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Twitter Promotes an Elon Impostor
Coinbase will add the 0x protocol token to its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. It's the first ERC-20 token to get a place on...
Ex-Trump Advisor Joins Blockchain Startup
Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, has been sold.Ethereum's next system-wide upgrade is on...
Fidelity Goes Crypto
Financial services provider Fidelity Investments is launching a cryptocurrency trading and storage platform.The price of the tether...
Stablecoins Gone Wild
The Gemini dollar (GUSD) soared above $1 to a high of $1.19 Tuesday, just a day after competing stablecoin Tether (USDT) dropped to an...
Just $7 Million Short
Trading bots appear to have gamed a big token announcement from Coinbase.Binance teams up with Chainalysis to monitor cryptocurrency...
Rupees for Stablecoins
A clampdown on cryptocurrency by Indian regulators is forcing one exchange in that country to go to great lengths to do business.The U.S....
North Korea's Half-Billion-Dollar Hacks
A new report indicates that an infamous North Korean hacking group has managed to steal over half a billion dollars in...
Coinbase supports Circle
Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday.The newest commissioner with the U.S. Securities and...
A Freshman 51% Attack
Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have seized an ATM just weeks after it was set up by local cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin. A...
Bitmain's IPO Woes
Parties solicited to invest in the pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round for Bitmain Technologies, Ltd., the leading maker of...
Bitcoin Backed
In January, a new token is being launched on the ethereum blockchain that will be backed one-for-one by bitcoin. An advisory committee to...
Bitstamp Acquired
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been acquired by NXMH, an investment firm based in Belgium and owned by South Korean conglomerate...
Jail Time
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has just announced $300 million in new fundingThe developer that formalized the code...
Billionaire Jeff Gundlach Expects Recession This Year, Advises Against Buying Bitcoin
Doubleline Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach, also known as the “Bond King,” has warned about “a recession in the later...
Lost Crypto?
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly...
Tether's Scribble
Tether, the company behind the controversial stablecoin of the same name, published a letter purporting to be from Deltec Bank and Trust...
ICO Guidance in "Plain English"
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to clarify when and how cryptocurrencies may be classified as securities, and will...
"The Largest Crypto Giveaway in History"
Bitmain is launching two new Antminer models targeting the bitcoin mining industry. U.S. elections drama may be dragging Augur out of the...
Egg Freezing
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The SEC Sends a Shot Across the Bow
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Take Me to Constantinople
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Banned From Trading Forever
Ironic? A fractious divide in the Bitcoin Cash community has raised fears that the cryptocurrency – the fourth largest by market cap –...
Oil is the New Data
It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV.An ongoing legal battle...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Altcoins Climb Following Fed Reserve Chief's Inflation Reassurances
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Market moves: Bitcoin led a broad crypto recovery ahead of the U.S. CPI release.Technician’s take:...
SPECIAL: MarketWatch & CoinDesk Survey Results
Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in over 12 months on Wednesday amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off.A new BitLicense has been...
Was $39,650 the bottom? Bitcoin bulls and bears debate the future of BTC price
Bitcoin (BTC) price made a quick pop above $43,100 in the U.S. trading session but uncertainty is still the dominant sentiment among...
Bitcoin, the Evil Spawn
A European Central Bank executive board member said this week that blockchain is promising – but that bitcoin is “the evil spawn of the...
Crypto and Fed digital dollar can coexist, says Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Powell says nothing would prevent a well-regulated stablecoin from coexisting with a US CBDC. He also revealed that a much-awaited report...
Key on-chain metric shows Bitcoin miners in ‘massive’ BTC accumulation mode
New data shows that Bitcoin (BTC) miners are hoarding more coins than at any time in the past five months, which could be a fresh signal...
Bitcoin drops below $5K
Bitcoin’s price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October 12, 2017, dropping more than $500 to hit $4,981 earlier today.Despite...
Bakkt delays its launch until next year
The ICE’s bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt is delaying its product launch. The U.K.’s FCA is considering a ban on some...
Giga Watt Declares Bankruptcy
The U.S-based crypto mining firm Giga Watt filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this past Monday, but it still owes creditors some $7...
Crypto Tops Investor Threats for US Securities Regulators
U.S. state securities regulators have revealed that cryptocurrency investments are their top investor threat this year. “Before you...
Coming Soon: The Road To Consensus by CoinDesk
We're preparing for Consenus 2019, the world's largest blockchain conference, with weekly interview of influencers, developers,...
Powell Tells Senate Fed Will Release Its Crypto Report 'Within Weeks'
The Federal Reserve’s highly-anticipated report on cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – initially slated to come...
