12. 22:05
Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a bitcoin trust in hopes of making the cryptocurrency more accessible to investors.2020. Jun. 12. 21:28
The DADA Art Collective is using blockchain to promote Black Lives Matter and calls for police reform. Here's how tokens can be a form of protest.2020. Jun. 12. 21:00
While fears of a “great monetary inflation” have driven the recent bitcoin narrative, other aspects like censorship resistance and peaceful protest matter just as much.2020. Jun. 12. 20:41
The crypto market seems more closely tied to traditional markets now, but is handily beating stocks year-to-date.2020. Jun. 12. 19:25
Currently just a flashy idea, the digital dollar is competing with duller but proven methods for the job of getting stimulus funds to every U.S. resident.2020. Jun. 12. 18:01
The Ontario Securities Commission says QuadrigaCX, an infamous Canadian exchange, was a Ponzi scheme, while the National Science Foundation is issuing a grant to design a national digital currency.2020. Jun. 12. 17:45
Paul Calder LeRoux, an admitted drug dealer with a background in encryption, planned to build a bitcoin miner had he beaten the rap.2020. Jun. 12. 17:33
Mason Privatbank Liechtenstein is aiming to cater to both crypto-focused investors and asset managers who are looking to diversify their portfolios.2020. Jun. 12. 16:22
Illogical stock movements demonstrate the need for new ways to allocate capital. Yes, it's time to talk about token offerings once more.2020. Jun. 12. 16:06
With the price of BTC dropping more than 6% overnight, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 12. 15:04
The court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a web-hosted plenary session Friday.2020. Jun. 12. 15:04
The court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a web-hosted plenary session Friday.2020. Jun. 12. 14:56
Founded by Barry Silbert in 2013, Grayscale Investments is a digital asset management firm that is a subsidiary of Silbert’s venture capital firm, Digital Currency Group (DCG), which also owns CoinDesk. Grayscale notably manages the Bitcoin Investment Trust, which is a private investment vehicle wholly devoted to bitcoin, and was the first of its kind […]2020. Jun. 12. 14:25
Mark Karpeles said he is reviewing the verdict with his legal team.2020. Jun. 12. 13:48
The integrations would allow the two blockchain projects to track transactions and identify senders, in line with the FATF's "Travel Rule."2020. Jun. 12. 12:53
The owner of Romanian crypto exchange CoinFlux has admitted to laundering money in a fraudulent scheme involving fake eBay ads and a car wash.2020. Jun. 12. 12:17
Fear has crept back into cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets, with bitcoin falling alongside U.S. stocks on Thursday.2020. Jun. 12. 11:39
The week-long calm in the bitcoin market ended with a sudden $800 price drop on Thursday. Here's three likely reasons why.2020. Jun. 12. 09:47
Xapo is making changes as it transforms into a digital bank launching later this year.2020. Jun. 12. 09:00
The National Science Foundation has given blockchain startup KRNC $225,000 to design cryptocurrency features for the U.S. dollar.2020. Jun. 12. 08:01
Ethereum showed the limits of decentralization, says the creator of an explicitly centralized version that pays contracts via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.2020. Jun. 12. 00:56
Crypto derivatives platform Seed CX will be axing its exchange arm to focus solely on settlements, while also teasing additional funding from Bain Capital.2020. Jun. 11. 23:00
Gemini has appointed a new Managing Director of Asia-Pacific, and is now applying for a license to operate in Singapore.2020. Jun. 11. 22:12
EOS, Tezos and XRP have not seen high levels of intended use, according to a new report from researchers in London.2020. Jun. 11. 20:32
A somber economic outlook ahead is causing markets to dip, and bitcoin is a part of that sentiment as well.2020. Jun. 11. 19:15
Bancor, the decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol, has seen a number of interesting developments in the first half of 2020.2020. Jun. 11. 19:15
The Federal Reserve expects low inflation, says rates will stay close to zero through 2022 and keeps lying about the role of central banks in increasing inequality.2020. Jun. 11. 18:48
NEW: The Ontario Securities Commission has published a scathing report calling now-defunct Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX a "Ponzi," and denouncing the practices of founder and CEO Gerald Cotten.2020. Jun. 11. 16:57
Lawmakers will convene today to discuss the possibility of using digital dollars to distribute coronavirus relief, while Filecoin releases its new testnet.2020. Jun. 11. 16:35
Like the employees forced to choose sides, Bitmain customers have been caught in the middle of the power struggle at the No.1 bitcoin miner manufacturer.2020. Jun. 11. 16:18
Vanguard worked with blockchain startup Symbiont, BNY Mellon, Citi, State Street and others to model the full lifecycle of digital ABS settlement.2020. Jun. 11. 16:00
With BTC and global equity markets down more than 1% on the day, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 11. 14:54
Three Arrows Capital now holds about 6.26% of the shares in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, or more than 20,000 bitcoins' worth.2020. Jun. 11. 14:30
Nootropics, or smart drugs, are popular in the tech and crypto scene among high-achievers looking to disrupt the world: beginning with themselves.2020. Jun. 11. 13:00
Decentralized blogging is coming to a .crypto URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs.2020. Jun. 11. 13:00
