-
SEC Goes Head-to-Head With Telegram, Makes a Guinea Pig of TONby Shiraz Jagati on January 25, 2020 at 3:00 am
A new debate emerges over the nature of digital assets and if they should be treated separately from the circumstances of their offering and sale. […]
-
Is Tron’s DApp Market Dependent on Gambling?by Benjamin Pirus on January 24, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Tron’s protocol predominantly runs gambling DApps, showing a possible lack of interest in other network use cases at present. Tron […]
-
ConsenSys to Build Global Trade Platform for Agribusiness Giantsby Helen Partz on January 24, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Covantis, a blockchain initiative backed by global agribusiness giants like Cargill, has selected ConsenSys as a technology partner. […]
-
Effect of CME Futures Options on BTC Price Depends on Halvingby Joseph Young on January 24, 2020 at 10:00 pm
CME’s recent launch of BTC options on futures is already generating significant volume, but will it have any effect on Bitcoin’s price? […]
-
Bitpay Users Can Now Purchase Crypto With Fiat In-Appby Jamie Redman on January 25, 2020 at 3:50 am
On January 23, the cryptocurrency payment firm Bitpay announced it will be allowing customers to purchase digital assets using the Bitpay […]
-
Alexander Vinnik Accused of Laundering Billions Through BTC-e Extradited to Franceby Lubomir Tassev on January 25, 2020 at 12:50 am
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian-born IT specialist who spent over two years in detention in Greece, where he was arrested on a U.S. warrant, […]
-
How to Obscure Bitcoin Cash Transaction Data by Leveraging Cashfusionby Jamie Redman on January 24, 2020 at 9:52 pm
Bitcoin Cash developers recently released the alpha software for Cashfusion, a privacy-preserving feature added to the Electron Cash […]
-
ECB Keeps Subzero Interest Rates and Open-Ended QE Worth €20B a Month But Launches Policy Reviewby Lubomir Tassev on January 24, 2020 at 6:20 pm
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an extensive review that will examine a wide range of its policies by the end of this year. […]
-
Trump ‘Loves’ Negative Rates and ‘Could Get Used to’ Them, Criticizes Fed at World Economic Forum, China Trade Dealby Graham Smith on January 24, 2020 at 2:30 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday saying the U.S. and other nations are […]
-
Panic Withdrawals at Indian Bank Over Alarming KYC Noticeby Kevin Helms on January 24, 2020 at 11:30 am
Hundreds of customers went on a withdrawal spree after an Indian bank announced its revised KYC requirements. The bank’s action […]
CoinDesk Leader in blockchain news.
-
Major Australian Exchange Expands to Singapore for Crypto-Friendly Regs
by Paddy Baker on January 24, 2020 at 9:30 pm
Independent Reserve will expand to Singapore to take advantage of its "overwhelmingly positive" regulatory response.
-
Davos, CBDCs, and the Rise of Bitcoin Art
by Nathaniel Whittemore on January 24, 2020 at 8:00 pm
The word from Davos is blockchain not crypto, cashless futures, and CBDCs, while Brekkie von Bitcoin gives us his take on the emergent field of bitcoin art.
-
Harmony Kicks Off Migration From Ethereum and Binance Chains to Its Own
by Brady Dale on January 24, 2020 at 7:05 pm
Harmony is rolling out its token swap process, asking holders of its ERC-20 and BEP-2 tokens to switch to its own native asset to participate in staking and other activities.
-
Notes From WEF: Oil-Producing Nations Want Dollar Alternatives, Just Not Bitcoin
by Leigh Cuen on January 24, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Middle Eastern elites at the World Economic Forum are highly skeptical of bitcoin, but there are whispers about its potential for cross-border settlements in the energy sector.
-
Crypto News Roundup and Interviews for Jan. 24, 2020
by Adam B. Levine on January 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Bitcoin's up as Davos ends. This is CoinDesk's Crypto News Roundup for January 24, 2020.
-
Crypto Exec’s $1.8M SIM-Swap Lawsuit Has ‘Critical Holes,’ Says AT&T
by Paddy Baker on January 24, 2020 at 4:03 pm
AT&T has again argued against allegations it was in part responsible for a SIM-swap hack that cost crypto exec Seth Shapiro $1.8 million.
-
Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up to Date
by William Foxley on January 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Identity thieves now have another tool at their disposal: bitcoin hashing power.
-
UK Cricket Club Will Issue This Season’s Tickets Over a Blockchain
by Paddy Baker on January 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm
The blockchain-based ticketing system will be used for all Lancashire Cricket Club's domestic and international fixtures in 2020.
-
10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS
by Paddy Baker on January 24, 2020 at 1:02 pm
A fifth of the world's population may well have access to a central bank digital currency in as little as three years, according to a BIS survey.
-
Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash
by Leigh Cuen on January 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead.
