Arizona Bitcoin Trader Gets Jail Sentence for Money Laundering

news Mobile wallet provider BRD is partnering with Ripple’s Xpring to boost XRP adoption. The companies announced Friday that Xpring would invest some $750,000 into BRD as part of its efforts to “build the internet of value.” As part of this new “strategic partnership,” BRD will integrate XRP and begin building on Xpring’s developer platform.…

Aug 19, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 19, 2020With bitcoin pulling back from its bull run and the emergence of YAM-inspired “Spaghetti Money,” CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is…

Nov 19, 2020 at 6:05 p.m. UTC(Chris Barbalis/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Open Finance Is Better Than Broken FinanceAs much as the global economy continues to grow, we are leaving billions of people behind who don’t have bank accounts, a reality that is exacerbated by the economic impacts of the coronavirus. Without a bank account, a person…

Bitcoin (BTC) prices could regain their lifetime peak price of over $69,000 by mid-2024 as they undergo an “acceleration phase” marked by volatility and a sharp rally, some traders expect. That is an 88% gain from current prices of $36,500.“Bitcoin uptrends tend to move quickly once they get going, moving hundreds of percent often in

Flipside Crypto wants investors to think beyond market capitalization, and Coinbase apparently agrees. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the exchange’s Coinbase Ventures arm and Digital Currency Group co-led the analytics startup’s extended seed round that closed on November 21, alongside True Ventures and Castle Island Ventures. Although the size of Coinbase’s investment was not disclosed and…

Nov 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC$300M in Bitcoin Flow to Binance From Huobi as China Gets Tougher on ExchangesAs the Chinese government cracks down on several crypto exchanges catering to traders based in China, many of those customers – and their bitcoin – have been making their way to Binance over the past few…

markets September has been a rough month for bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market, but ether has weathered the storm better than most. Bitcoin, (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency by market value, is on track to post a monthly loss of more than 16 percent – the biggest since November 2018, according to CoinMarketCap. As of…

Daniel AlegreCEOYuga LabsHear from Yuga Labs new CEO in his first public appearance since assuming the position.Daniel AlegreCEOYuga LabsHear from Yuga Labs new CEO in his first public appearance since assuming the position.Rosie Perper is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Web3 news section, focusing on the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs and emerging technology like VR/AR.…

Aug 10, 2020 at 13:36 UTC(Latrach Med Jamil/Unsplash)The Fourth Era of Blockchain GovernanceStephanie Hurder, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory focused on the implementation of emerging technologies, and an academic contributor to the World Economic Forum. She has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard.  If you follow…