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Coindesk / Pelosi, Kudlow Signal Market-Moving US Stimulus May Wait Till After Election: Report

October 21, 2020 / coindesk

U.S. administration officials and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broached the possibility of passing the pandemic-relief package after the Nov. 3 election, indicating that a deal might not be able to…

Coindesk / Uniswap’s First Governance Vote Ends in Ironic Failure

October 20, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Digital Ruble Could Be Tool Against Sanctions, Bank of Russia Says

October 19, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / First Users Not So Impressed by China’s Digital Yuan: Report

October 19, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Hackers Infiltrated Almost 2,000 Robinhood Accounts, More Than Thought: Report

October 15, 2020 / coindesk

Nearly 2,000 Robinhood Markets accounts were hacked in a recent series of attacks that stole customer funds, an indication the infiltration was more pervasive than previously believed, Bloomberg reported, citing…

Coindesk / Filecoin Launch Finally Brings $200M ICO to Fruition

October 15, 2020 / coindesk

The Filecoin network pivoted to mainnet at block 148,888, or approximately 14:44 UTC. With that, its FIL tokens will begin their distribution. Filecoin is a system from Protocol Labs meant…

Coindesk / Authorities Arrest 20 Suspected of Ties to Russian Rapper’s Alleged Money Laundering Syndicate

October 15, 2020 / coindesk

European, American and Australian law enforcement said Thursday they have arrested 20 suspected members of QQAAZZ, the shadowy criminal money-laundering organization whose sloppy bitcoin tumbling tactics led to the March…

Coindesk / Algorand’s New Europe Accelerator to Boost Startups With up to $500K in Funding

October 15, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / New York Regulator Calls for More Social Media Oversight After Twitter Hack

October 14, 2020 / coindesk

July’s Twitter hack and ensuing bitcoin scam should impel corporates and even governments into more forcefully counteracting the “weaponization” of social media giants, New York State Department of Financial Services…

Coindesk / Fidelity Report Says Bitcoin’s Market Cap is ‘Drop in the Bucket’ of Potential

October 14, 2020 / coindesk

CORRECTION (Oct. 14, 2020, 04:25 UTC): This article originally said Fidelity recommended that portfolios consider a 5% allocation in bitcoin. The language used was a hypothetical. CoinDesk regrets the error. Fidelity…

Coindesk / G7 Warns of Crypto Threat From Tidal Wave of Ransomware Attacks

October 13, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Numerai Hedge Fund Offers $50M in NMR Tokens for Fresh Stock Market ‘Signals’

October 12, 2020 / coindesk

Hedge fund Numerai is offering $50 million of its numeraire (NMR) token to quants, researchers and even fellow funds that provide original stock market “signals” into its data clearinghouse, Numerai…

Coindesk / OECD Preparing Crypto Tax Reporting Framework for World’s Largest Economies

October 12, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / BOJ’s Kuroda Says Central Bank Will Start CBDC Experiments in Spring: Report

October 12, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Central Banks Haven’t Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ’s Heard on the Street

October 12, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / SEC Will Be Forced to Give More Guidance About Crypto: Peirce

October 10, 2020 / coindesk

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Hester Peirce, well known for her pro-cryptocurrencies views, said increased interest in the space will necessarily force the regulatory body to shift toward a…

Coindesk / US Homeland Security Funds Anti-Forgery Blockchain Projects in Latest R&D Round

October 9, 2020 / coindesk

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s research and development wing, the Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate, on Friday awarded $817,712 in total to five blockchain startups in a bid to…

Coindesk / China’s Central Bank, Major City to Hand Out $1.5M in Digital Yuan

October 9, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / BitMEX CTO Released in US After Payment of $5M Bond

October 9, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Dutch Central Bank Gives First Approval to Digital Asset Exchange

October 9, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP

October 9, 2020 / coindesk

A vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below has been disclosed to the Lightning Labs team, according to engineer Conner Fromknecht in the Lightning Network developer channel Thursday. In light…

Coindesk / Bungled Theft of Bitcoin ATM Puts Canadian Business Out of Action

October 8, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Winklevoss-Founded Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former Morgan Stanley Exec

