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Jenny JohnsonPresident and CEOFranklin TempletonJenny will discuss developing crypto-linked investment products in a bear market, the mood among her clients and her lon...Jenny JohnsonPresident and CEOFranklin TempletonJenny will discuss developing crypto-linked investment products in a bear market, the mood among her clients and her lon...Jocelyn Yang is a markets reporter at CoinDesk. She is a…

Terraform Labs Pte. has filed a voluntary petition in Delaware for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to documents filed on Jan. 21.The embattled cryptocurrency firm behind the failed stablecoin TerraUSD declared in the filing it has between $100 to $500 million in estimated assets and the same amount in liabilities. TerraUSD, a dollar-pegged cryptocurrency and Terra's

A federal judge has sided with Galaxy Digital (GLXY.TO) – the crypto merchant bank led by Mike Novogratz – in its decision to terminate its $1.2 billion acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo.Delaware Chancery Court Vice Cchancellor James Laster ruled last week that Galaxy had a “valid basis” to end the deal because BitGo provided Galaxy…

Aliens exist. And they use cryptocurrency.This isn’t exactly a provable statement, but for all we know Bitcoin could have been a gift from extraterrestrials. Can anything else explain Satoshi Nakamoto’s disappearance?According to recent testimony from former Department of Defense employee turned whistleblower David Grusch, parts of the U.S. government have been engaged in an almost…

Dec 23, 2020 at 5:55 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 23, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. UTCSEC Chairman Jay Clayton(CoinDesk archives)SEC Gives Broker-Dealers Room to Handle Crypto SecuritiesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is showing signs it might budge on letting crypto custodians become regulated broker-dealers specifically for digital assets. The Commission announced Wednesday it would let crypto-focused…

news New York City may begin testing blockchain technology for various use cases later this year. The New York City Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) new Blockchain Center opened Thursday, and intends to begin testing the tech’s use cases next fall, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The center is part of a partnership with the venture capital fund FuturePerfect Ventures…

news Like it or not, there’s a bit of trust involved in the process of setting up, or “compiling,” the software at the heart of bitcoin – but a recent code change could help. Featuring container software Guix, code was recently merged into the most popular bitcoin implementation, Bitcoin Core, meaning it’s now ready for…

Credit: Passion Images / Shutterstock.comASX Accused of Trying to ‘Crush’ Rival Blockchain Trading SystemThe CEO of fintech firm iSignthis has accused the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) of abusing its market-leader position by trying to delay the launch of ClearPay, a blockchain-based trading system on the rival National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX).A joint venture between…

Bitcoin's October surge seems to have injected life back into the crypto market, causing an increased inflow of money into leading meme cryptocurrencies shiba inu (SHIB) and dogecoin (DOGE).Open interest, or the dollar value locked in the number of active perpetual futures and standard futures contracts, tied to SHIB has increased by 23% to $61.74