Catallaxy, an affiliate of Grant Thornton, is tapping CipherTrace to better track cryptocurrencies that might have been used for illicit purposes.2020. Jun. 11. 12:00
BTSE's new perpetual futures contract tracks the value of tether gold tokens priced in bitcoin.2020. Jun. 11. 11:58
With the Fed dashing hopes of a V-shaped recovery, it's uncertain whether bitcoin will become a store of value or begin to track stocks.2020. Jun. 11. 11:16
Bitcoin investors think "it's only a matter of time" before the U.S. experiences rocketing inflation.2020. Jun. 11. 10:00
Crypto custodian Copper is joining the Official Monetary and Financial Institution Forum's new think tank to discuss how central banks are evaluating digital currencies.2020. Jun. 11. 09:00
Crypto custodians are in a race to build the next State Street or BNY Mellon.2020. Jun. 11. 08:00
Arweave, a blockchain network meant for the permanent storage of data, has released a completely new approach to smart contracts.2020. Jun. 11. 07:00
Decentralized storage network firm Filecoin announced the launch of its Incentivized Testnet, the network’s final phase of testing, on Wednesday2020. Jun. 11. 03:16
Most of the cryptocurrencies on Coinbase's new exploratory list saw their prices jump between 8 and 25% within a few hours.2020. Jun. 11. 02:00
Bitcoin IRA, the retirement savings startup, now has a no-balance-minimum account that only requires a monthly deposit minimum of $100.2020. Jun. 11. 00:00
More than 2,000 vending machines in Australia and New Zealand will let customers purchase Coke products using bitcoin.2020. Jun. 10. 23:20
The “digital dollar” concept will take the spotlight Thursday as House Financial Services Committee members discuss how best to issue stimulus funds.2020. Jun. 10. 23:20
The “digital dollar” concept will take the spotlight Thursday as House Financial Services Committee members discuss how best to issue stimulus funds.2020. Jun. 10. 23:20
The “digital dollar” concept takes the spotlight Thursday as House Financial Services Committee members discuss how best to issue stimulus funds.2020. Jun. 10. 21:58
Hut 8 Mining is looking to raise at least $7.5 million to upgrade its fleet of BlockBox bitcoin miners.2020. Jun. 10. 20:36
Cryptocurrency traders slapped the buy button on bitcoin during the Federal Reserve’s non-announcement announcement, but the run-up didn’t last.2020. Jun. 10. 20:20
Patrick Nelson has been an advocate for bitcoin in his seven-year political career. He wants to see New York's BitLicense reformed and blockchain voting used in special cases.2020. Jun. 10. 19:24
In a now-deleted tweet, Coinbase Custody International announced on Twitter it was adding support for withdrawals and deposits in the stablecoin tether.2020. Jun. 10. 19:22
"Disinformation is a routine consequence of surveillance capitalism," says Surveillance Capitalism author Shoshana Zuboff in a wide-ranging interview.2020. Jun. 10. 19:00
Most people today look at social platforms like any other private company, but what if we saw them as alternative jurisdictions with a new set of property rights?2020. Jun. 10. 18:35
Federal Reserve officials see U.S. inflation as likely to stay below 2% over the next three years, based on a new summary of economic predictions released Wednesday by the central bank.2020. Jun. 10. 18:08
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund.2020. Jun. 10. 16:33
An unknown wallet set a $2.6 million ETH transaction fee and Hacker Noon announced it will test out Web 3.0 micropayments.2020. Jun. 10. 16:05
As Chinese students prepare for bitcoin questions on their university entrance exams, some analysts say BTC is near the start of a multi-month bull run.2020. Jun. 10. 16:00
Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, just went live with a beta version on mainnet.2020. Jun. 10. 16:00
Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, just went live with a beta version on mainnet.2020. Jun. 10. 15:35
Congressional candidate Jonathan Herzog hosted a live YouTube broadcast with Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin on Monday, along with author Glen Weyl.2020. Jun. 10. 15:00
The ministry argued the draft ban would be harmful for Russia's economy and citizens, and called for a softer stance.2020. Jun. 10. 15:00
Clarity, a new open-source programming language, promises to deliver less buggy smart contracts.2020. Jun. 10. 14:24
Bakkt and Galaxy Digital plan to offer a "white glove" trading and custody solution targeting institutions this year.2020. Jun. 10. 14:24
Bakkt and Galaxy Digital plan to offer a "white glove" trading and custody solution targeting institutions this year.2020. Jun. 10. 14:11
Band Protocol 2.0 launched Wednesday with its mainnet oracle solution, BandChain, leveraging the Cosmos SDK from Tendermint Labs.2020. Jun. 10. 13:08
Companies that take political stances are in a never-ending war with public opinion. Bitcoin doesn’t take sides and that's why it wins, says our columnist.2020. Jun. 10. 13:00
Tech site Hacker Noon is adding micropayments following an integration with Coil that runs on the Interledger protocol.2020. Jun. 10. 13:00
Tech site Hacker Noon is adding micropayments following an integration with Coil that runs on the Interledger protocol.2020. Jun. 10. 12:59
While the CEOs of Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase show solidarity with Black Lives Matter, crypto's big names have often been silent.2020. Jun. 10. 12:38
The Fed may remain intransigent about negative rates, but bitcoin may benefit from other central bankers who are keeping the option firmly on the table.2020. Jun. 10. 12:25
The sender's identity isn't known, but their wallet still holds more than $11 million-worth of ether,2020. Jun. 10. 11:55
