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NEWS Sep 29, 2018 at 10:29 UTC  |  Updated  Sep 30, 2018 at 02:35 UTC Digital asset management firm Arrington XRP Capital may be poised to cease funding any U.S.-based startups. Partner and founder Michael Arrington tweeted Friday morning that the company had "received a second subpoena" from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to the…

After a week of controversy around its new seed-recovery service, French wallet-maker Ledger has been on a PR offensive, including a Twitter Spaces event with Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier on Tuesday afternoon and appearance by the same executive on CoinDesk TV Wednesday morning.The message? Ledger has listened to its critics and is prepared to make…

Feb 13, 2020 at 17:15 UTCCEO Changpeng Zhao image via BinanceA former Uber staffer has joined Binance to help the crypto exchange expand into new markets.Matt Shroder was announced as Binance's "VP of Global Expansion Operations" on Thursday. He was previously Uber's "Global Head of Product Operations."Shroder's new role will include helping the exchange scale…

Tracy is a deputy managing editor at CoinDesk. She owns BTC, ETH, MINA, ENS and some NFTs. The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed claims worth nearly $44 billion against the estate of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated entities.According to bankruptcy filings dated April 27 and 28, the IRS put forth…

Policymakers in the European Union on Wednesday reached a provisional deal on parts of a comprehensive regulatory package to combat money laundering that will force all crypto firms to run due diligence on their customers.The European Parliament and Council (which gathers finance ministers from the bloc's 27 member states) have agreed to measures, including for

Sep 21, 2020 at 21:51 UTCAlert placed on the Silk Road 2.0's homepage following its seizure by the U.S. government and European law enforcement. (Credit: FBI)Silk Road programmer Michael R. Weigand pleaded guilty Monday to concealing his involvement in the once-sprawling darknet market’s backend operations. Prosecutors alleged that Weigand, 56, worked to shore up Silk…

Though bitcoin's rally has lost some steam, many traders are still in a bullish mood – and shifting to alternative cryptocurrencies known as "altcoins" whose prices have yet to clear all-time highs from years past. This one or that one? Retail cryptocurrency buyers are reportedly on the hunt for alternatives to bitcoin. (Creative Commons, modified by…

Sep 21, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 21, 2020With bitcoin down amid broader market turmoil, 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 sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today's Stories:Bitcoin is dropping alongside stocks…

news The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX (HDR Global Trading). The advertising regulator published its decision on Wednesday, saying that it supported the four complaints against the ad that had claimed it “failed to illustrate the risk of the investment,” “exaggerated the…