In a shocking turn of events, Tribal Finance, the once-promising crypto project that captured the attention of investors through its initial coin offering (ICO) on Coinlist...
Following the rebranding, disillusioned Twitter.com users sought solace in a recreated version of the platform with the old design and beloved blue bird logo. Dubbed Twitter...
Some banks hold less money in deposits than Starbucks has loaded onto its loyalty cards. It may seem strange that people store money on a loyalty...
The venture capital arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made an investment in PancakeSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the BNB chain. CAKE, the exchange's native...
Lithuania is the latest impatient European Union member to rush ahead with creating its own crypto licensing system because EU laws may come too late to...
Good morning! Here's what happened: Prices: Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are rising slightly. Insights: stablecoins are under increasing scrutiny. Technician's take: Bitcoin is weighed down by resistance...
"Software is eating the world" has become one of the iconic phrases of the last decade in the software industry. It was quoted in 2011 by...
Ambre Soubiran is the CEO of one of the most important crypto startups, Kaiko. The mathematics graduate left an analyst job at HSBC for the crypto...
A few months ago, some of my colleagues nearby thought it would be interesting to conduct a wide-ranging, comprehensive Bitcoin survey to learn more about the...
The Discord server of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) was hacked on Saturday, with the attacker capturing NFTs worth 200 ETH ($360,000), according to Yuga...
Bradley Miles, co-founder of social token infrastructure platform Roll, owns Bitcoin, doesn't own DOGE, and believes there will be fewer currencies in 100 years. His platform...
The invention of the joint stock company in the 1600s was critical to the organization of humanity. By providing a structure for working together for economic...
Our new constitution is now established and has a semblance of permanence; but in this world, nothing can be considered certain except death and taxes.The human...
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been Wall Street's hottest ticket to the public market, but enthusiasm has cooled in light of the overall market downturn...
When environmental groups unveiled a campaign in March to shift bitcoin code away from the energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) model, many bitcoiners scoffed at the idea. Aside from...
Prospective Coinbase employees were left in the lurch after the crypto exchange announced it would withdraw job offers as part of cost-cutting measures in a bear...
Many companies have pulled out of Russia to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine. So far, the major cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S. have opposed this and...
Danny Yang was part of the team behind what he calls a historic crypto transaction when his non-fungible token (NFT) project became the first to mint...
Circle, the backer of USDC stablecoin, is planning an initial public offering in a deal valued at $9 billion, double the value originally agreed to in...
NEW YORK - Emotions are running high after the New York State Senate passed a bill that would prohibit fossil fuel power plants from launching new...
USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin launched in 2018 by Centre, a consortium founded by Circle and Coinbase. USDC is open source, which means anyone can...
Bitcoin (BTC) fell back from a high of $30,658 during the New York trading session as buyers held off. The cryptocurrency is up 3% over the...
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) first crypto insider trading case raises questions about whether crypto markets are policed in the same way as traditional markets...
Luna classic (LUNC) is the native token of the original Terra blockchain, which was launched in 2018. At that time, the token's name was LUNA. After...
Wall Street investment bank BTIG has cut its average 12-month price targets for bitcoin miners by 65%, citing the key cryptocurrency's decline and funding issues. "While we...
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) first crypto insider trading case raises questions about whether crypto markets are policed in the same way as traditional markets...
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face strong resistance at its 50-day moving average, currently at $34,000. The cryptocurrency has been stuck at the $30,000 price level for...
On Thursday, June 2, came a truly shocking announcement from Coinbase (COIN). The publicly traded crypto exchange would not only extend a hiring freeze that was...
Crusoe Energy, the U.S. private company that pioneered Bitcoin (BTC) mining by using wasted natural gas as an energy source, is expanding into the Middle East...
One of my favorite descriptions of Bitcoin comes from the great oracle of this field, Andreas Antonopoulos. He called it a "sewer rat." Antonopoulos' unflattering comparison is...
According to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) analysis, consumers reported losing more than $1 billion to crypto fraud from January 2021 to March of this year.The...
Wall Street investment bank BTIG lowered its average 12-month price targets for bitcoin miners by 65%, citing the decline in bitcoin prices and funding concerns. "While we...
Ethereum (ETH), the largest smart contracts blockchain, has a scalability problem. As more users join Ethereum, the network becomes more expensive and slower. In response to Ethereum's...
How do we see the future of digital assets in the mainstream?After several years of massive expansion of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Digital Assets...
Chainlink is expanding to Solana. The blockchain oracle network announced Friday that developers building decentralized financial applications (DeFi) on the Solana mainnet can now incorporate seven of...
CoinDesk Confidential is a version of the Proust questionnaire, an interview style that was popular in the French writer's time. A series of questions are asked...
Good morning and welcome to First Mover. I'm Bradley Keoun, here to guide you through the latest crypto markets, news and insights. (Lyllah Ledesma is not...
This article was acquired by CoinDesk Brasil, a partnership between CoinDesk and InfoMoney, one of Brazil's leading financial news services. Follow CoinDesk Brasil on Twitter. 2TM, the...
According to the Nonfarm Payroll report released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 390,000 new jobs were created in May - a slight...
The ongoing downturn in cryptocurrency prices, along with broader problems in the tech sector, has led to a growing number of layoffs at crypto companies as...
The head of Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, is about to leave the company, according to a report.Bill Qian is expected...