Bitcoin could be on the verge of breaking into a multi-month bull run, according to a lesser-known data metric.2020. Jun. 10. 11:14
Brian Brooks left Coinbase to lead the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last month.2020. Jun. 10. 10:00
Libra's most vexing challenge may be juggling inclusion and compliance. But policy chief Dante Disparte says the project is not giving up on reaching the unbanked.2020. Jun. 10. 09:30
Elrond is conducting a “trial-by-fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.2020. Jun. 10. 08:27
Offering the option to receive wages in the USDC stablecoin removes the volatility risk for earners.2020. Jun. 09. 21:01
A London-based investment firm is listing a centrally cleared bitcoin exchange-traded product on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra in Germany.2020. Jun. 09. 21:01
A London-based investment firm is listing a centrally cleared bitcoin exchange-traded product on Deutsche Borse’s Xetra in Germany.2020. Jun. 09. 21:00
Thanks to growing interest in DeFi, ether is outperforming bitcoin when the market is moving higher.2020. Jun. 09. 20:05
Moscow's government is giving voters the option of having their ballots recorded on a blockchain despite transparency concerns.2020. Jun. 09. 19:35
The largest 50-day rally in stock market history and even shares of bankrupt companies are up more than 100%. What is going on?2020. Jun. 09. 19:30
Alchemy has built a new push notification system for blockchain developers in a bid to move the needle on mainstream-friendly crypto UX.2020. Jun. 09. 19:25
Banning cash transactions and requiring identity verification has not noticeably hurt bitcoin’s oldest operating peer-to-peer exchange, market data shows.2020. Jun. 09. 18:01
A UC San Diego student is accused of participating in a SIM-swapping scam that defrauded Apple and stole one victim’s crypto.2020. Jun. 09. 17:00
“My job here is not to protect incumbents,” says acting Comptroller of the Currency (and Coinbase veteran) Brian Brooks of his fintech-forward agenda.2020. Jun. 09. 16:10
Is mass adoption back on the agenda with the announcement of a feature film based on the Winklevoss twins and new crypto payment option for vending machines "down under?"2020. Jun. 09. 16:06
More than 85 U.S. institutions bought crypto futures last year, more than double the number touching the space in 2018, according to a new survey by Fidelity.2020. Jun. 09. 16:00
With the price of bitcoin again struggling to breach $10,000 and volatility falling to recent lows, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 09. 14:58
It's time for internet users to assert their rights as content owners, rather than giving up free material to platforms like Google and Facebook, says our columnist.2020. Jun. 09. 13:52
Ripple's court filing says CEO Brad Garlinghouse could still be "long" on XRP and sell a claimed 67 million tokens on the open market.2020. Jun. 09. 13:00
Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.2020. Jun. 09. 12:00
Voyager Digital, a publicly traded cryptocurrency brokerage, has doubled its share price this year, beating bitcoin while braving the scrutiny that comes with strict disclosure rules.2020. Jun. 09. 11:36
Bitcoin's price volatility is now as low as it was before the "Black Thursday" crash on March 12.2020. Jun. 09. 10:00
The blockchain intelligence firm says it has added zcash and dash to its transaction-tracing products.2020. Jun. 09. 09:39
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss will help adapt the best-selling book that featured their entrance into the world of bitcoin into a feature film.2020. Jun. 09. 09:39
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss will help adapt the best-selling book that featured their entrance into the world of bitcoin into a feature film.2020. Jun. 09. 09:00
The central bank claims to have distributed 'part' of a recent $13 billion bank "liquidity enhancement" using blockchain tech.2020. Jun. 09. 08:01
The U.S. Marshals Service is on the hunt for a contractor to help it store and auction cryptocurrency it seizes in operations against criminals.2020. Jun. 08. 23:01
ConsenSys says its new regulatory compliance product can analyze up to 280,000 different tokens.2020. Jun. 08. 21:40
Privacy browser Brave was called out this weekend when users noticed that typing "Binance" resulted in an auto-complete ending in a referral link.2020. Jun. 08. 21:11
An initiative that mines the privacy coin monero, donating cash for bail money, has seen an uptick in users since the protests started in Minnesota.2020. Jun. 08. 21:05
Cryptocurrency-focused media startup BlockTV has shut down operations due to the economic strains of the COVID-19 crisis, according to two former employees.2020. Jun. 08. 20:30
Store of value? Bitcoin has outperformed gold and trounced U.S. equities so far this year.2020. Jun. 08. 19:36
Bitcoin options trading is growing faster than the futures and swaps market in 2020.2020. Jun. 08. 19:22
A decade ago, few people believed Elon Musk could pull off a manned space launch, just as skepticism surrounds fintech and crypto today. What can the financial industry learn from SpaceX, asks ConsenSys' Lex Sokolin.2020. Jun. 08. 19:00
The founder of Popular Front joins NLW for a discussion about protests, media and how the people being covered tend to not reflect divisive politics.2020. Jun. 08. 18:03
Bitcoin has underperformed its three major fork currencies by as much as triple-digit percentage points so far this year.2020. Jun. 08. 17:32
Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Ebang wants to raise $100 million through a U.S. IPO. But that could be a risky investment, CoinDesk Research's Matt Yamamoto reports.2020. Jun. 08. 16:35
