Bitcoin News Roundup for March 30, 2020

The list of alleged lies from former Celsius Network Chief Executive and co-founder Alex Mashinsky is long. And if the lawsuits filed by multiple U.S. agencies Thursday are to be believed, Mashinsky’s campaign of deception – intended to entice users to treat the now bankrupt crypto lending firm like a bank – started at the very…

On 25 May 2023 we published a story headed “Alameda-Backed ‘Samcoins’ CEO Alex Grebnev Sued by Coin Telegraph Owner Gregory Fishman.” Those individuals are engaged in a lawsuit (a claim and counterclaim) in the High Court in London relating to the meaning and effect of a 2020 US$750,000 option agreement. Our account of Mr. Fishman’s…

opinion W. Scott Stornetta is chief scientist at Yugen Venutres. a blockchain investment firm. He is the author of “How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document,” a seminal work in cryptography cited eight times in Satoshi Nakamoto’s bitcoin white paper. More information about Scott and Stuart is available at hs91.net. The following is an exclusive contribution to…

Revolut will become the latest mainstream crypto trading venue to list BONK, Solana's biggest meme coin.The European fintech will also run a "learn" campaign that will distribute up to 93 billion BONK tokens to users.European banking fintech Revolut plans to list Solana's biggest meme coin Bonk and run a $1.2 million campaign to incentivize its

Jul 27, 2020 at 03:00 UTCDevcon 2019 (CoinDesk archives)Ethereum as Lifestyle Brand: What Unicorns and Rainbows Are Really AboutThe lights were dimmed during the last day of Devcon in October 2019. A hush fell over the auditorium in Osaka, Japan. A haunting melody rippled through the crowd of roughly 1,000 people. Everyone knew the dance…

Semler Scientific purchased 215 BTC for $17.7 million, or an average price of $82,502 per bitcoin. Semler achieved a "BTC Yield" of 37.3% since adopting the new treasury strategy. The company's Monday morning announcement continues a flurry of corporate bitcoin purchase disclosures. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest

Pepecoin (PEPE) has seen a huge gain this week amid a broader crypto rally, outperforming other meme coins like SHIB, FLOKI and DOGE.Futures products tied to PEPE saw unusually large liquidations, suggesting short covering – or traders exiting bearish bets on the meme coin's price – might be exaggerating the size of the gain.Pepecoin (PEPE)…

news CoinDesk will be visiting Tokyo in two weeks and we’d love to meet some of our readers for an informal gathering on Monday, October 14 at 6 p.m. We haven’t chosen the official location yet but are open to suggestions for venues. Please fill out the recommendation form below. In addition to the meetup,…

Avalanche developer Daniele Sestagalli, one of the most influential crypto names in 2021, has restarted a project called WAGMI, touted as a suite of various DeFi applications offered on nine blockchains.Popsicle Finance's ICE token can now be swapped for the WAGMI token.ICE tokens are up 70% in the past 24 hours, and WAGMI sits at