Jake Chervinsky: Crypto Twitter's Favorite Lawyer | Road to Consensus by CoinDesk
Jake Chervinsky is a lawyer, just not yours. A litigator with New York-based Kobre & Kim, Chervinsky has become a preeminent Twitter...
BitMEX Compliance Chief Malcolm Wright Jumps to Shyft Network
Malcolm Wright, the former chief compliance officer at BitMEX, has joined Shyft Network, a startup focused on helping cryptocurrency firms...
Bitrue Is Launching a New Yield Farming Hub
PRESS RELEASE. In the world of cryptocurrencies, it is important for any crypto exchange to offer plenty of different options when it...
Amber Baldet: Privacy as Profit
Clovyr co-founder Amber Baldet joins Nolan Bauerle to discuss the state of enterprise blockchain and the benefits of taking privacy...
Will Martino: Who Needs Private Blockchains?
Kadena's Will Martino joins host Nolan Bauerle to share his journey from the SEC and JPMorgan into the Wild West of crypto.Register for...
One Day After Launch, OpenSea Competitor LooksRare Sells Over $100M in NFTs
After months of speculation about a possible vampire attack, dominant NFT marketplace OpenSea may finally have a worthy – and more...
A Web 3 Company Just Bought a Stake in a TradFi Giant
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeOn today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Equities Stabilize as Sentiment Improves
Bitcoin rose toward $43,000 on Tuesday and is up about 3% over the past 24 hours. Several alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) such as...
Edward Woodford – Seed CX, Regulation, and the Conditions for Success
Seed CX co-founder Edward Woodford joins host Nolan Bauerle to discuss market data, manipulation, and fair markets. Register for Consensus...
Eric Piscini: Supply Chains and Marketplace Participation
Eric Piscini of Citizens Reserve tells CoinDesk's Nolan Bauerle that decentralized platforms are the #1 opportunity in the blockchain...
Inside the Mnuchin Files
We FOIA’d former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s emails. Here’s what we found.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter...
Traders Will Be Watching if December CPI Confirms Inflation at 4-Decade High
Bitcoin traders have been betting for years the largest cryptocurrency by market cap could serve as an effective hedge against inflation....
Bitcoin price surges to $43K, but traders warn that ‘real pain’ is due for altcoins
Bitcoin (BTC) fell slightly into the Wall Street open on Jan. 11 after the largest cryptocurrency failed to crack resistance above...
Kevin O'Leary's Crypto Investing Playbook
Kevin O’Leary is a centimillionaire, a businessperson on reality TV and a crypto bag holder. He’s one of many, many traditional investors...
‘Centralization issues’ are the biggest culprits of DeFi attacks: CertiK
Decentralized finance, better known as DeFi, may not be “decentralized” enough as attackers exploited centralized weak points to drain...
DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It
Late on Sunday, Jan. 9, DeSo founder Nader Al-Naji announced that his “decentralized social media” service would update its login flow,...
175-Year-Old News Cooperative the Associated Press Plans to Launch NFT Marketplace
On January 10, 2022, the Associated Press (AP), the American non-profit news cooperative founded in 1846, has announced the news agency is...
Ethereum futures and options data reflects traders’ mixed emotions on $3.2K ETH price
Ether (ETH) has been an emotional rollercoaster over the past three months primarily because its price rallied twice. First, it peaked at...
BREAKDOWN: Should the Government Have a Say in Where Can Invest?
Accredited investor laws block most of the US out of technology and other types of early stage risk investing, but as the ICO boom showed,...
Welcome to the Crypto Version of ‘Blade Runner’
Big chunky pixels. Lots of pixels. That’s what you see when you enter most of the early crypto metaverses, such as Decentraland and The...
BREAKDOWN: Art Haus Ethereum Meets Bitcoin Financialization
One of the most important (yet somehow quiet) narratives of 2019 has been the financialization of bitcoin and the emergence of a robust...
Strike Launches Bitcoin Payment Services in Argentina to Kickstart Latin American Expansion
Bitcoin's Lightning Network-powered app Strike has launched its services in Argentina, the company announced Tuesday.Argentines will be...
Bitcoin Rises From Oversold Levels; Faces Resistance Near $45K
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above the $40,000 support level and is up about 3% over the past 24 hours. Buyers are starting to return to the...
BREAKDOWN: Peter McCormack On A Defiant New Era For Bitcoin
Peter McCormack is one of the most prominent podcasters in the space. In 2019, he added a new podcast called “Defiance” and focused on the...