The U.S. military conducted a war game involving bitcoin while Chinese police may have potentially frozen accounts linked to illicit transactions.2020. Jun. 08. 15:02
After another traffic spike caused a temporary shut down of its exchange service and angered users, Coinbase said it's working on improvements.2020. Jun. 08. 13:00
The war game was designed in 2018 to prepare troops for future conflicts fought on computers rather than out on the field.2020. Jun. 08. 12:23
There are signs investors are increasingly holding bitcoin, confident that a long-term bull market lies ahead.2020. Jun. 08. 11:43
Wall Street doesn't think rising inflation is likely right now – does that remove one of the reasons to invest in bitcoin?2020. Jun. 08. 10:20
CoinMarketCap's new ranking system gives Binance a perfect score, even after it was criticized for favoring its new owner last month.2020. Jun. 08. 09:00
Electricity thieves built their own illicit power stations to connect hidden mining farms with the local energy grid, a state-owned provider says.2020. Jun. 08. 09:00
Electricity thieves built their own illicit power stations to connect hidden mining farms with the local energy grid, a state-owned provider says.2020. Jun. 08. 08:34
Thousands of cryptocurrency over-the-counter merchants and their clients may have been affected as police in China freeze bank accounts over tainted crypto and fiat assets.2020. Jun. 08. 06:04
Securitize, a registered transfer agent, has facilitated the payout of dividends from blockchain-based securities for the first time.2020. Jun. 08. 06:04
Securitize, a registered transfer agent, has facilitated the payout of royalties from blockchain-based securities for the first time.2020. Jun. 07. 22:17
Satoshi Nakamoto is inventor of the Bitcoin protocol, publishing a paper outlining it via the Cryptography Mailing List on November, 1 2008. He then released the first version of the Bitcoin software client in 2009 and participated with others on the project via mailing lists until he finally began to fade from the community toward […]2020. Jun. 07. 21:51
Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin.2020. Jun. 07. 19:13
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to bitcoin adoption: Insecurity and instability. It also claimed that the development of ‘alternative’ blockchains would […]2020. Jun. 07. 17:55
Bitrefill, founded in 2014 by Sergej Kotliar, allows users to purchase mobile phone credit and gift cards, and send payments through layer-two scaling solution the Lightning Network. To top up their mobile phone credit, users enter their phone number on Bitrefill’s site and select the amount of credit to add. They are then presented with […]2020. Jun. 07. 17:34
Patrick Byrne was the CEO of Overstock.com, one of the earliest online retailers to accept bitcoin as payment. Overstock.com is the parent company of blockchain investment firm Medici Ventures and capital markets platform tZERO. Byrne bought Deals.com in 1999 and rebranded the international retailer to Overstock.com. In its early years, Overstock.com gained a reputation for […]2020. Jun. 07. 16:50
Dash, previously called darkcoin, is a cryptocurrency designed specifically for payments. It also has a two-tier network structure. Dash is most notably known for the first implementation of Masternodes. Dash was built in 2014 by developer and creator Evan Duffield. Duffield forked the bitcoin blockchain with the intention of providing additional features, such as lower […]2020. Jun. 07. 16:27
Launched in 2018, Ravencoin is an open source fork of bitcoin specifically designed to facilitate the transfer of assets from one party to another. Users can create assets on the Ravencoin protocol that adhere to rules independent of those of the platform. This distinguishes ravencoin from other protocols that have sought to create tokens on […]2020. Jun. 07. 16:02
Michael Terpin is an American investor, entrepreneur and public relations (PR) agency manager. Terpin in 2013 co-founded BitAngels, an investment network for blockchain technology startups, and Transform Group, a PR firm for the digital currency industry, in 2014. Launched in 2013 by David Johnston, Michael Terpin and Sam Onat Yilmaz, BitAngels was the first angel […]2020. Jun. 07. 14:15
The powerful idea and meme at the core of Bitcoin self-sovereignty is incredibly empowering but has an unspoken element that requires persistent competence and at least for some makes it more trouble than it's worth.2020. Jun. 06. 14:00
A recap of one of the most significant weeks in recent American political history.2020. Jun. 06. 09:36
Drawing inspiration from Reddit's r/place, AstroCanvas is an experiment in boosting staking participation – without appealing to financial incentives.2020. Jun. 06. 02:48
Chris Larsen, born in 1960, is an American business executive, angel investor and the co-founder and former CEO of OpenCoin, which later rebranded to Ripple. Ripple Labs developed their own blockchain technology, the XRP ledger, to improve cross-border payments between various banking systems in the world. The network of financial institutions using all of Ripple’s […]2020. Jun. 06. 02:37
Charles Hoskinson is the former CEO of computing platform Ethereum and the founder and current CEO of blockchain company Input Output (IOHK). Additionally, Hoskinson is the co-founder of blockchain projects Cardano and BitShares. Hoskinson entered the crypto space in 2013 through Invictus Innovations Inc, a company he founded with developer Dan Larimer to launch the […]2020. Jun. 05. 22:10
Coinbase Analytics vaults the massive crypto exchange into a crowded field of blockchain tracing companies all vying for millions of federal dollars.2020. Jun. 05. 21:26
