Monthly Archives: January 2021

Jan 29, 2021 at 10:45 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 10:51 p.m. UTC$180M Bitcoin Trust Completes Canadian IPO, Fully Invested on First DayCanadian investment firm Ninepoint Partners completed the C$230 million (US$180 million) initial public offering of its cryptocurrency fund which is now fully invested.Ninepoint Partners bitcoin fund started trading on Wednesday was over…

GameStop's 900% gain (and the wipeout of Wall Street shareholders) is the talk of financial markets from stocks to crypto.(GameStop, modified by CoinDesk)Jan 29, 2021 at 10:28 p.m. UTCAll Over the World, Small Investors Jump Into the GameStop FrenzyThe world is watching U.S. markets with great interest, and more than a little FOMO, as Reddit…

Stani Kulechov has backed nearly 40 projects in his search for founders who see two or three moves ahead.Stani Kulechov (left) at Devcon V in Osaka, Japan.(Aave)Jan 29, 2021 at 10:14 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 10:20 p.m. UTCAave’s Founder Angel Invests to Grow DeFi’s Head Start on the BanksStani Kulechov used to think…

The job listing follows comments made by Fed Chair Jerome Powell in recent weeks where he said the central bank needed “better regulatory answers” for global stablecoins.Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C. (Steve Heap/Shutterstock)Jan 29, 2021 at 10:10 p.m. UTCUS Federal Reserve Looking to Hire a Manager to Research Stablecoins and CBDCsThe U.S. Federal Reserve is…

Crypto spot volumes rose to the second-highest level in over a month. CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexJan 29, 2021 at 9:35 p.m. UTCMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Bumps to $38.6K While DeFi Exchanges Hit $50BAnalysts believe Elon Musk’s shout-out to crypto pushed bitcoin’s price upwards at a time when decentralized exchanges are experiencing record amounts of trading…

Robinhood didn't halt GameStop trading to punish retail players. It reacted to market risk. And, no, blockchain wouldn't have fixed this.(Dwight Burdette/Wikimedia Commons)Jan 29, 2021 at 9:34 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 10:05 p.m. UTCThe GameStop Stop Is Not a Technology ProblemYou may have heard: Yesterday, amid an enormous rally in the stock and…

And if you aren't, what's stopping you?A full node setup(Colin Harper)Jan 29, 2021 at 9:07 p.m. UTCAre You Running a Bitcoin Node?“Are you running the numbers?”This is what Bitcoin Core developer Andrew Chow is trying to find out in a new survey. Sponsored by a grant from MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, Chow crafted the survey “to…

Angry users are taking to Twitter, putting the platform in the DOGE house.Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich (right) with Robert Dykes of Caspian at Consensus 2019.(CoinDesk archives)Jan 29, 2021 at 9:06 p.m. UTCVoyager Reports Multiple ‘Service Disruptions’ After Encouraging Users to Trade DogecoinCrypto trading platform Voyager has gone off-line several times since Thursday due to “immense…