Bitcoin and ether fell slightly Thursday as traditional markets climbed on additional stimulus measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of England. Over the past 24 hours, bitcoin (BTC) was down 1 percent Thursday afternoon New York time and Read More
Telegram’s ongoing court battle over its $1.7 billion token offering could help move cryptocurrency regulation forward, according to the Blockchain Association. While unfortunate for Telegram, “I think the outcome of this case can help put pressure on Congress to step Read More
Fidelity Digital Asset (FDA) is signing on as a member of ErisX’s clearinghouse, taking advantage of its central limit order book to provide better liquidity for buy and sell orders. The companies announced the move Thursday, saying it makes ErisX’s Read More
A series of ongoing efforts across universities, medical academia, the private sector and even private citizens are harnessing distributed systems in the fight against COVID-19. The projects are attempting to buttress governmental stay-at-home orders that have frozen billions of people Read More
Bitcoin and ether climbed modestly late Wednesday as lighter crypto derivatives volumes signaled uncharacteristic caution among the market’s traders. Over the past 24 hours, bitcoin (BTC) was up 2.8 percent Wednesday afternoon New York time and ether (ETH) was in Read More
On Jan. 31, a Telegram user calling himself “Danny Nelson” contacted Karla Vilhelem, a public relations professional, with an unseemly proposal. Pretending to be the CoinDesk reporter of the same name, he said he would publish a post about her Read More
Tesla uses blockchain for supply chains and a new hack can whisper to your phone. This is CoinDesk’s Markets Daily podcast. Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic Read More
Bitcoin Cash – the blockchain that forked off Bitcoin in 2017 – has just reduced its block rewards by half, causing many miners to see gross margins drop to near zero. The world’s fifth largest cryptocurrency network by market capitalization Read More
Power Ledger is moving into the French power market with a new partnership that enables the tracking and certification of green energy supplies on the blockchain. On April 1, the Australia-based blockchain startup announced a deal with French green energy Read More
Bitcoin cash (BCH), the cryptocurrency that broke off from bitcoin (BTC) due to a heated community disagreement in 2017, is about to hit a blockchain milestone. At block 630,000, expected to occur Wednesday morning Eastern time, the number of BCH Read More
Researchers are sounding the alarm about a new type of hack focused on smart digital assistants like the Amazon Alexa or Apple’s Siri. The hack, called a “SurfingAttack,” uses ultrasonic guided waves that are imperceptible to the human ear to Read More
Crypto beats traditional markets while a COVID-19 vaccine enters human trials. It’s CoinDesk’s Markets Daily podcast. Go to Source Author: John Biggs Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first thing any crypto investor needs is is a reliable and secure Crypto Read More
The Blockchain Association (BA) has supported Telegram’s appeal over a U.S. district court’s decision to block the firm’s token issuance – even outside the country. On April 3, in an amicus brief filed with the the Second Circuit Court of Read More
If the privacy and scaling upgrade Schnorr/Taproot makes it into bitcoin (BTC), it could pave the way for advanced and heretofore impossible projects. That is, as they say, good for bitcoin. Schnorr/Taproot has made a great deal of progress recently, Read More
While more than 40 banks have reportedly expressed interest in Germany’s new crypto custody license, those firms may still have to put up with an anti-crypto sentiment among German banks. “If you try to open a bank account for a Read More
Crypto trading company Coinhouse has become the first crypto company to be registered with France’s top financial regulator, the Financial Markets Authority (AMF). The registration means Coinhouse now has a shot at getting banking services in France, which could give Read More
Kraken is growing its legal team, starting with the crypto veteran Marco Santori. The San-Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, which boasts over $180 million in daily volume, announced Monday that Santori would helm its legal team as chief legal officer. In this Read More
“It’s exactly why bitcoin was created,” Michael Novogratz, CEO of the cryptocurrency-focused investment firm Galaxy Digital, told CNBC last week. It’s a common refrain heard these days from bitcoin bulls: that the U.S. dollar and other currencies will eventually be debased Read More
The company behind the world’s sixth-largest bitcoin mining pool has released software that aims to patch several security problems with such pools. The software, included in the BOSminer software suite, is the first working implementation of Stratum V2, the protocol Read More
Crypto companies kept buying each other last year even as both M&A and funding deal flow in the industry took a dive, according to a report released Monday by PwC. On the M&A side, crypto-native acquirers took 56 percent of Read More
