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PortuguêsDAVOS, Switzerland — Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said an initial public offering (IPO) is seen as the “natural evolution for the company,” perhaps even this year. “I think over the next…
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Politicians from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to propose the nation issues its own digital currency. According to a Reuters report on Friday, about 70 lawmakers from the party…
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In this video from the WEF 2020, Nym Technologies CEO Harry Halpin speaks to CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen in Davos, Switzerland, about the World Economic Forum, privacy and the future of…
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Ripple‘s XRP sales fell dramatically in the last quarter of 2019 – at least partly due to change in how the company sells its store of the third-largest cryptocurrency by…
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BlockFi, one of the first lending startups in the cryptocurrency markets, recently announced Thursday it would make changes to the interest paid based on the yield it generates from lending…
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A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin‘s largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles. …
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Hawaiian lawmakers have submitted a bill that allows banks to provide custody for digital assets. SB2594, introduced on Jan. 18 with bipartisan backing, would make it legal for Hawaiian banks…
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In this video from WEF 2020, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, also known as “Crypto Dad,” discusses his push to digitize the U.S. dollar and the…
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There is an ongoing debate in the crypto community about where mainstream adoption. One point of view is that it will be the slow steady acceptance of digital assets. On…
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Riccardo Spagni, better known as “Fluffypony,” discusses privacy and whether or not central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are just a fleeting thing. The Monero community leader speaks with CoinDesk’s Leigh…
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The Gemini crypto exchange has completed a new examination to ensure its security system controls operate effectively. Gemini announced Thursday it completed an independent SOC 2 Type 2 examination conducted…
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Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of the BTC-e exchange, will be extradited to France following a ruling by Greece’s supreme court. Vinnik will be sent to France on allegations of…
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In addition to our news roundup, for the next few episodes we’ll also be highlighting select interviews from the CoinDesk crew reporting inside the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland. …
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Stablecoin issuer Tether is launching a new token backed by physical gold. Tether Gold “represents ownership of one troy fine ounce of physical gold on a specific gold bar,” a…
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BitMEX is releasing an XRP-U.S. dollar quanto swap targeted at crypto’s budding derivatives market. A quanto swap is a cross-currency interest rate swap where one counterparty pays the other a…
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Users of crypto derivatives platform ErisX are getting access to institutional-grade data and trading solutions thanks to a new partnership with software provider Etale. ErisX announced Thursday that members will…
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Digital asset storage provider Ledger is partnering with FLETA, a South Korea-based blockchain platform, for decentralized applications (dapps) to provide custodian services compliant with local laws. The French startup has…
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This story is part of CoinDesk’s 2020 election series exploring questions of information integrity, the rights of digital citizens, the power of centralized platforms, and the future of money. The…
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It has been over 10 years since the creation of cryptocurrencies, and while clear narratives have emerged to justify their existence, none are decisively supported by data. For example, charts…
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A group of bitcoin cash miners is preparing a soft fork to redirect some of the block rewards into a new zcash-style development fund. In a medium post Wednesday, Jiang…
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View Bitcoin’s range breakdown has opened the doors for a deeper pullback to support levels at $8,200 and $8,000. The short-term indicators have turned bearish, supporting the case for further…
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A Virginia lawmaker is pushing her state’s government to study how blockchain could shape the future of local elections and commerce. On Jan. 8, Delegate Hala Ayala (D-51) offered two…
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Pornhub has added new performer payment options including the tether (USDT) stablecoin, two months after being apparently dropped by PayPal. The adult video giant announced on Thursday that it now…
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“I would love to sit down with President Trump and have a discussion around bitcoin and cryptocurrency,” Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor in Las Vegas, told…
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A fully-regulated tokenized real estate fund has been approved by officials in Liechtenstein. The AARGOS Global Real Estate Fund was approved as an alternative investment fund (AIF) by Liechtenstein’s Financial…
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Digital asset issuer Amun is launching a new financial product, this one for traders who predict bitcoin‘s price will drop. Announced Thursday, Switzerland-based Amun has launched the 21Shares Short Bitcoin…
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Miller Thomson, the court-appointed legal counsel for former users of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange, is asking for help identifying any records related to Crypto Capital, which may be holding some…
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Kik technical advisor Tanner Philp must be deposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to the company’s 2017 kin token sale, elongating the discovery process in the messaging…
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Libra has lost another Association member, but according to @nlw that’s likely low on its worries list, plus Square’s LN efforts & TON’s SEC support. News broke yesterday the Libra…
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov pushed back against a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attorney’s speculation that his company’s 2018 token sale was meant to refill its cash reserves. During…
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Grayscale Investments has committed to financially supporting development of the ethereum classic (ETC) cryptocurrency for another two years. Announced Wednesday, the asset manager will continue to donate one-third of the…
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Payments provider Square has won a U.S. patent for a new network that enables seamless crypto-to-fiat transactions. Granted Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the patent details a…
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Bitcoin‘s lightning torch is back, and it’s zipped through at least 38 countries already. The torch is a digital game first ignited in January 2019 by pseudonymous bitcoin enthusiast Hodlonaut,…
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A key on-chain metric has witnessed growth over the past 12 months, possibly indicating steady accumulation of bitcoins by retail traders. As of Jan. 14, there were 784,000 addresses holding…
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Hacker Noon is putting its money where its pen is, embedding blockchain features into its new publishing platform. Annotations on Hacker Noon’s blog-styled content, with some 4 million monthly readers,…
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Sports live-streaming provider SportsCastr is launching its own cryptocurrency to reward viewers and encourage interactions. The company – which is backed by the NFL Players Association – announced Wednesday that…
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DAVOS — When the world’s leading bankers and policymakers gathered this week at the 50th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, their interest in blockchain technology was…
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Hyperledger has announced a new working group at Davos that will explore how blockchain can help the world meet climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement. The enterprise blockchain…
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The Blockchain Association, a U.S. advocacy group uniting the industry’s leading startups like Coinbase, Circle, 0x, Ripple and others, has filed an amicus curiae brief in the ongoing SEC vs.…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking action against yet another ICO issuer: blockchain-based B2B marketplace Opporty. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the SEC alleges that, from…
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