October 8, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Israeli Government Reportedly Investigating Unsuccessful Hack Targeting Crypto CEOs

October 6, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / US-Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Market Bitnomial Raises $11.6M

October 6, 2020 / coindesk

Bitnomial, a bitcoin derivatives exchange with access to the lucrative, and exclusive, U.S. institutional market, has raised $11.6 million in a Series B led by Electric Capital, according to a…

Coindesk / Oman Central Bank Warns on Crypto ‘Risk,’ Singles Out Dagcoin

October 6, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / What to Watch at ETHOnline, This Year’s Devcon

October 2, 2020 / coindesk

Ethereum’s annual developer conference, ETHOnline, kicks off Friday afternoon. Instead of hopping from city to city like past Devcons, catch the latest Ethereum updates from your laptop at home. Friday’s…

Coindesk / Bitcoin Escrow Chief Pleads Guilty to $3.25M Crypto Fraud

October 2, 2020 / coindesk

The head of bitcoin escrow company Volantis pleaded guilty in New York on Thursday to one count of commodities fraud for bilking an investor of over $3 million. Jon Barry…

Coindesk / Record $166M Ethereum Fees Last Month Were Six Times Bigger than Bitcoin’s

October 1, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / SEC Alleges Big-Talking Florida Crypto Investor Defrauded Clients of $6.8M

September 30, 2020 / coindesk

A Florida crypto trader has been charged with duping $6.8 million from investors in his purported digital asset day trading shop. The case is a reminder that investors in cryptocurrency…

Coindesk / Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise

September 30, 2020 / coindesk

Blockchain startup Fluree, already building a distributed data management platform to boost the U.S. Air Force’s decision-making prowess, has raised $2.5 million in additional funding from its venture capital backers.…

Coindesk / SEC Orders Salt Lending to Offer Refunds to Investors in Its $47M ICO

September 30, 2020 / coindesk

The top U.S. financial watchdog has ordered Salt Lending to offer investors refunds for its 2017 initial coin offering (ICO). EDIT (Sept. 30, 16:50 UTC): This article has been updated to…

Coindesk / Is Reddit’s MOON Token Really 2000x Bigger Than the Global Economy?

September 30, 2020 / coindesk

A token for rewarding content on a specific Reddit forum now has the unusual honor of being thousands of times bigger than the entire global economy… kind of. MOON, a…

Coindesk / Overstock Short Sellers Fall Short as Judge Gives Digital Dividend Claims Short Shrift

September 29, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Kadena Looks to Capture DeFi Energy With New Decentralized Exchange

September 29, 2020 / coindesk

Hybrid blockchain platform Kadena plans to launch a new multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) in hopes of wooing business from congestion-plagued Ethereum-based rivals. Called Kadenaswap, the new DEX, unveiled Tuesday and…

Coindesk / KuCoin Maintains Wallet Freeze as Hackers Begin Laundering Stolen Crypto

September 29, 2020 / coindesk

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Coindesk / The Bahamas Reveal Details, October Date of Landmark Central Bank Digital Currency Debut

September 26, 2020 / coindesk

The Bahamas confirmed it will cross the central bank digital currency (CBDC) finish line next month. “The intended outcome of Project Sand Dollar is that all residents in The Bahamas…

Coindesk / Nevada Woman Charged in Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire as a Mystery Hacker Again Turns Tipster

September 25, 2020 / coindesk

A Nevada woman is facing federal charges for allegedly paying a darkweb hitman $5,000 worth of bitcoin to murder her ex-husband in a case that shares striking parallels with another…

Coindesk / SoluTech to Burn its Tokens Under Terms of SEC Settlement; Co-Founder Fined

September 25, 2020 / coindesk

SoluTech, a defunct blockchain firm whose initial coin offering (ICO) raised $2.4 million, has settled fraud and securities violations charges with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC…

Coindesk / Hong Kong Reportedly Picks ConsenSys for Digital Currency Pilot Project

September 25, 2020 / coindesk

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