“The mempool is a dark forest,” proclaims Ryan Sean Adams, author of the Bankless newsletter. And he goes on to paint a picture of a dangerous place full of predators – arbitrage bots, front-runners and the like: “They hide in Read More
A new trading product from Hxro (pronounced “hero”) and leading derivatives exchange FTX bets that retail cryptocurrency traders would play the options markets if only trading options were a simpler ordeal. In partnership with FTX, Hxro built its product TixWix Read More
The president’s campaign website was briefly compromised on Tuesday, as hackers looked to fleece cryptocurrency from unsuspecting supporters in the final days before the 2020 election. Go to Source Author: Sebastian Sinclair Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first Read More
“Think of it as the foundation of an enterprise mainnet.” That’s how Christine Moy, head of JPMorgan’s newly rebranded Liink banking network, described its aspirations towards decentralization in the realm of big business. The revamped Liink, which is based on Read More
Coinbase has halted trading on its platform as bitcoin crawls to 2019 highs. Go to Source Author: Sebastian Sinclair Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first thing any crypto investor needs is is a reliable and secure Crypto Wallet. Whether you’re Read More
Bitcoin made gains Tuesday toward its 2019 high while ether’s volatility rose after an October in decline. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $13,668 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 5% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $13,008-$13,756 Read More
“What is the time value of money?” That’s the age-old question Allan Niemerg, former investment head at DRW and founder of newly launched Paradigm-incubated Yield Protocol, is trying to answer with his new programmatic money market. Released publicly Oct. 19, Read More
A major tech firm is about to start using JPM Coin in global payments, as the investment bank doubles down on its blockchain business. Go to Source Author: Daniel Palmer Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first thing any Read More
The exchange is making it simpler to pay for cryptocurrency with Visa and Mastercard with a direct service through a regulated subsidiary. Go to Source Author: Sebastian Sinclair Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first thing any crypto investor Read More
It took two years of infrastructure building but on Sept. 16 the Wyoming Division of Banking finally landed a prominent pioneer. That’s when Kraken Financial became the first entity to receive a special purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter in the Read More
An arbitrage trade exploiting weak points in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Harvest Finance led to some $24 million in stablecoins being siphoned away from the project’s pools on Monday, according to CoinGecko. According to reports, an attacker used a flash Read More
Social money startup Roll is announcing the raise of $1 million from Fabric Ventures, IOSG, William Mougayar and others. The additional capital brings its total funding to $2.7 million. Launched in summer 2019, Roll allows people with followings to create Read More
A possible exploit in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Harvest Finance has sent the platform’s native token, FARM, tumbling by 65% in less than an hour, according to CoinGecko. According to reports surfacing early Monday, upwards of $25 million in value Read More
Virgil Griffith’s lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss the U.S. government’s charges that the Ethereum developer violated sanctions law by speaking at a North Korean cryptocurrency conference. The motion, filed by attorney Brian Klein, claims the government’s late-2019 indictment Read More
The bigger you are, the bigger the splash when you jump in the water. And when it comes to mainstream payments companies, there are few bigger than PayPal. In case you’ve been totally avoiding the headlines over the past few Read More
Mainstream criminal adoption would prove that decentralized finance (DeFi) is building tools with real utility, because if there’s any one group that is both underserved in its access to sophisticated financial products and willing to pay huge premiums to acquire Read More
A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS. This episode Read More
Bitcoin had previously failed to close above $13,000 every day since Jan. 15, 2018. Go to Source Author: Zack Voell Recommended Crypto Services, Products and Strategies: The first thing any crypto investor needs is is a reliable and secure Crypto Wallet. Whether Read More
Bitcoin has proven itself to be a risk asset, not a safe haven, with “considerable” potential upside, according to a Friday note from JPMorgan’s Global Quantitative and Derivatives Strategy team obtained by CoinDesk. Writing to clients in “Flows & Liquidity,” Read More
A recap of an exceptionally bullish week for bitcoin and crypto as a whole. On this week’s Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: The initial price action that started the week Debates about whether BTC was thriving at the expense of alts Read More
