Bitcoin’s Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible

Jun 24, 2020 at 20:28 UTCUpdated Jun 24, 2020 at 20:33 UTCThe charges appear to be Singapore's first attempt to enforce its new ban on unlicensed crypto sellers. (Tremendous Shots/Shutterstock)Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales on Wednesday. The woman allegedly bought S$3,350 (about $2,400) in bitcoin…

Sep 29, 2020 at 16:06 UTCBitcoin may once again take center stage after the crypto market's focus on ether.(Fabio Bruna/Pathé Tuschinski/Wiki commons)With the U.S. elections just five weeks away, the crypto market’s focus looks to be shifting back to bitcoin and away from ether and the Ethereum ecosystem.The spread between the six-month implied volatility (IV)…

The 2024 election cycle has resulted in a deeply shaken-up political landscape for digital finance. With over $100 million in crypto industry spending across races and Trump's victory ushering in promises of a pro-crypto administration, the regulatory outlook has shifted in ways that may startle some. Amidst the headlines and market euphoria — Bitcoin surging

opinion Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and a member of CoinDesk’s product team. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a free newsletter for institutional investors interested in cryptoassets, with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered every Tuesday. Sign…

Cardano's Voltaire phase, the final stage of its roadmap to create a fully decentralized blockchain ecosystem, is set to occur in June.The Cardano Node will reach version 9.0, making it ready for a hard fork to enter the Voltaire era.The Cardano network is set to move into the final phase of a multiyear program to

More than $225 million has been deposited since Monday, despite withdrawals being closed until March.Users can receive "Blast points" for staking assets and referring new users, a reward program some observers say is reminiscent of a pyramid scheme.Blast is now the seventh-largest holder of staked ether.Blast, a layer-2 blockchain scheduled to go live in March

NEWS One of the bitcoin community’s best-known artists is gearing up to launch a blockchain-powered video game aimed at mainstream audiences. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Marguerite deCourcelle’s startup Blockade Games Inc. raised a $833,000 seed equity round the first week of November from investors including BlockTower Capital Partners and Horizon Digital, to put towards its…

Jan 14, 2020 at 11:25 UTCViewBitcoin's short-term technical charts indicate scope for a test of the 200-day average at $9,100. A breakout on a longer duration chart has opened the doors for a rise to $10,000 and above. An impending long-term bearish crossover on the three-day chart is a lagging indicator and is of little…

news Trade finance in Korea is headed to the blockchain according to a CoinDesk Korea story and other local press reports. The transition could be completed by 2021, while foreign-exchange transactions are set to be conducted using the technology within months. In terms of trade finance, relevant documents will be shared on the blockchain so they…