Bitcoin News Roundup for April 6, 2020

Mar 24, 2020 at 20:38 UTCUpdated Mar 24, 2020 at 20:43 UTCFinancial markets rebounded Tuesday after prospects for a stimulus package out of the U.S. Senate improved. The upswing started with Japan’s Nikkei 225, which closed its trading day at 5:00 UTC up 7 percent. European stocks were bullish as well, with the FTSE 100 index…

news Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini has said it has passed a security compliance review conducted by “Big Four” auditing firm Deloitte. Announcing the news on Tuesday, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss-founded Gemini claimed to be the first crypto firm to have successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 examination. “SOC 2…

A rug pull is a type of exit scam in which the perpetrators create a new token, launch a liquidity pool for it and pair it with a base token, like ether (ETH) or a stablecoin like dai (DAI). A liquidity pool is a large pool of tokens that a protocol uses to fulfill trades,…

57% of institutional investors in Sygnum's 2024 survey plan to boost crypto allocations amid the bull run. 65% of respondents are bullish long-term as bitcoin hits new highs. 69% see regulatory clarity, but asset volatility remains a key concern. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021

Aug 27, 2020 at 19:35 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 19:43 UTC(YouTube screenshot/modified by CoinDesk)YouTube’s Whac-a-Mole Approach to Crypto Scam Ads Remains a ProblemYouTube has long struggled with disinformation, misleading content and outright scams on its site. Despite lawsuits and Google’s own ad policies, cryptocurrency scam ads are still making it through the gates and…

The Swoo wallet partnership is targeted at emerging regions like Africa and Southeast Asia, and specifically at parts unreached by Google Pay.A pilot in January saw 17,000 participants avail themselves of the 5% crypto cashback scheme.Payments giant Mastercard (MA) is working with Swoo Pay, an emerging markets-focused mobile payments app, to offer loyalty rewards in

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is a popular contrarian indicator to buy and sell, but there could be further downside for bitcoin's price, analysts warned. Seized BTC sales by the German and U.S. governments, and sell pressure from Mt. Gox user refunds create multibillion-dollar overhang, SynFutures' Rachel Lin said. Bitcoin could sink to $50,000

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 StoriesHeadwinds for bitcoin (BTC) continue to linger and could contribute to prices falling lower in the coming days, despite the apparent early successes of several U.S.-listed

DCG boss Barry Silbert proposed a merger between Genesis and Gemini to the latter’s co-founder, Cameron Winklevoss, during a lunch meeting in Oct 2022.The combined company would be exciting to investors, making it possible to raise $500-$1 billion and take the company public in 24 months, Silbert wrote in an email.Silbert's emails to his team