Craig Wright is an Australian computer scientist and businessman best known for his controversial claim that he is bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Born in 1970, Wright is also the chief scientist at nChain, a blockchain startup which promotes the use of bitcoin SV (BSV), a hard fork of the bitcoin cash (BCH) protocol (which is […]2020. Jun. 05. 21:16
Stellar is a blockchain-based payment protocol launched in 2014 by Jed McCaleb – founder of Mt. Gox and co-founder of Ripple – and lawyer Joyce Kim. Originally, stellar aimed to create a network of microfinance institutions in developing nations and to serve the unbanked. It later shifted toward focusing on connecting established financial firms to […]2020. Jun. 05. 20:18
Bitcoin was dull in trading Friday as stock markets were having a big day. However, cryptocurrency stakeholders see it as a temporary market condition.2020. Jun. 05. 20:18
Peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions are up in the developing world. This has everything to do with "QE Infinity" and could be an opening for stablecoins.2020. Jun. 05. 20:05
The SEC is trying to freeze the assets of a cryptocurrency mining and multilevel marketing scheme that it claimed bilked investors of $12 million.2020. Jun. 05. 19:46
Launched in 2010 Mt. Gox was the world’s largest bitcoin exchange until its demise in 2014. By 2013, the Japan-based exchange was handling 70 percent of all bitcoin trades worldwide, but collapsed in 2014 after it was revealed that it had lost 744,408 of its customers’ bitcoins and 100,000 of its own bitcoins, amounting to […]2020. Jun. 05. 19:29
Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency companies. Based in Menlo Park, CA, Pantera was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead and originally focused on global macro hedge fund investments. The firm shifted its focus to the blockchain industry in 2013, and was at that time backed by major […]2020. Jun. 05. 19:23
Dan Larimer is a software programmer and entrepreneur who played a role in the creation of multiple blockchain projects including Steem, Bitshares, and EOS. Larimer is the creator of the delegated-proof-of-stake (DPoS) consensus model, in which elected delegates validate transactions and create blocks. He is also the chief technology officer of EOS.IO creator Block.one. In […]2020. Jun. 05. 19:05
Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is a Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange that offers crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto exchange services. It supports euros, U.S. dollars, bitcoin, ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and XRP. It is one of the oldest exchanges in the crypto industry. Bitstamp claims to take a “mature approach to crypto,” and the exchange has been a proponent of […]2020. Jun. 05. 19:00
How one of the world’s most important geopolitical relationships came to be what it is in 2020.2020. Jun. 05. 18:47
Founded in 2013 by Bart Stephens, Bradford Stephens and Brock Pierce, Blockchain Capital is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. General Partner Spencer Bogart joined the firm in 2017. Formerly known as Crypto Currency Partners, Blockchain Capital has invested in over 55 equities and tokens, including Abra, Kin, 0x, LedgerX, Ripple […]2020. Jun. 05. 17:43
It's bulls on parade as analysts see upward momentum for bitcoin. Here's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. Jun. 05. 16:50
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx rolled out option contracts on Ethereum’s ether (ETH) token on Thursday, ending the Panama-based Deribit’s virtual monopoly in the space.2020. Jun. 05. 16:50
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent.2020. Jun. 05. 16:34
U.N. and Federal Reserve experts think CBDCs can compete with commercial banks, New York and France enter a regulatory agreement while Europol has Wasabi Wallet concerns.2020. Jun. 05. 14:02
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues a UN expert.2020. Jun. 05. 13:00
The New York State Department of Financial Services and its French regulatory counterpart will work to "ease the entry" for fintech innovators into their respective markets.2020. Jun. 05. 11:53
The $20,000 in 2020 prediction may be overly optimistic, but analysts agree bitcoin is likely heading north.2020. Jun. 05. 11:18
Option traders look to be placing bets for a continued upward move in bitcoin.2020. Jun. 05. 09:50
DeversiFi says it has received interest in its DEX's privacy features from more 70 funds.2020. Jun. 05. 09:02
A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, Hoskinson tells CoinDesk.2020. Jun. 05. 08:13
The research explores how "central banking for all" via digital currency could affect commercial banks.2020. Jun. 04. 22:49
Barry Silbert is the founder of venture firm Digital Currency Group (DCG), crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and illiquid assets marketplace SecondMarket. Silbert founded SecondMarket in 2004, where he created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, wholly devoted to bitcoin and the first investment vehicle of its kind in the US. The fund received a $2 million […]2020. Jun. 04. 22:30
There are no easy technological solutions to racial tensions, police brutality or economic insecurity. Still, bitcoin could help black Americans, says author Isaiah Jackson.2020. Jun. 04. 21:47
Galaxy Digital is a digital asset merchant bank founded in 2018 by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz. The firm offers multiple services including asset management, advisory services for businesses, trading and principal investing in companies ranging from seed stage ventures to those in full operation. Galaxy Digital’s portfolio includes major companies such as Bakkt, […]2020. Jun. 04. 21:45