BREAKDOWN: Rob ‘Crypto Bobby’ Paone and Preethi Kasireddy on Fundraising, Halvings, and the Long Steady Slog of Crypto
Rob Paone, aka Crypto Bobby, got his start as a popular crypto YouTuber and has gone on to help build a number of crypto companies before...
BREAKDOWN: Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan
Katherine Wu was a founding team member at Messari before moving into a VC role at Notation Capital, but is perhaps best known in crypto...
BREAKDOWN: Taylor Monahan on Crypto’s Divergent Possibilities in 2020
Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO of MyCrypto. In this interview as part of The Breakdown’s end of year coverage, she argues that the...
BREAKDOWN: Taking the TON out of Telegram | January 6th 2020
Last week, the US government took out a key Iranian military leader. As the world - and the markets - reacts to the news, some are asking...
BREAKDOWN: Hamstringing an Industry With Compliance Costs | January 7th, 2020
In their annual transparency report, Kraken reported seeing a 50% increase in regulatory inquiries as compared to 2018, which CEO Jesse...
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Mapping Out Eth 2.0
The world’s 2nd largest cryptocurrency Ethereum is going through an upgrade! It’s previous problems will now be solved with Eth 2.0.In...
Hard Problems Bram with Cohen
Join Chia CEO and BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen as he and a growing cast of subject matter experts explore the hardest problems still...
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The Disruption is global and its reach knows no bounds. As bitcoin & crypto stories from around the world circulate, Coindesk...
Iran to Permit Use of Cryptocurrencies in International Settlements, Reports Reveal
Authorities in Iran are preparing to allow the employment of cryptocurrencies for international settlements. According to local media,...
Metaverse Scarcity Isn’t Real
There’s an old saying, “Buy land, they’re not making any more of it.” When it comes to the metaverse, that isn’t true.Artificial scarcity...
What next for Crypto.com (CRO) after a 7-day blood bath? – Price prediction and analysis
Crypto.com (CRO) is simply in shambles. After a massive 7-day rout that saw the token lose nearly 25% in value, CRO is still in the eye of...
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 17, 2020
With Binance expanding its miner ambitions and Thailand's CBDC seeing early use, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin...
Oasis Network (ROSE) has rebounded sharply – Can this uptrend keep going?
After a sluggish start to 2022, Oasis Network (ROSE) is finally rebounding sharply. The token appears to have weathered the crypto storm...
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 11, 2021
With BTC trading at $37K and a look at the controversy surrounding the carbon footprint of blockchain ecosystems, CoinDesk’s Market Daily...
Emerging bullish pattern could push AVAX past $98 – Price prediction and analysis below
After hitting all-time highs in the middle of December last year, Avalanche (AVAX) has been on a downtrend. The coin went from trading at...
Are El Salvador’s Bitcoin ‘Volcano Bonds’ an End Run Around the IMF?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeToday on “The Breakdown,” a check in on El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele...
Crypto Talks From CoinDesk
We’re talking to experts in the crypto and blockchain space about the future of the industry. You’ll hear from economists, entrepreneurs,...
Chainlink (LINK) establishes upward trendline despite market-wide crypto correction
Chainlink (LINK) appears to be establishing an upward trend line that could see it surge towards $33. The coin has in fact been one of the...
New Money
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The 10 Tribes of Crypto
Many people think crypto is full of flinty libertarians and Shiba-chasing degens. But anyone who’s hung around crypto for a while knows...
Expanding Crypto Market Caps by 500% to 1,300%: Stablecoin Issuance Saw Significant Growth Last Year
As crypto-assets grew immensely in value last year, the growth of the stablecoin economy swelled as well and today, there’s $170.24...
What Are Ethereum Gas Fees?
There is no such thing as a free lunch and there’s certainly no such thing as a free transaction. If spending $5 to receive $20 at an ATM...
How to Set Up a MetaMask Wallet
Whether you’re looking to create your first non-fungible token (NFT), lend assets on a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol or simply buy...
EPNS Goes Live in Bid to Bring Notifications to Web 3
A new project is hoping to address a key aspect of user experience that Web 3 currently lacks – the ability for protocols, contracts and...
South African Police Investigate Missing Brothers’ Crypto Platform, Africrypt
Police in South Africa are looking into criminal cases brought by investors claiming to have been defrauded by Africrypt, a crypto...
Axie Infinity’s Gaming Sidechain Is Bigger Than Many Major L1s by Volume: Nansen Report
A farming simulator clogged a popular blockchain for days on end last week. Now a new research report from blockchain analytics firm...
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 11, 2022
This episode is sponsored by Kava.Today's Stories:Bitcoin’s Nearly 40% Slide Weighs on Crypto Stocks While Coinbase OutperformsStock...