Banking Giant Trials Blockchain for Issuance of Land-Backed Loans

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Riyad Carey is a research analyst at Kaiko. Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Stablecoins have become an indispensable component of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, denominating 80% of centralized exchange (CEX) trades…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesGalaxy Digital’s venture team has long invested its own money in crypto companies. Now, it’s planning to do that with outside investors’ capital, too. The investments

Mar 27, 2020 at 21:52 UTCUpdated Mar 27, 2020 at 21:56 UTCJustin Sun image via CoinDesk archivesSplinter Cryptocurrency Hive Outperforms Justin Sun’s Steem After One Week TradingIt's been a week since the community that drove the Steem blockchain largely broke off to form Hive, and the market action so far has been on the side…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen another senior executive depart the company, with Global Product Lead Mayur Kamat heading for the door."We can confirm that Mayur has stepped down from his role as product lead," a Binance spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "We are grateful to him for helping guide Binance through some of our

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The developer of Flare blockchain told CoinDesk on Friday that they will burn 2.1 billion FLR tokens to support ecosystem development and overall health.More than 2% of FLR’s total supply will be permanently removed from circulation, preventing dilution of community token holdings and increasing incentives for new users to join the network.The tranche of tokens

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesAs ether (ETH) prices rallied and bitcoin (BTC) fell during the early hours of the East Asia trading day, Toncoin (TON) outperformed the market, climbing almost

The federal judge overseeing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial denied his pretrial motions to dismiss criminal charges against him, writing that the exchange's founder did not have standing to dismiss many of these charges and didn't meet the "extraordinary" circumstances for a dismissal.Bankman-Fried, who faces wire fraud, bank fraud, operating an unlicensed money transmitter,…

Tensions in the Middle East pushed down BTC during the first half of Asia trading hours Wednesday. The CoinDesk 20, a measure of the most liquid digital assets, had its worst drop in weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $61,500 in Asian morning hours Wednesday after sliding to as low as $60,300 late Tuesday as a