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show.2020. Jun. 04. 21:28
A crypto trader is trying to seize nearly 500 bitcoin from exchanges Xapo and Indodax through a new lawsuit that accuses the two crypto exchanges of harboring his stolen funds.2020. Jun. 04. 20:56
A federal banking regulator is seeking public input on how cryptocurrencies interact with the national banking system and financial institutions.2020. Jun. 04. 20:33
Crypto derivatives volume had a record month in May - and volatility contributes to fueling that growth.2020. Jun. 04. 19:30
Decentralized finance (DeFi) may soon boast a real-world use case as MakerDao considers accepting freight invoices as collateral for DAI loans.2020. Jun. 04. 19:00
Crypto derivative volumes in May gaining key market share against spot volumes.2020. Jun. 04. 19:00
The meme is “money printer go brrr,” but according to this macro expert, central banks have almost no power to actually influence money itself.2020. Jun. 04. 16:43
With US President Donald Trump clashing with social media behemoth Twitter, what does the fight over 'Section 230' really mean and can decentralization offer a better solution?2020. Jun. 04. 16:14
Bitmain's ousted co-founder reportedly retook the company's office building while a protocol update made Bitcoin more resilient to state attacks.2020. Jun. 04. 16:01
Bloomberg thinks BTC could hit $20K. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. Jun. 04. 15:55
An amended lawsuit alleging Tether and Bitfinex manipulated the bitcoin market is now claiming Poloniex and Bittrex were also involved.2020. Jun. 04. 14:35
Staff at bitcoin miner manufacturer Bitmain are being forced to choose between its two co-founders as a long-running feud over control of the firm worsens.2020. Jun. 04. 13:02
The banks will be joined by representatives from big business and the government to lay out how to create shared digital payments system.2020. Jun. 04. 12:44
Bitcoin has just got easier to mine while major manufacturers have started shipping their latest machines ahead of China's rainy summer season.2020. Jun. 04. 12:30
After two years of laying groundwork, crypto-friendly Arival Bank is launching in beta Thursday. But there’s a catch: clients must disclose all wallets.2020. Jun. 04. 11:58
Bloomberg analysts argue that historical patterns and macro factors mean prices are on a path back the the all-time high.2020. Jun. 04. 11:37
Protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis could have implications for inflation and trust in the financial system.2020. Jun. 04. 10:30
A former Yang aide running for Congress sees Bitcoin as a liberator, New York’s BitLicense as a hindrance and universal basic income as an imperative.2020. Jun. 04. 10:00
The depth of the outrage reveals how scandalized the public can become when trusted institutions are shown to be less reliable than expected.2020. Jun. 04. 09:08
Ethereum's account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren't helping, a research paper argues.2020. Jun. 04. 08:00
The most popular way to use bitcoin off-chain is on Ethereum, recent data indicates.2020. Jun. 03. 21:49
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has reportedly been nominated to another five-year term at the agency.2020. Jun. 03. 21:49
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has reportedly been nominated to another five-year term at the agency.2020. Jun. 03. 21:34
Bitcoin Core released a new software update Wednesday. Notably, it includes experimental software to hedge against attacks from nation-states and ISPs.2020. Jun. 03. 21:09
London-based bitcoin miner Argo reported that a dip in revenue last month may have occurred due to the bitcoin halving.2020. Jun. 03. 20:42
The bitcoin rollercoaster has turned into a bumper car as equities take the stage in hopes of a global economic rebound.2020. Jun. 03. 20:06
A U.S. oil and gas consortium says a blockchain-based automated platform tracking wastewater reduced transportation costs.2020. Jun. 03. 19:00
From the largest 50-day rally in history to the highest unemployment since the Great Depression, the story of markets in 5 key numbers2020. Jun. 03. 17:56
Founded by Ryan X. Charles in 2015, Yours is a social media website where users can earn cryptocurrency for producing content. The website initially utilized litecoin payments to reward content creators. It now utilizes bitcoin SV (BSV), a fork of bitcoin cash, for its micropayments. There are multiple ways to earn BSV through the Yours […]2020. Jun. 03. 17:54
Gavin Andresen is an American computer scientist and software developer best known for his early contributions to bitcoin. Andresen took up the role of lead developer of bitcoin core after Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared in 2010. Andresen also acted as the chief scientist for the Bitcoin Foundation after it was formed in 2012. Andresen graduated from […]2020. Jun. 03. 17:39
The conventional wisdom could be challenged because miners mainly operate on cash, meaning they need to liquidate their holdings almost daily to fund the cost of mining.2020. Jun. 03. 16:14
Ethereum Classic hardforked to become more compatible with Ethereum while a French energy firm is cleared to issue a new ICO.2020. Jun. 03. 16:00
Not so good news for fans of $10K BTC. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.2020. Jun. 03. 15:01
Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.2020. Jun. 03. 14:49
Blockchain analytics provider Coinfirm will help Binance Korea better comply with anti-money laundering rules.2020. Jun. 03. 13:09
