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PodcastsCoinDesk Podcast NetworkThe Bitcoin Whales Won’t Stop BuyingListen onIcons/Big/Google-PodcastsApple PodcastsIcons/Big/SpotifySpotifyIcons/Big/PocketcastsPocket CastsIcons/Big/Apple-PodcastsGoogle PodcastsIcons/Big/CastboxCastboxIcons/Big/StitcherStitcherIcons/Big/RadioPublicRadioPublicIcons/Big/IHeartiHeart RadioIcons/Big/RssRSS FeedJan 25, 2021Nathaniel WhittemoreHostAccording to a number of different data points, bitcoin whales saw last week’s volatility and price declines as a chance to accumulate. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Download this episodeToday’s grab-bag episode looks at five different topics:Bitcoin whales kept…

markets View Bitcoin has charted a falling wedge pattern on the daily chart. A break above $3,450 would confirm a wedge breakout and expose key resistance lined up at $3,658 (the high of the gravestone doji candle created on Jan. 26). A violation there would expose the psychological resistance of $4,000. The prospects of a…

The crypto community is an incredible one – composed of some of the most genius, disruptive, category-creating technologists, innovators, and evangelists in the world. I feel honored to work alongside some of these gifted founders and investors as they work (as we say at CoinFund) to build the new internet. But despite how promising our

Dec 10, 2019 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2019 at 14:00 UTCDanish Tax Agency Sends Warning Letters to Suspected Crypto Tax EvadersDenmark's tax authority, the Skattestyrelsen, has been sending letters to cryptocurrency users it suspects of tax avoidance, demanding a range of information about their trading activities.In the letters, the Skattestyrelsen further asks recipients to…

news Blockchain technology firm Bitfury and Switzerland-based investment firm Final Frontier have jointly launched a regulated bitcoin mining fund. The fund is targeted at institutional and professional investors to give them “convenient access” to bitcoin mining, Bitfury announced in a blog post Wednesday. Traditionally, there have been “technological, logistical, financial and execution risk challenges” with access to…

Several blockchain associations in South Korea are pushing back against a government proposal they fear will stifle industry innovation.

In 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed imposing know-your-customer requirements on unhosted wallets, drawing immense backlash from the crypto industry. This week, the Treasury Department formally withdrew the proposal. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. Know

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the window for comments on three ether spot exchange traded fund (ETF) proposals.The ETF efforts tied to Grayscale Investments, Fidelity and Bitwise will be subjected to a three-week comment period, according to notices posted Tuesday by the agency "to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from

Banks can tick a box and start trading with us, said CEO Rupertus Rothenhaeuser.Jan Brzezek, founder and CEO of Crypto Finance Group (left), and Rupertus Rothenhaeuser, CEO of Crypto Broker AG (right)(Crypto Broker AG)Feb 1, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTCSwitzerland’s Crypto Broker AG Wins Securities House License From FINMALong in the making, Zurich’s Crypto Broker…