Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 11, 2021

The lack of a two-way token bridge, a clunky decentralized exchange (DEX) experience, and a network being closed to the public have not deterred crypto traders from finding their way to Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain in the hopes of unearthing a fortune.Base, built by crypto exchange Coinbase on OP Stack, launched its testnet in January…

Australia's Federal Police (AFP) has seized $6.4 million in cryptocurrency discovered during a global crackdown on a secret messaging app. The effort is codenamed Operation Kraken. The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said the name has nothing to do with their entity and the AFP said Kraken was not under investigation. Australia's police has confiscated $6.4 million

Aug 20, 2020 at 10:49 UTCUpdated Aug 20, 2020 at 10:53 UTCBitcoin’s price pullback may worsen as the U.S. dollar shows signs of life on the back of the newly-released minutes from July’s Federal Reserve meeting. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback's value against that of other reserve currencies, has jumped 1% to 93.000…

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Users can bridge back deposited ether at a 1:1 ratio.Those bridging back to Ethereum will forfeit their reward allocation.More than 10,000 users deposited $33 million to ZKasino last month.11:52Bitcoin ETFs Are Still 'Wildly Successful': Kraken Head of Strategy11:52Bitcoin ETFs Are Still 'Wildly Successful': Kraken Head of Strategy02:30Wormhole’s W Token Has a 999% Weekly Return; Why

Apr 20, 2020 at 14:00 UTCShenzhen, China. (Credit: Shutterstock/fuyu liu)Blockchain Now Officially Part of China’s Technology StrategyAn influential government authority responsible for planning China's economy has said blockchain will form an integral part of the country's data and technology infrastructure. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told reporters Monday blockchain will join other emerging…

Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) said Tuesday that it granted Coinbase's application to create the Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC, as well as approving the Coinbase Trust to offer custody services for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum,…

Adam Krellenstein is co-founder and CTO at Symbiont.io, Inc., a FinTech company focused on coupling traditional financial markets and blockchain technology. He is also the author of some of the earliest attempts to use the bitcoin blockchain for its more experimental uses. This exclusive opinion piece is part of CoinDesk's "Bitcoin at 10: The Satoshi…

Oct 22, 2020 at 15:53 UTCUpdated Oct 22, 2020 at 16:11 UTCThe PoolTogether Team with IDEO CoLab's Tara Tan at the whiteboard. (Jordan Katz/PoolTogether)Lossless Lottery PoolTogether Opens Up to More Coins, More PrizesMore games with no losers are coming to Ethereum (kind of).PoolTogether, the lossless lottery on Ethereum that’s meant to gamify savings, is releasing…