Bitcoin News Roundup for May 15, 2020

news Kraken, one of the largest U.S.-based crypto exchanges with daily volume of around $100 million, has hired a Hollywood veteran to be its first chief marketing officer. Matt Mason spent the last four years as the studio head of 1-800-N0TH1NG, described on his LinkedIn page as an “innovation lab” in Los Angeles funded by Sony Pictures.…

news Coinbase has reinstated U.K. bank deposits and withdrawals following a months-long banking holdup. As announced by the company’s U.K. arm in a blog post Thursday, British pound (GBP) deposits and transfers are available once again for local Coinbase customers. GBP denominated transactions were paused following the exchange’s July breakup with Barclays. However, a new partnership with…

Jan 7, 2021 at 5:44 p.m. UTC(Celyn Kang/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Blockchain Bites: Sustainability and Uncertainty as Crypto Crosses $1T BenchmarkOne bitcoin is now worth more than $39,000 as the value of all cryptos passes $1 trillion.Top shelfInstitutions are buyingThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is now the largest bitcoin futures trading platform, with some $2.1 billion…

markets Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent drop to 14-month lows has left the cryptocurrency on track for its biggest ever yearly loss. Just three weeks ago, the cryptocurrency was changing hands at $6,300 – already a 54 percent year-to-date drop, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The dominant market narrative back then was that BTC would…

Crypto trading on the Deutsche Boerse Digital Exchange (DBDX) goes live.The regulated spot crypto trading platform is targeted at institutional clients.Crypto Finance will provide settlement and custody services.Deutsche Boerse, the operator of Germany’s largest stock exchange, has started a crypto spot trading platform for institutional clients, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.DBDX offers

Nov 10, 2020 at 9:17 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 10, 2020 at 9:28 p.m. UTC(Florian Berger/Unsplash)Multisignature Wallets Can Keep Your Coins Safer (If You Use Them Right)In traditional business, “key person risk” refers to when a company relies too much on one individual to succeed. Cryptocurrency businesses are prone to a very literal version of this…

FalconX unveils new and improved bankruptcy-remote custody with credit lines and off-exchange settlement.Derivatives exchange Deribit is the first to integrate FalconX’s Prime Connect.00:55Bitcoin Transaction Fees Slide Significantly Post Halving00:5121Shares Exec on Consumer Facing Applications Powered by Blockchain15:2421Shares Exec on Aftermath of the Halving, Future of Bitcoin Network00:31World Chain Is a Blockchain 'Designed for Humans': Tools

Oct 15, 2020 at 14:20 UTCThe Libra Association, the organization developing the Facebook-backed cryptocurrency project libra, on Thursday hired longtime banking executive Ian Jenkins to lead the stablecoin group’s finance and risk operations.Jenkins will become chief financial officer and chief risk officer for Libra Networks, the group's digital payments subsidiary.Jenkins previously led international banking giant…

Crypto did not come up during the first general debate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, despite industry participants' hopes. This first debate between current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – each their parties' presumptive nominee – was held Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia by CNN, hosted by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and