Coincheck's .com domain had been "in a state where it could be acquired." No funds have been lost, the firm said.2020. Jun. 03. 12:16
Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development.2020. Jun. 03. 11:33
After another failure above the $10,000 mark, some bitcoin traders are now looking ahead to this week's European Central Bank meeting, where authorities could commit to an extra €500 billion in money injections – er, asset purchases.2020. Jun. 03. 11:21
Created in 2014, XRP is the native asset of the XRP ledger, developed by Ripple Labs, that uses blockchain technology to improve cross-border payments. XRP is used on xRapid to provide liquidity in cross-border payments that involve illiquid trading pairs. 100 billion tokens were created at the project’s launch in 2012. 80 billion was held […]2020. Jun. 03. 10:20
Originally OpenCoin Inc, Ripple Labs is the San Francisco company behind the XRP ledger and Ripple payments network. Founded in 2012 by Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto, it is currently led by CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Ripple Labs can trace its origins back to Ripplepay, a peer-to-peer payment network created in 2004 by Ryan […]2020. Jun. 03. 10:07
Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work.2020. Jun. 03. 09:44
Renewables provider WPO has been granted an "ICO visa" from the French financial markets regulator.2020. Jun. 03. 09:41
Kraken is an American cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell. Kraken supports crypto-to-crypto and fiat-to-crypto trades. Powell started Kraken in the aftermath of the hack of the Mt. Gox exchange, after having helped the now-defunct exchange with its early problems. These shortcomings are what motivated Powell to build a more robust exchange. […]2020. Jun. 03. 09:26
Born in 1990, Justin Sun is the founder and CEO of the Tron Foundation, the company behind the Tron blockchain. He is also the CEO of BitTorrent Inc. which he acquired in 2018. Sun was previously a representative and advisor for payments protocol company Ripple Labs in China, and also founded Callme, or Peiwo, a […]2020. Jun. 03. 09:11
On August 1, 2017, the Bitcoin protocol underwent a hard fork which split the network in two and gave birth to Bitcoin Cash. Tired of the infighting and perceived lack of progress on Bitcoin’s scaling debate, and unhappy with the decision to go ahead with the Segregated Witness or SegWit upgrade (which would increase block […]2020. Jun. 03. 09:02
Vodafone and Energy Web are using SIM cards and blockchain to build more nimble renewable power grids.2020. Jun. 03. 08:01
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network.2020. Jun. 03. 01:14
Riccardo Spagni, also known by his internet handle “fluffypony,” was the lead maintainer of Monero, a privacy-centric cryptocurrency project that aims to obfuscate the linkability of transactions across source, quantity, and destination. Spagni is an entrepreneur who started his career in software development, and upon discovering the Monero project in 2014, dedicated his professional work […]2020. Jun. 03. 00:55
Pieter Wuille is the co-founder of Blockstream and a top Bitcoin core developer. Wuille is best known for developing committed libraries Segregated Witness, libsecp256k1 and BIP (bitcoin proposal) 66. Born in Belgium, Wuille discovered Bitcoin in 2010. He was working at Google in Switzerland when he stumbled across the project in a chat channel dedicated […]2020. Jun. 02. 22:07
Comments from a Minnesota official comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data.2020. Jun. 02. 21:47
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.2020. Jun. 02. 21:00
An Iranian lawmaker wants his country’s central bank to take bitcoin seriously.2020. Jun. 02. 20:35
Crypto bank Avanti has raised an angel round from the University of Wyoming Foundation, Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital and other investors.2020. Jun. 02. 20:35
Crypto bank Avanti has raised an angel round from the University of Wyoming Foundation, Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital and other investors.2020. Jun. 02. 20:21
Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets.2020. Jun. 02. 20:21
Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets.2020. Jun. 02. 20:09
Donald Trump's recent spat with Twitter over the limits of free speech poses a question: Could decentralized media do better? It hasn't yet, as Civil and TruStory show, but Jack Dorsey wants to test some ideas.2020. Jun. 02. 20:07
Blockchain media startup Civil is shutting down after three years, with its team pivoting to building decentralized identity tools at parent firm ConsenSys.2020. Jun. 02. 19:28
As protests mount in the U.S., we sit down with an outspoken pro-bitcoin, anti-surveillance human-rights advocate.2020. Jun. 02. 18:38
Jed McCaleb is an American programmer and entrepreneur. Born in 1975, McCaleb is well-known for creating one of the first bitcoin exchanges, the now defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox., which he eventually sold. He notably later co-founded blockchain companies Ripple and Stellar. McCaleb launched Mt. Gox in 2010 with the intent of it becoming the […]2020. Jun. 02. 16:37
Blockchain firms led the charge of fintech companies that relocated to Hong Kong in 2019.2020. Jun. 02. 16:00
With the price of bitcoin briefly breaking above $10,000, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!2020. Jun. 02. 15:59
Bitcoin's price fell more than $800 in under five minutes on Tuesday, pushing the broader cryptocurrency market into the red.2020. Jun. 02. 15:59
Bitcoin's price fell more than $800 in under five minutes on Tuesday, pushing the broader cryptocurrency market into the red.2020. Jun. 02. 15:49
