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Paxful’s Ray Youssef on Digital and Financial Social Justice
“On Purpose” host Tyrone Ross is joined by Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful. Youssef brings history-backed answers to philosophical questions...
What Jamie Dimon Doesn’t Understand About Bitcoin
On Monday, speaking at an event hosted by the Institute of International Finance, JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon once again said...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines as Indicator Shows Rally Could Lose Steam
Bitcoin’s price dipped below $57,000 on Tuesday as analysts said the extreme buying in the market could mean the rally may soon be running...
Introducing Crypto for Advisors, a Newsletter for Financial Planners
CoinDesk is launching a new newsletter – one that’s different from our existing titles in an important way. It’s called Crypto for...
Millions of Wix Merchants Can Now Accept 12 Different Cryptocurrencies
On Tuesday, the Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payments company Bitpay announced the Israeli software company Wix has enabled its Software...
Your Clients May Already Own Crypto. Here’s How to Hold It
TakeawaysProducts and services to help advisors handle crypto on behalf of clients are only just emerging.Even so, most serious...
Why Are Digital Assets Different?
Digital assets, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – they have all been the subject of intense media...
Important Conversations to Have About Crypto With Clients
When we get through all the numbers and metrics that make up our business – AUM, ROI, fees, alpha, beta – what we actually end up doing is...
Big Institutions Are Eying Crypto. But Where Are the Inflows?
In a June 2020 survey by Fidelity Digital, more than one-third of institutional investors in Europe and the U.S. reported holding digital...
Bitcoin Takes a Breather; Could Find Support at $50K-$52K
Bitcoin (BTC) buyers are exiting positions as overbought signals appear on the charts. Resistance is seen around $58,000-$60,000, which...
5 Ways Bitcoin Can Play a Role in a Portfolio
Recently, a well-known bitcoin writer tweeted, “If your financial advisor hasn’t recommended bitcoin yet, fire them.” A tweet like this...
How Do You Value Digital Assets?
When I was first asked to write this column for CoinDesk, I called an old acquaintance, financial advisor and OnRamp Investing CEO Tyrone...
Bitcoin $60K resistance hints at ‘buy the dip opportunity’ before all-time highs — Analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) liquidity is changing — and it could mean that hodlers will get a fresh “buy the dip” opportunity. As noted by on-chain...
Jay-Z Adds Incubator to Portfolio of Blockchain/Crypto Investments: Report
Jay-Z knows diamonds are forever, but what about crypto? The hip-hop legend and business mogul’s firm Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) is...
Who Cares What Jamie Dimon Thinks of Bitcoin?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeAh, Jamie Dimon. One of the longest duration skeptics of bitcoin, and one of the...
Bitcoin price is correcting, but what does futures data show?
Bitcoin had been underperforming most altcoins for the past two months, but that trend reversed this week when (BTC’s) 20% rally...
Nevada-Based Bitcoin Mining Operation Cleanspark Purchases 4,500 Bitcoin Miners From Bitmain
Cleanspark, a Nevada-based energy technology and clean bitcoin mining firm, has announced the purchase of 4,500 Bitmain-brand Antminer S19...
Constellation Looks to Scale Blockchain Data Choices With Acquisition of Retail Startup Dor
Blockchain firm Constellation has acquired retail-data startup Dor with the aim of adding footfall information to its other relevant...
Coinbase Follows FTX.US Into NFT Trading
Coinbase is joining the non-fungible token (NFT) arms race.The U.S. crypto exchange is launching “Coinbase NFT,” a marketplace that will...
Total Value Locked in Defi Surpasses $200 Billion — Fantom, Avalanche, Harmony, Arbitrum TVLs Swell
Decentralized finance (defi) has swelled quite a bit this year and on October 5, the total value locked (TVL) in defi protocols crossed...
Dapper Labs Backs $3.5M Raise for Crypto Social Media Startup Yup
Yup, a crypto-backed social media platform, has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by Distributed Global, with support from Dapper...
