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Português[embedded content] Investors, builders, and HODLers all came together in Singapore last week for a two-day celebration of all things crypto… and CoinDesk was there. Our exclusive and extensive coverage…
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CoinDesk’s Christine Kim sat down with Dalma Capital Management CEO Zachary Cefaratti,Director of Digital Assets at R3 Antony Lewis, and Philip Pang, the Associate Director at Colliers International this past…
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Max Boonen is founder and CEO of crypto trading firm B2C2. This post is the second in a series of three that looks at high-frequency trading in the context of the evolution…
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Another cryptocurrency exchange has delisted a slew of privacy coins following recent regulatory requirements from the international body the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). According to a notice from Korea…
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Cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX has cut its fees to gain market share as competition piles into the crypto trading space. Margin compression across the industry is the result of the…
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Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a criminal past. Announced today, CipherTrace Scout grants street-level investigators more freedom to identify,…
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Telecommunications conglomerate Verizon is eyeing the use of blockchain technology to underpin the dynamic creation of virtual SIM cards. The company was granted a patent with the U.S. Patent and…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has announced that it will offer options on its bitcoin futures contracts starting in the first quarter of next year. The Chicago-based company first launched its futures…
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Banking giant Wells Fargo says its blockchain for internal cross-border money transfers is faster and more efficient than SWIFT, the global messaging system used by over 11,000 financial institutions. Unveiled…
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JPMorgan’s blockchain payments platform has just onboarded its first Singapore-based bank. With the addition of OCBC – the second-largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets – JPMorgan’s Interbank Information Network…
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View Bitcoin created a bullish hammer candle yesterday, making today’s UTC close pivotal. A close above $10,380 (candle’s high) will likely invite stronger buying pressure and yield a rise toward…
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Venezuela’s president has ordered that his pet cryptocurrency, the petro, must be used in funding an ongoing social housing initiative. According to a news announcement on the government’s website Thursday, President…
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CJ, one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates, is developing a blockchain-based music copyright management system using AWS’ Amazon Managed Blockchain Service, according to local media. Korean news agency Yonhap said…
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Ripple has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it violated U.S. securities laws by selling XRP. In a new filing posted early Friday, attorneys for Ripple pushed back…
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When hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and technologists descended on Tel Aviv Blockchain Week (TLVBW), few could have expected a better backdrop for exploring the lofty ideals and greedy impulses that…
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Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock who resigned abruptly in August, has dumped his 13 percent stake in the e-commerce company he founded 20 years ago to buy cryptocurrency…
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Digital currency trader and lender Genesis expanded its trading and research capabilities Thursday by acquiring New York-based quantitative investment firm Qu Capital. In an interview with CoinDesk, Genesis CEO Michael…
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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee plans to question the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about cryptocurrencies and Facebook’s Libra project next week, among a host of other topics. According…
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A brand account bested crypto Twitter at its own game today, trolling the space with a misleading instructions to go all-in on cryptocurrency. Earlier this afternoon, the Electronic Arts twitter…
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Coinbase has announced the possible addition of 17 new cryptocurrencies to its current line up. According to a blog post from the exchange, Coinbase is exploring the addition of avalanche,…
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MakerDAO’s Dai stablecoin will be implemented on the tron and binance chains in the near future through Loom Network, a Layer 2 scaling solution for the ethereum blockchain, according to a…
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CoinDesk has acquired documents detailing a draft proposal for new cryptocurrency mining regulations in Iran, which sources in Tehran say is well on its way toward official approval. Based on…
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China’s cryptocurrency czar believes that while the world powers do not welcome Facebook’s Libra, the stablecoin’s advance might now be unstoppable. A few days before Changchuan Mu, the new director…
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Square Crypto, the division of the publicly traded payments company that focuses exclusively on bitcoin, just announced three new hires to work on open source projects. Among them is Facebook…
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Wallet developer Jack Mallers, the founder of Zap Solutions, wants to improve the Lightning Network’s user experience. To achieve that goal, Zap is launching a dollar-denominated bitcoin buying feature inside…
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Better regulation is needed around bitcoin markets before they can be traded on major exchanges, the head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday. Speaking at CNBC’s…
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Bank of America has joined Marco Polo, a consortium working to bring efficiencies to international trade using blockchain technology. Founded by startups R3 and TradeIX, Marco Polo is built on…
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A cybersecurity firm has identified a group behind a spate of cryptocurrency–mining malware attacks that have been targeting enterprises across the globe. Said to have already scooped up almost $100,000…
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View BTC quickly fell to $9,600 this morning, bolstering the bearish setup on the 4-hour and daily charts. A deeper drop to key support at $9,454 may now be in…
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The Swiss branch of one of the top financial institutions in the Middle East is launching a suite of cryptocurrency-based services. Arab Bank (Switzerland) announced on Thursday that it will…
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Ether, the native cryptocurrency of ethereum, has logged its longest daily winning run in nearly four months. The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market value closed (UTC) with 1.47 percent gains…
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North Korea is working on building its own cryptocurrency to get around the tough international sanctions. Development is apparently still in its early stages and follows a similar project from Venezuela,…
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Investment app provider Abra is to sell cryptocurrency for cash at 6,000 outlets across the Philippines. The expansion comes after the firm inked a deal with local payments company ECPAY…
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The Takeaway: EOS is the world’s seventh-largest blockchain by market cap, with a value topping $3 billion since February 2019. However, the project has long been plagued by fears that its structure…
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Crypto exchange Binance is planning to add over-the-counter (OTC) trading to its platform in a month to provide users with fiat currency gateways. Binance’s co-founder and chief marketing officer He…
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Israeli startup GK8 unveiled a cold-storage crypto wallet with on-network transfer capabilities, the company said. GK8’s technology removes many of the dangers internet-accessible crypto wallets face – hacks, attacks, unexplained…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged that ICOBox and founder Nikolay Evdokimov violated securities laws with its 2017 token sale and subsequent activity facilitating other initial coin offerings…
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U.S. law enforcement has charged Steven Nerayoff, an early supporter of the ethereum project and a former paid advisor to Overstock’s tZero, with extortion. Nerayoff, an attorney and founder of blockchain…
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Hong Kong-based venture capital group CMCC Global launched its Liberty Bitcoin Fund to provide crypto currency access to accredited investors in Asia who are very interested but have been slow to…
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The Litecoin Foundation is putting its capital to work, lending at interest through another cryptocurrency program. The Foundation has tapped the Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to become…
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