Before Bitcoin ETFs Pass, A Clear Crypto Narrative Is Needed

Sep 18, 2020 at 21:45 UTCUpdated Sep 18, 2020 at 21:50 UTCHarvest time (Robert Wiedemann/Unsplash)New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum AssetsKava Labs has launched its first application: a yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for bitcoin (BTC) and other non-Ethereum assets. The product, called Harvest and built on the Kava…

The chances of Biden pulling out of the U.S. presidential election are climbing, according to traders on Polymarket. A recent Covid diagnosis and a statement from Biden that he'd withdraw if he came down with a medical condition appear to be moving the market. The chances of President Joe Biden withdrawing from the race for

The digital currency asset manager's new executives bring with them experience at firms such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Ripple Labs.Feb 16, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 4:04 p.m. UTCDigital Asset Manager Grayscale Expands Leadership Team With Trio of C-Suite HiresGrayscale Investments has expanded its senior leadership team with…

Global entertainment company Warner Music Group (WMG) is teaming up with Polygon Labs to launch a music accelerator program that aims to onboard the next generation of blockchain music projects and decentralized applications (dapps) on the Polygon network.According to a press release, the ideal applicants for the program are "companies and entrepreneurs operating at the…

Jun 14, 2020 at 22:17 UTCUpdated Jun 14, 2020 at 22:18 UTCCrypto Long & Short: Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, But They’re Still AccountableOne underappreciated feature of crypto markets is the lack of centralization. I mean, people know crypto assets are decentralized and trade on exchanges all over the world. But what’s often overlooked is…

feature Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? This is perhaps too much meaning to attribute to any one design, but if any logo has come close to the task, it’s that of bitcoin. Belonging to no corporation, no in-house graphic design team at a shiny Silicon Valley…

Business-intelligence firm MicroStrategy's (MSTR) Founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has said recent enforcement actions by U.S. regulators have made it clear that the crypto industry is destined to be rationalized down to a bitcoin (BTC)-focused industry."MicroStrategy's views since 2020 have been that the only institutional grade asset is bitcoin," said Saylor in an interview…

news Ethereum test network Ropsten has forked into two separate chains following the activation of system-wide upgrade Istanbul. “It appears there are two different chains mining the Ropsten test network. There are miners mining on the old [Ropsten] chain and miners mining the new one,” explained Ethereum Foundation community manager Hudson Jameson, adding in a…

opinion Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO of MyCrypto, a free, open-source interface for interacting with the blockchain. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  Last year, I ended my 2017 Year in Review piece with the following statement: “Those who change the world don’t always set out to do…