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Coindesk / Federal Reserve Is Rushing to Get Its Instant Payments Offering Ready

August 6, 2020 / coindesk

The Federal Reserve is bullish on technologies that aim to speed payments, and is now rushing to get its own platform, FedNow, up and running. Disclosure The leader in blockchain…

Coindesk / Polkadot Releases Rococo, Its Test Environment for Interoperable ‘Parachains’

August 6, 2020 / coindesk

Parity Technologies’ Polkadot has launched a testnet, Rococo, of the protocol’s first parachain specification, according to a blog Thursday. Parachains underlie Parity Tech’s vision of a “protocol for protocols.” Disclosure…

Coindesk / German Regulator Seizes Crypto ATMs

August 6, 2020 / coindesk

Germany’s financial regulator BaFin is seizing bitcoin ATMs run by “Shitcoins Club” months after ordering its Polish operator to cease trading crypto in the country. Disclosure The leader in blockchain…

Coindesk / Goldman Sachs Eyes Own Token as Bank Appoints New Head of Digital Assets

August 6, 2020 / coindesk

Goldman Sachs is seriously considering its own cryptocurrency, possibly a stablecoin, as it significantly expands its digital assets team and appoints a new head to spearhead efforts. Disclosure The leader…

Coindesk / Man Accused of Arranging Murder to Avoid Crypto Debt Can’t Escape Jail, Brazilian Court Rules

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

A Brazilian crypto businessman who allegedly arranged his former lawyer’s murder rather than pay the man a R$2.5 million ($471,965) bitcoin debt remains jailed after Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected his…

Coindesk / Nasdaq-Listed MicroStrategy, Wary of Looming Dollar Inflation, Turns to Bitcoin and Gold

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

Publicly traded business intelligence company MicroStrategy said it will invest $250 million of its excess cash in bitcoin, gold and other “alternative assets” over the next 12 months as a…

Coindesk / Ex-Wife’s Testimony Suggests Craig Wright ‘Defrauded’ Court, Kleiman Lawyers Claim

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

Recent testimony from Craig Wright’s ex-wife suggests he misled the court on the nature of the Tulip Trust, an entity key to the ongoing Kleiman dispute, lawyers for the plaintiff…

Coindesk / BnkToTheFuture Steps Away From Banks Citing Mounting Risk to Clients’ Assets

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Dark-Web Vendor and Pharmacist Charged With Trafficking Drugs Worth $270M in Bitcoin

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

A dark-web vendor and his supplier, who allegedly used the murky recesses of the internet to sell drugs and launder money, have been formally charged in the U.S. Disclosure The…

Coindesk / Square Reports 600% Increase in Quarterly Bitcoin Revenue

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Square Crypto, Human Rights Foundation Ramp Up Bitcoin Development Grants

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

The Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund, launched in June 2020, announced three new grant recipients this week on the heels of a similar announcement by fellow grant distributor Square…

Coindesk / Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Buy Chemical Weapons With Bitcoin

August 5, 2020 / coindesk

A 45-year-old Missouri man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to his trying to buy chemical weapons on the dark web using $150 in bitcoin. Read the plea deal…

Coindesk / SEC Seeking ‘Smart Contract’ Tracing Tool That Can Spot Security Vulnerabilities

August 4, 2020 / coindesk

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to procure a blockchain forensics tool that can analyze smart contracts and, preferably, highlight their security issues. Disclosure The leader in blockchain…

Coindesk / Chinese Ex-Banker Says Digital Currency Should Replace Fiat Money

August 4, 2020 / coindesk

A former vice president of a top Chinese bank has argued that digital currency should replace fiat in the nation’s financial systems. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is…

Coindesk / DeFi-Focused Derivatives Platform Hedget Raises $500K in Seed Funding

August 4, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / French Judge Orders Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

August 4, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / NetWalker Ransomware Gang Is Storing $7M in Bitcoin in SegWit Cold Storage

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

NetWalker ransomware, which last week triggered cybersecurity flash warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has extorted $25 million in bitcoin from its victims during the months of the…

Coindesk / Ripple Snaps XRP Sales Slump With $33M of the Crypto Sold in Q2

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Travala.com Adds Agoda Hotels, Posts Record July Revenue as Crypto Payments Soar

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Matic Pledges $5M in Tokens to Entice DeFi Projects Into Building on Its Network

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Travel Management Firm CWT Pays Out $4.5M in Bitcoin After Ransomware Attack

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Crypto Firm Hacked for $1.4M Admits It Will Struggle to Reimburse Users

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game ‘Infinite Fleet’

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

Online space strategy game “Infinite Fleet,” developed by Pixelmatic, has raised $3.1 million through a private security token offering (STO). Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media…

Coindesk / Crypto Hedge Fund Neural Capital Closes After Losing Half Its Money

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

Neural Capital, a hedge fund that traded cryptocurrency assets, has quietly shuttered. The fund’s managers, Arij “Ari” Nazir and Christopher Keshian, were new to the hedge fund industry and involved…

Coindesk / Twitter Hacker Owns $3.4M in Bitcoin, Court Sets Bail at $725K

August 3, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Ripple Paid MoneyGram $15.1M in ‘Market Development Fees’ in Q2

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Coinbase Considering 19 Additional Cryptos for Exchange Listing

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

Coinbase is considering listing ampleforth, hedera hashgraph, blockstack and 16 other digital assets in the cryptocurrency exchange’s latest exploratory review. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media…

Coindesk / Bank of Japan Puts Top Economist in Charge of Digital Yen Initiative

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Elrond Launches Onto Mainnet, Reduces Token Supply by 99%

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / KeeperDAO Raises Seven-Figure Seed Investment From Polychain, Three Arrows

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Ripple Says XRP Lawsuit Based on ‘Unsupported Leaps of Logic’

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

The lead plaintiff in an ongoing class-action lawsuit accusing Ripple of securities fraud has not demonstrated that statements made by CEO Brad Garlinghouse in 2017 are false, Ripple claims in…

Coindesk / Twitter Says ‘Phone Spear Phishing’ Let Hackers Gain Employee Credentials

July 31, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / SEC Wants to Start Scrutinizing Binance Chain Transactions

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Bank of England Building Payments Network to Support a Potential Digital Pound

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Paxful Chips Away at LocalBitcoins’ Russian P2P Market Dominance

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Coda Protocol Touts User Growth One Year Into Testnet

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / tZERO Slashes Jobs, Salaries as It Gears Up for Another Funding Round

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

Security token platform tZERO, which has tried to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, has cut staff and salaries as it hunts for more capital. Disclosure The leader…

Coindesk / Police Arrest 27 Alleged Masterminds Behind $5.7B Plus Token Crypto Scam

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Malaysia’s Stock Exchange Eyes Blockchain for Bond Market Digitization

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork

July 30, 2020 / coindesk

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