China’s crypto ban: Buy the dip or cause for concern?
Last month China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), published a memo criminalizing practically all cryptocurrency...
Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Its Bitcoin Support
Payments company Stripe has begun assembling a crypto engineering team to chart its future in digital assets.The team – described in...
Biden Wants to Know More About Crypto
We’re seeing more and more chatter about crypto regulations from the U.S. presidential administration, but despite certain statements from...
Disney, Robinhood, Electronic Arts, WWE to Benefit From NFTs, Citi Says
Companies including Disney, Robinhood Markets and Electronic Arts are expected to benefit from non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to a...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 12, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Eyes $60K as Active Entities Surge,...
XDEFI Releases Cross-Chain Wallet for DeFi, NFTs
XDEFI Wallet, which last month raised $6 million, has released a rival to MetaMask that was built with decentralized finance (DeFi) and...
Couple that traded military secrets for XMR appear in court today
The FBI and the NCIS on Saturday arrested a US Navy Engineer and his wife for attempting to sell nuclear secrets to a 'foreign party'...
Major Turkish Crypto Exchange Coinzo Shuts Down
Coinzo, one of Turkey’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is terminating its digital asset trading services. The platform said its...
Intel Won’t Limit Crypto Mining on New Arc GPUs
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) doesn’t plan to include crypto mining limitations in its Arc graphics processing units (GPUs) due to release in early...
Binance Dedicates Another $1B to Smart Chain Project
Binance is doubling down its position in Binance Smart Chain (BSC).Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume,...
CleanSpark Spends Some of Its Bitcoin to Buy 4,500 New Mining Machines
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) has purchased 4,500 Antminer S19 bitcoin mining machines, funded partially by the sale of the...
Ethereum loses key support level as ETH price falls to two-month lows against Bitcoin
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) rallied by more than 15% in the first twelve days of October. But, compared to Bitcoin’s...
Hashmasks Is Behind New NFTs by Notorious Art Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi
Hashmasks, the digital art collective that’s put together a collection of thousands of high-end non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is the...
iExec Launches Oracle Factory Allowing Anyone To Create Custom Oracles in Minutes
PRESS RELEASE. Using the iExec Oracle Factory, developers are able to create their own decentralized oracles with just the API’s...
What Is Proof-of-Work?
Proof-of-work is the algorithm that secures many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Most digital currencies have a central...
What Is Proof-of-Stake?
Proof-of-stake is a method of maintaining the integrity of a cryptocurrency, preventing users from printing extra coins they didn’t earn....
South Africa Police Issue Arrest Warrant for Fraud-Accused Crypto Trader
Reports from South Africa say the country’s police have now issued a warrant for the arrest of Sandile Shezi, a 29-year-old...
Sam Bankman-Fried Hands Control of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda to Two Deputies
Sam Bankman-Fried is stepping back from his quant trading shop Alameda Research to make room for two co-CEOs: Caroline Ellison and Sam...
Crypto Lender Celsius Network Raises $400M in a Bid to Reassure Regulators: Report
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has raised $400 million in equity funding in a move to reassure regulators of the credibility of the...
Ripple, Nelnet announce $44M strategic investment in clean energy
The investment targets cutting US carbon emissions by more than 1.5 million tons over the next 35 years Ripple, the firm behind the XRP...
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic raises $60M in Series C
Venture capital firms and other investing institutions have continued pouring funds into the blockchain sector A statement released on...
Need some Bitcoin ‘hopium?’ This chart calls for new BTC price all-time high by November
Bitcoin (BTC) is on track to see new all-time highs this month and at least $72,000 in November if the latest price data is accurate. In a...
UK gambling watchdog probing fantasy football NFT platform Sorare
Sorare has reiterated that none of its services fall under regulated gambling The UK's gambling regulator has said it's investigating...
Nigerian Vice President Says Current Naira Exchange Rate ‘Artificially Low’
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo recently warned that the country’s official naira exchange rate of N411 for every dollar is...
