coindesk 2 years ago

Why Diversification Matters for Crypto, Too The rise of Bitcoin may tempt investors to ask “Why Not 100% Bitcoin?” Here’s why.

Why Diversification Matters for Crypto, Too

The rise of Bitcoin may tempt investors to ask “Why Not 100% Bitcoin?” Here’s why.

coindesk 2 years ago

Craig Wright's Counsel Hits Back at COPA's Fraud Allegations in Closing Argument Anthony Grabiner, Wright's attorney, hit back at COPA's argument that private signing sessions Wright hosted to prove he was the Bitcoin founder had been subverted, saying that no proof had been prese...

Craig Wright's Counsel Hits Back at COPA's Fraud Allegations in Closing Argument

Anthony Grabiner, Wright's attorney, hit back at COPA's argument that private signing sessions Wright hosted to prove he was the Bitcoin founder ha...

coindesk 2 years ago

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network? While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire.

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?

While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to impro...

coindesk 2 years ago

El Salvador Axes Income Tax for Investments From Abroad The nation, which is attempting to attract foreign capital, removed income tax on investment from overseas.

El Salvador Axes Income Tax for Investments From Abroad

The nation, which is attempting to attract foreign capital, removed income tax on investment from overseas.

coindesk 2 years ago

Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Unveils Layer-2 Rollup With $1B Total Value Locked Swell developed the rollup alongside Ethereum scaler AltLayer and a16z-backed crypto-staking project EigenLayer.

Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Unveils Layer-2 Rollup With $1B Total Value Locked

Swell developed the rollup alongside Ethereum scaler AltLayer and a16z-backed crypto-staking project EigenLayer.

coindesk 2 years ago

South Africa Is Poised to License 60 Crypto Firms by Month End: Bloomberg Crypto companies that wanted to continue operating in the country had to apply for a license with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority from June 1.

South Africa Is Poised to License 60 Crypto Firms by Month End: Bloomberg

Crypto companies that wanted to continue operating in the country had to apply for a license with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority from June 1.

coindesk 2 years ago

Arbitrum's ARB, Polygon's MATIC Lead Gains as Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Goes Live Ethereum's Dencun upgrade enabled a new way of storing data that was forecast to dramatically cut costs for interacting with layer-2 networks.

Arbitrum's ARB, Polygon's MATIC Lead Gains as Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Goes Live

Ethereum's Dencun upgrade enabled a new way of storing data that was forecast to dramatically cut costs for interacting with layer-2 networks.

coindesk 2 years ago

Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade

Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade

Its mainnet stopped producing blocks around the time of the Ethereum overhaul.

coindesk 2 years ago

Jack Dorsey's Block Begins Shipping Bitkey Bitcoin Wallets Block unveiled Bitkey for pre-order in 95 countries last December having commenced beta testing during the summer.

Jack Dorsey's Block Begins Shipping Bitkey Bitcoin Wallets

Block unveiled Bitkey for pre-order in 95 countries last December having commenced beta testing during the summer.

coindesk 2 years ago

Ethereum Activates 'Dencun' Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees A key element of the upgrade is to enable a new place for storing data on the blockchain – referred to as "proto-danksharding," which gives room for a dedicated space that is separate from regular tra...

Ethereum Finalizes 'Dencun' Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees

A key element of the upgrade is to enable a new place for storing data on the blockchain – referred to as "proto-danksharding," which gives room ...

coindesk 2 years ago

PancakeSwap Decentralized Exchange Unveils Version 4 to Make Trading More Efficient The platform is adding four features designed to make trading faster, cheaper and more customized.

PancakeSwap Decentralized Exchange Unveils Version 4 to Make Trading More Efficient

The platform is adding four features designed to make trading faster, cheaper and more customized.

coindesk 2 years ago

Toncoin Rises 61% in Two Days as Telegram Eyes Potential IPO While officially separate, Telegram endorsed Ton Network as its blockchain of choice in September.

Toncoin Rises 61% in Two Days as Telegram Eyes Potential IPO

While officially separate, Telegram endorsed Ton Network as its blockchain of choice in September.

coindesk 2 years ago

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Plans $1B Bond Sale The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 13, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Plans $1B Bond Sale

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 13, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that context...

coindesk 2 years ago

EU Regulators Publish Batch of Draft Rules for Stablecoins Under MiCA The draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) lay out requirements for issuers when dealing with complaints about stablecoins referencing multiple currencies.

EU Regulators Publish Batch of Draft Rules for Stablecoins Under MiCA

The draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) lay out requirements for issuers when dealing with complaints about stablecoins referencing multiple...

coindesk 2 years ago

Indonesia’s Finance Regulator Issues New Crypto Regulation to Strengthen Industry This is part of the preparations for the transition of crypto supervision to OJK by January 2025.

Indonesia’s Finance Regulator Issues New Crypto Regulation to Strengthen Industry

This is part of the preparations for the transition of crypto supervision to OJK by January 2025.

coindesk 2 years ago

Thailand Greenlights Income Tax Exemption for Investment Token Earnings: Report Earnings already subject to the 15% capital gains tax don't need to be included when calculating income taxes.

Thailand Greenlights Income Tax Exemption for Investment Token Earnings: Report

Earnings already subject to the 15% capital gains tax don't need to be included when calculating income taxes.

coindesk 2 years ago

ClearToken Raises $10M From Institutional Investors Including Nomura’s Laser Digital The crypto clearing house plans to start preliminary settlement services in the U.K. this year, subject to regulatory approval.

ClearToken Raises $10M From Institutional Investors Including Nomura’s Laser Digital

The crypto clearing house plans to start preliminary settlement services in the U.K. this year, subject to regulatory approval.

coindesk 2 years ago

Terraform Labs Allowed to Hire Law Firm Dentons in Bankruptcy Case by U.S. Court: Reuters A U.S. court has allowed Terraform Labs to hire law firm Dentons to defend the company in a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in Jan. 2024.

Terraform Labs Allowed to Hire Law Firm Dentons in Bankruptcy Case by U.S. Court: Reuters

A U.S. court has allowed Terraform Labs to hire law firm Dentons to defend the company in a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities & Exc...

coindesk 2 years ago

Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India's Markets Regulator Says The chairperson of India's markets regulator has warned that if it doesn't offer instant settlement investors will move to spaces like the crypto industry.

Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India's Markets Regulator Says

The chairperson of India's markets regulator has warned that if it doesn't offer instant settlement investors will move to spaces like the crypto i...

coindesk 2 years ago

Bitcoin Eyes $74K as BTC ETFs See Record $1B in Net Inflows Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in 14,706 BTC, or over $1 billion, in net inflows on Tuesday, data tracked by BitMEX Research shows.

Bitcoin Eyes $74K as BTC ETFs See Record $1B in Net Inflows

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in 14,706 BTC, or over $1 billion, in net inflows on Tuesday, data tracked by BitMEX Research shows.