coindesk 2 years ago

Australia's CBDC Likely Some Years Away, Central Bank Says Australia will not be making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for some years due to several unresolved issues.

Australia's CBDC Likely Some Years Away, Central Bank Says

Australia will not be making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for some years due to several unresolved issues.

coindesk 2 years ago

What Happens to Football NFTs Now That Panini Lost its License? Don’t worry, your NFTs aren’t going to be lost to the ether anytime soon.

What Happens to Football NFTs Now That Panini Lost Its License?

Don’t worry, your NFTs aren’t going to be lost to the ether anytime soon.

coindesk 2 years ago

Ex-OpenSea Executive Nate Chastain Gets 3 Months in Prison for Insider Trading Nate Chastain, the former head of product at NFT platform OpenSea, has received a three month prison sentence for making tens of thousands of dollars worth of insider trades during his tenure at the N...

Ex-OpenSea Executive Nate Chastain Gets 3 Months in Prison for Insider Trading

Nate Chastain, the former head of product at NFT platform OpenSea, has received a three month prison sentence for making tens of thousands of dolla...

coindesk 2 years ago

Binance Needs to Get Off Twitter https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/08/22/binance-needs-to-get-off-twitter/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

coindesk 2 years ago

Balancer Depositors Pull Nearly $100M in Crypto After Vulnerability Warning Ethereum-based DeFi major Balancer learned of a "critical vulnerability" that imperils a slice of the protocol's user-deposited crypto.

Balancer Depositors Pull Nearly $100M in Crypto After Vulnerability Warning

Ethereum-based DeFi major Balancer learned of a "critical vulnerability" that imperils a slice of the protocol's user-deposited crypto.

coindesk 2 years ago

BNB Token Stumbles to 1-Year Low Amid Mounting Scrutiny Over Binance BNB, formerly known as Binance Coin, dropped to as low as $204, lowest since late June 2022.

BNB Token Stumbles to 1-Year Low Amid Mounting Scrutiny Over Binance

BNB, formerly known as Binance Coin, dropped to as low as $204, lowest since late June 2022.

coindesk 2 years ago

Meet Botto, the AI-Artist That Mints Its Own NFTs Botto is part AI, part human community, part DAO, and part experiment on the way to artistic singularity. Jeff Wilser meets its creator, Mario Klingemann.

Meet Botto, the AI-Artist That Mints Its Own NFTs

Botto is part AI, part human community, part DAO, and part experiment on the way to artistic singularity. Jeff Wilser meets its creator, Mario Klin...

coindesk 2 years ago

Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Taps Anchorage as Custody Provider Crypto exchange EDX Markets, which is backed by Wall Street giants including Citadel Securities and Charles Schwab, tapped Anchorage Digital to provide custody for its clearinghouse business set to la...

Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Taps Anchorage as Custody Provider

Crypto exchange EDX Markets, which is backed by Wall Street giants including Citadel Securities and Charles Schwab, tapped Anchorage Digital to pro...

coindesk 2 years ago

Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge Says

Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge Says

We have yet another court ruling finding a decentralized autonomous organization is an association.

coindesk 2 years ago

Starkware to Open-Source ‘Magic Wand’ of Its Zero-Knowledge Cryptography Next Week The team behind the layer 2 Starknet blockchain said that they will also hold a code review on Aug. 31 at a conference in San Francisco.

Starkware to Open-Source ‘Magic Wand’ of Its Zero-Knowledge Cryptography Next Week

The team behind the layer 2 Starknet blockchain said that they will also hold a code review on Aug. 31 at a conference in San Francisco.

coindesk 2 years ago

Friend.Tech Hype Sees Base Surpass Rival Layer 2 Blockchains in Average Transactions per Second Base, the layer 2 blockchain backed by Coinbase (COIN), averaged a record high of 15.88 transactions per second (TPS) over the past 24-hours, beating Ethereum and rival layer 2 blockchains Arbitrum an...

Friend.Tech Hype Sees Base Surpass Rival Layer 2 Blockchains in Average Transactions per Second

Base, the layer 2 blockchain backed by Coinbase (COIN), averaged a record high of 15.88 transactions per second (TPS) over the past 24-hours, beati...

coindesk 2 years ago

FedNow Is a Reminder That Payments Aren’t Crypto’s Differentiator Existing payments systems are hard to beat, but there may be niches where blockchain companies can play, says EY's Paul Brody. https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/08/22/fednow-is-a-reminder-that-payments-arent-cryptos-differentiator/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

coindesk 2 years ago

Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Indictment FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court Tuesday to be arraigned after the latest indictment accused him of using customer funds for everything from buying personal real estate to political don...

Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Indictment

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court Tuesday to be arraigned after the latest indictment accused him of using customer funds for everyth...

coindesk 2 years ago

Mantle Stakes $66M of Ether on Lido as Part of Treasury Management Strategy Layer 2 network Mantle has staked 40,000 ether (ETH) on staking protocol Lido after it passed a governance vote on treasury management earlier this month.

Mantle Stakes $66M of Ether on Lido as Part of Treasury Management Strategy

Layer 2 network Mantle has staked 40,000 ether (ETH) on staking protocol Lido after it passed a governance vote on treasury management earlier this...

coindesk 2 years ago

Crypto’s ‘Illusory Appeal’ Should Be Met by Regulation, Not Bans, BIS Study Says Bitcoin ETFs could boost adoption because digital assets offer an escape route for state-imposed capital controls, a grouping of central bankers from the Americas said.

Crypto’s ‘Illusory Appeal’ Should Be Met by Regulation, Not Bans, BIS Study Says

Bitcoin ETFs could boost adoption because digital assets offer an escape route for state-imposed capital controls, a grouping of central bankers fr...

coindesk 2 years ago

Maple Finance Eyes Asian Expansion With $5M Investment, Returns to Solana The protocol’s focus on growth in Asia Pacific showcases the region’s increasing importance in the crypto industry.

Maple Finance Eyes Asian Expansion With $5M Investment, Returns to Solana

The protocol’s focus on growth in Asia Pacific showcases the region’s increasing importance in the crypto industry.

coindesk 2 years ago

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Acquires Stake in Circle The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 22, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Acquires Stake in Circle

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 22, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contex...

coindesk 2 years ago

Nomura-Backed Crypto Custody Firm Komainu Wins Operating License in Dubai The company can now offer its full range of digital asset custody services to clients in the emirate, including institutional staking and collateral management.

Nomura-Backed Crypto Custody Firm Komainu Wins Operating License in Dubai

The company can now offer its full range of digital asset custody services to clients in the emirate, including institutional staking and collatera...

coindesk 2 years ago

XRP, ADA Post Highest Losses Among Majors; Bitcoin Steady as 'Buy the Dip' Mentions Fade Bitcoin and ether held steady over the past 24 hours, data from CoinGecko shows, with few fundamental catalysts to lift markets.

Bitcoin Settles in Below $26K as Altcoins Lead Crypto Declines

Bitcoin and ether held steady over the past 24 hours, data from CoinGecko shows, with few fundamental catalysts to lift markets.

coindesk 2 years ago

Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Is Cutting 12% of Jobs as Bear Market, Taxes Take Their Toll As many as 71 people are losing their jobs.

Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Is Cutting 12% of Jobs as Bear Market, Taxes Take Their Toll

The number of employees losing their jobs is 71 out of some 590.