Bitcoin Eyes $60K as Active Entities Surge, Price Chart Shows Impending Bull Cross
Bitcoin’s rally looks to have legs as the ascent is backed by a pickup in blockchain activity and a long-term technical indicator which is...
What Is a 51% Attack?
An attack on a blockchain by a group of miners controlling over 50% of a network’s mining hashrate – the sum of all computing power...
Bakkt and Google partner to promote crypto payments
The partnership will see users of the Bakkt Visa card pay with crypto for goods and services Bakkt, one of the fastest-growing crypto...
Bitfarms Starts Construction of Mega Bitcoin Mining Farm in Argentina
Bitfarms, a bitcoin mining company, announced last week that construction is underway for a mega bitcoin mining farm in Argentina. The...
THORSwap relaunches cross-chain trading on four of five networks
Cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) THORSwap appears to be on the path to recovery after the THORChain network was taken offline...
Blockchain Intelligence Company Elliptic Raises $60 Million — Evolution Equity Partners, Softbank Bolster Series C
On Monday, the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic announced the company has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. Elliptic...
Wormhole Adds Binance Smart Chain Support to Network Bridge
During the first week of September, the Wormhole Network’s ethereum solana bridge was introduced to the Solana community and the...
China’s BSN to Launch Portals in Turkey, Uzbekistan
China’s Blockchain Services Network is set to launch portals for its international versions in Turkey and Uzbekistan, according to a press...
JPMorgan Boss Jamie Dimon Says Bitcoin Is Worthless, Questions BTC’s Limited Supply
The CEO of global investment bank JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, says bitcoin is “worthless,” questioning whether the supply of...
A16z Crypto Names 2 Security Veterans to Ensure Robust Measures, Provide Guidance
A16z Crypto has added two technology security experts to its operations team, Anthony Albanese, the COO of the cryptocurrency-focused unit...
Bank of England: Crypto Assets Pose ‘Limited’ Risks to Stability of UK Financial System
The Bank of England says that crypto assets pose “limited” direct risks to the stability of the country’s financial...
FTX US Launches NFT Market — Users Can Trade and Mint Solana NFTs, ETH Support on the Way
On Monday, FTX US announced the launch of its marketplace for non-fungible token (NFT) assets. FTX explained that the marketplace will...
Ripple Teams With Nelnet on $44M Solar Investment
Crypto-powered digital payment service Ripple has made a $44 million joint Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment with...
Price analysis 10/11: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, LUNA, UNI
Bitcoin (BTC) resumed its rally on Oct. 11 and climbed close to $58,000. This marks an almost 100% recovery from the May plunge and shows...
Gene Simmons’ $300K Cardano Investment Has More Than Doubled Since February
Lick it up.Kiss bassist Gene Simmons tweeted in February that he had bought $300,000 of Cardano’s ADA, writing that the cryptocurrency was...
rhoToken Successfully Launched on Flurry Finance DApp
Flurry Finance is announcing an exciting development in the world of DeFi, as the successful launch of the rhoToken marks a next level...
Private Office of UAE Sheikh Launches $100M Blockchain Investment Fund
The Private Office of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Ahmed Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a $100 million...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin All-Time High Expected, but Not Before a Pullback
Bullish sentiment continues to grow after bitcoin’s price broke above $57,000 on Monday. BTC is up about 3% over the past 24 hours,...
Soccer NFT Platform Sorare Is Being Investigated by UK Gambling Regulator
Sorare, the fast-growing European fantasy soccer and digital collectible platform, is being investigated by the UK Gambling Commission.The...
Bitcoin Mining Is Reshaping the Energy Sector and No One Is Talking About It
Recently, I was invited to give a talk at the Texas Blockchain Summit on the topic of the growth of bitcoin mining in Texas. Not knowing...
Mining Hardware Manufacturer Bitfury Plans to Go Public
Bitfury, the leading non-Chinese bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, is reportedly planning to go public in the next 12 months. This...
Please Don’t Do This
Last Wednesday, the good people over at TechCrunch ran a story about a company called Visionrare, which is essentially trying to gamify...
