Bitcoin Awaits Decisive Move as Price Range Tightens

Aug 16, 2020 at 19:00 UTC(Dakar Bitcoin Developers)Meet a Freelance Cypherpunk Developer in AfricaIn this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Fodé Diop, founder of the Dakar Bitcoin Developers meetup in Senegal, talk about bitcoin in Africa.  For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS. This…

May 18, 2020 at 16:26 UTCEmpires are able to print their own money until trust in the currency falls, says Sokolin. (Credit: Shutterstock)Lex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Fintech Blueprint newsletter.The hard thing about abundance is making a choice. We…

news Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund is making its debut after closing a $22 million seed round backed by crypto investor Roger Ver. Announcing the news on Wednesday, Pangea said other investors in the round included Copernicus Asset Management, a Swiss firm regulated by the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority. Copernicus is also acting as investment manager for…

May 22, 2020 at 19:00 UTCAlex Linch/Shutterstock.comThe Shadow of Satoshi’s Ghost: Why Bitcoin Mythology MattersHow the myth-making around Satoshi reinforces what makes bitcoin unique in the landscape of global monies. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, IHeartRadio or RSS. On Wednesday, a batch of coins mined just…

This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Tax Week, presented by TaxBit. Matan Doyich is the co-founder and CEO of Crypto Index.Far from being just another set of rules, the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) proposed "broker rule" aims to establish an overarching taxation framework for digital assets. It’s also become a rallying cry for crypto leaders

Twelve New Yorkers will start deliberating FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fate on Thursday, and a verdict could come later in the day – the first anniversary, coincidentally, of the CoinDesk scoop that spurred former crypto mogul's downfall.Promising customers that their "assets are safe" and then taking that money and spending it on yourself and your

NEWS Sep 4, 2018 at 04:10 UTC  |  Updated  Sep 4, 2018 at 04:11 UTC The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has pushed back the expected launch time of a blockchain network to Q2 in 2021 that is set to replace the country's decades-old CHESS clearing and settlement system. The ASX published a new report on Tuesday…

Feb 20, 2020 at 12:04 UTCUpdated Feb 20, 2020 at 12:07 UTCThe New York-based private equity firm Fortress has issued a "premium" offer to buy out creditor claims from the now-defunct Mt. Gox exchange. In a letter said to be sent by Fortress managing director Michael Hourigan on Monday, the company said it was offering…

news American football team the Miami Dolphins have teamed up with the Litecoin Foundation to accept cryptocurrency payments. Announced by the Litecoin Foundation on Thursday, the partnership will kick off on Sept. 5 – the start of the 2019 NFL season – and sees the Dolphins accept litecoin as their “official cryptocurrency.” In effect, that…