Square Crypto supports Bitcoin's lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar's creator.2020. Jun. 02. 14:56
The head of Venezuela's state-backed petro cryptocurrency has been added to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Most Wanted list.2020. Jun. 02. 14:00
Derivative contracts on ether are more popular than ever, as evidenced by record open positions in options listed on the Panama-based derivatives exchange Deribit.2020. Jun. 02. 13:35
While Bitcoin created an alternative financial system independent of government, Libra’s architecture depends on the existing fiat currency system – and on the whims of the governments that control it.2020. Jun. 02. 13:33
The figure puts 2020 on track to become the second-costliest year in the history of crypto.2020. Jun. 02. 12:59
The controversial cryptocurrency is winning in the crypto markets this year as developers and investors see its blockchain's technical differences as a good thing.2020. Jun. 02. 12:39
A big short squeeze has taken bitcoin passed a major psychological hurdle – some think its the start of a breakout.2020. Jun. 02. 10:15
Indian firms Tech Mahindra and Idealabs will offer curated professional certification courses on blockchain.2020. Jun. 02. 09:21
Poolin, the second biggest bitcoin mining pool by total network power, is expanding its crypto lending and financial services businesses.2020. Jun. 02. 08:00
Unable to meet in person, developers around the world collaborated by videoconference for a 48-hour stretch to refine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.2020. Jun. 02. 03:55
Bitcoin.com is a company and website dedicated to bitcoin cash and bitcoin core. The website provides a variety of related services including a mobile wallet, a mining pool, cryptocurrency news and a crypto exchange among other features. The domain and company are owned by Roger Ver and are registered in St. Kitts, in the Caribbean. […]2020. Jun. 02. 03:30
Antpool, one of the largest mining pools in the world supports ten cryptocurrencies and rewards miners daily for their contributed hash power. As of 2020, Antpool represents over 12 percent of bitcoin’s network hash power. The mining pool launched in 2014 and is operated by mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain. Antpool is an open access mining […]2020. Jun. 02. 01:58
Blockchain analysis is "a euphemism" for surveillance, HRF Director Alex Gladstein told Elliptic's Tom Robinson during a debate on crypto tracing Monday.2020. Jun. 02. 00:35
Bitcoin has risen above $10,000 for the first time in almost a month as protests in U.S. cities continue to intensify.2020. Jun. 01. 22:50
Investors who sold bitcoin in May missed out on positive returns during 8 of the past 10 years, according to market data.2020. Jun. 01. 22:35
Hong Kong-listed SMIC plans to raise $2.8 billion via an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, in hopes of advancing its chip making practices. The company is working with Canaan Creative to build a new crypto miner.2020. Jun. 01. 20:38
The bitcoin market has nothing on oil’s volatility in 2020.2020. Jun. 01. 19:26
Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate Cynthia Lummis says bitcoin's store-of-value appeal has never been stronger. So she continues to HODL.2020. Jun. 01. 19:08
As the U.S. experiences the most sustained civil disobedience in more than a generation, an exploration of what role bitcoin has to play in building a better system.2020. Jun. 01. 17:15
Private Swiss bank Maerki Baumann is offering a new trading and custody service for a handful of cryptos.2020. Jun. 01. 16:04
With bitcoin and ether both headed up, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.2020. Jun. 01. 15:44
Chase Bank settled a class action brought by crypto purchasers while a new report shows a flaw in time-locked bitcoin transactions.2020. Jun. 01. 15:16
With interest rates for government debt near zero, or negative, the fixed income asset class has disappeared. The investment case for Bitcoin just gets stronger.2020. Jun. 01. 15:00
The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another.2020. Jun. 01. 13:00
CoinKite, maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, has introduced two accessories that underscore the near-paranoia required to safely hold bitcoin.2020. Jun. 01. 12:31
Bitcoin has put in a positive June performance in six out of the last eight years. But Ethereum is drawing new investors with the start of staking due this year.2020. Jun. 01. 11:50
0x's ZRX token was May’s best performing crypto asset, beating bitcoin by a big margin.2020. Jun. 01. 10:00
Here's how influencer marketing drives the crypto industry – especially for product sales like hardware wallets and debit cards.2020. Jun. 01. 09:17
Founded by Michael Gronager, Jonathan Levin and Jan Moller in 2014, Chainalysis provides cryptocurrency exchanges, international law enforcement agencies and other clients with blockchain transaction analysis software to help them comply with regulations, assess risk and identify illicit activity. The company offers both an investigation software scraping the blockchain for the movements of funds, and […]2020. Jun. 01. 09:00
The JPMorgan subsidiary has agreed to repay most of $2.5 million it took in credit card fees for cryptocurrency purchases.2020. Jun. 01. 08:00
A widespread bug has compromised a special type of bitcoin transaction that is supposed to discourage miners from cheating, new research shows.2020. Jun. 01. 00:21
Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all have strong growth trajectories and balance sheets. But with that stability comes a certain degree of centralization.