Is Biden Prepping an Executive Order on Crypto?
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode, NLW looks at recent reports the Biden administration is...
Dying for a Bitcoin Futures ETF? Watch Out for ‘Contango Bleed’
Improved prospects of the U.S. approving a futures-based bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) has brought cheer to the crypto...
Crypto Funds Double Weekly Inflows to $226M as Ebullience Returns to Bitcoin Market
Crypto-focused funds took in more than double the amount of new money last week that it did the prior week as bullish sentiment returned...
FBI Arrests Federal Employee Selling Restricted Data on Nuclear Submarines for Cryptocurrency
A U.S. government employee has been arrested on espionage-related charges after he attempted to sell restricted data on the design of...
FTX.US Launches Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs
FTX.US is moving into the non-fungible token (NFT) business with a trading platform for digital collectibles on the Solana blockchain.On...
DeFi Perpetuals Exchange Futureswap Launches New Version After $12M Raise
Futureswap has raised $12 million in venture funding from Ribbit Capital, Framework and Placeholder to launch an updated version of its...
BTC price passes $57.4K in a fresh surge toward February resistance
Bitcoin (BTC) kept markets guessing into the Wall Street open on Oct. 11 after seeing rejection on hitting its highest since May. BTC/USD...
Bitcoin’s $100K price target returns as BTC price breaks out of bull pennant
Bitcoin (BTC) looks poised to pursue a run-up towards $100,000 as its price breaks out of a classic bullish structure. Dubbed as Bull...
Dubai Family Office Launches $100M Blockchain Investment Fund
The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Hamdan bin Ahmed Al Maktoum family office has launched a $100 million...
First Portugal-Based Crypto Exchange Criptoloja Launches Online Trading
Criptoloja, the first crypto exchange licensed to operate in Portugal, launched its online crypto trading service last week.The crypto...
Celo Appoints Former Facebook, Bank of America Execs to Board
Blockchain payments startup Celo appointed former Facebook executive Morgan Beller to its board, alongside Jai Ramaswamy, who has...
Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 11, 2021
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis.Today’s Stories:Bitcoin Makes a Push for $57K as Fed Taper...
Bitcoin Skyrockets Above $57K, Recaptures Trillion Dollar Market Cap, Double-Digit Weekly Gains
The price of bitcoin continues to climb higher as the crypto asset has captured over 19% in gains during the last seven days. Bitcoin...
Pantera CEO Says Bitcoin ETF May Fail to Spark Rally
Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead cautioned, in contrast to many crypto bulls, that the start of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) may...
Coinbase Co-Founder’s Venture Firm Raising $1.5B Fund, Document Shows
Paradigm, the cryptocurrency venture capital firm led by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, is looking to raise a $1.5 billion fund for...
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency – a type of digital asset that uses public-key cryptography to record, sign and...
Ethereum
Ethereum is a blockchain-based software platform that can be used for sending and receiving value globally via its native cryptocurrency,...
Pantera CEO Wants a Reminder the Day Before a US Bitcoin ETF Launches — ‘I Might Want to Take Some Chips off the Table’
On October 6, Pantera Capital published an investor’s note written by Dan Morehead, the company’s CEO. Unlike the myriad of...
XRP
XRP Price SectionXRP is the native asset of the XRP ledger, a blockchain originally developed in 2011 by developers David Schwartz, Arthur...
Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency launched in 2017 by forking the Bitcoin blockchain and changed the size limit of blocks added to the...
EOS
EOS is the native cryptocurrency for the EOS.IO blockchain platform with smart contract capabilities. The company Block.one created EOS.IO...
China FUD Over Bitcoin Mining Is ‘Now Moot,’ Luxor Report Says
The ”Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt” or FUD about China controlling the cryptocurrency is “now moot” as Bitcoin’s hashrate is expected to...
Sri Lanka announces committee that will study digital assets
The committee will review the regulatory frameworks of other countries before submitting a proposal on the most effective framework for...