In a historic move, Japan's parliament passed a legal framework for stablecoins on Friday, providing a safety net for investors in the wake of last month's...
The New York State Senate passed a proof-of-work mining bill early Friday morning in an effort to address some of the environmental concerns surrounding cryptocurrencies. The bill,...
This article is from CoinDesk Brasil, a partnership between CoinDesk and InfoMoney, one of Brazil's leading financial news publications. Follow CoinDesk Brasil on Twitter. 2TM, the holding...
Good Morning. Here's what happened: Prices: Cryptocurrencies climbed late in the day, but not enough to overcome the ongoing bear market. Insights: Indian crypto investors are getting some...
Riot Blockchain (RIOT) continued to raise cash by selling Bitcoin (BTC), giving away more than half of the Bitcoins it mined in May.One of the largest...
Every day, millions of smartphone cameras give us a glimpse into the terror of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Within minutes, ordinary citizens are uploading grim images...
The crypto markets are in a bear market. There is no glossing over the fact that crypto markets are having a difficult year. However, there is...
Coinbase (COIN) is the latest crypto company to announce cuts. In a blog post Thursday by Chief People Officer L.J. Brock, Coinbase said it will "extend our...
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of crypto exchange FTX, met with Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO David Solomon in the Caribbean to discuss possible collaborations between...
Bitcoin (BTC) barely moved from the spot on Thursday as trading conditions in the crypto market remained volatile. Technical indicators were neutral last week when BTC was...
Bitcoin mining startup Bitzero has chosen North Dakota as the headquarters and hub for its North American operations."North Dakota proved to be a logical choice for...
Bitcoin (BTC) held initial support at $29,300, where last weekend's price spike originated. At the time of this writing, BTC was trading around $30,200. It has remained...
Layer 2 platform Polygon is once again trying to lure Terra developers following Terra's collapse. In addition, the India-based company is also taking action against Solana,...
Bill Barhydt is the kind of smart person other smart people listen to. Before becoming an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he developed rocket simulations at...
Q. What is your main insight into the role of cryptocurrency in the Russia-Ukraine war? A. I think there has been a great awakening. I think February...
Q. Where does the value of an NFT come from? Is it about utility, rights, provenance, democratization, exclusivity or inclusivity? A. NFTs represent a cultural shift toward...
The collapse of an algorithmic stablecoin has dominated the headlines in recent weeks and will continue to be a key issue for regulators. Current and former...
The rise of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) has led to legal problems about how to formally establish an entity that doesn't really want to be one. Now,...
Fast-casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) has started accepting payments in cryptocurrencies through Flexa, a digital payment platform. Customers can use Flexa to pay for their burritos...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in March issued a controversial warning to 401(k) plan fiduciaries to "exercise extreme caution" before considering adding cryptocurrencies to a...
Bitcoin (BTC) has held initial support near $29,300, where last weekend's price surge originated. BTC was trading around $30,200 at press time and has remained roughly flat...
The Graph - a service that helps applications collect and interpret blockchain-based data - announced Thursday that it will phase out its centralized hosted service early...
In the mid-1990s, when Kimbal Musk was 22 years old, he began working on a new and untried technology called the Internet. Along with his brother...
Staked Ether (stETH), a token of the Lido protocol designed to trade at a price close to that of Ether (ETH), has changed hands at a...
One possible way to measure the actual size of the cryptocurrency industry could be square footage. It sounds bizarre, but this mostly synthetic digital asset class...
Coinbase-backed Rain Financial, a major crypto exchange based in Bahrain, has laid off dozens of employees, according to Bloomberg, citing sources with direct knowledge of the...
An important element of the development of blockchain technology is consensus mechanisms. After the development of the original Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Proof-of-Work (PoW) methods, other consensus...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued New York-based crypto exchange Gemini on Thursday over allegations that the exchange's employees misled agency staff in July and August...
Robin Schmidt is Supermassive.one. He is also the head of multimedia at The Defiant, where he produces some of the highest quality videos documenting the rise...
Robin Schmidt is Supermassive.one. He is also the head of multimedia at The Defiant, where he produces some of the highest quality videos documenting the rise...
Good morning and welcome to First Mover. I'm Bradley Keoun and I'll be updating you on the latest crypto market developments, news and insights. (Lyllah Ledesma...
Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol Beanstalk will launch a fundraising campaign on June 6 to restore $77 million in liquidity lost to a governance exploit that siphoned $182...
Crypto exchange Gemini announced it will lay off about 10% of its employees, citing "turbulent market conditions that are likely to continue for some time." The company,...
Some investors and financial advisors were stunned in recent weeks when one of the oldest and most trusted providers of exchanges and custodians for digital assets...
Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini announced it will lay off about 10% of its staff, citing "turbulent market conditions that are likely to continue for some...
Alchemy is expanding its services to the Solana ecosystem, the Web 3 developer platform announced Thursday. The beta phase is now available to users and will...
Canonical Crypto, a newly formed venture capital firm, has raised $20 million for its first fund to support blockchain development infrastructure projects, with a preference for...
CoinSwitch Kuber, one of India's most prominent crypto exchanges, has launched an index that will provide real-time information on the performance of the Indian rupee based...
A German central banker has called for a bank-like international standard setter for financial technology innovation - while dismissing decentralized finance (DeFi) as a "casino" for...
