Bitcoin’s Price Moves Below $8K as Bull Case Weakens

NEWS The Bitfury Group, a crypto mining and software company, has recruited two veterans of the traditional financial world to guide its strategy and growth. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Antoine Dresch, founder of tech investment fund Korelya Capital (which led an $80 million funding round for Bitfury) and former executive at several major investment banks, will join…

CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie interviewed MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright for CoinDesk TV's "First Mover" on May 3, to discuss MoonPay's recent partnership with PayPal. Here is the full transcript of the interview.Jennifer Sanasie: MoonPay users can now buy crypto via PayPal (PYPL). The new partnership means that users in the US can seamlessly purchase

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed making a decision on spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications filed by WisdomTree and Invesco Galaxy earlier this year.Already down sharply on the day, bitcoin (BTC) fell further on the news, now off 4.1% over the past 24 hours to $26,100.The SEC began reviewing the applications, from

President Biden needs to reform the global financial system and avoid a 1930s-style depression. Digital currencies can help. (Pool/Getty Images)Jan 22, 2021 at 5:57 p.m. UTCMoney Reimagined: Letter to President BidenWelcome to this week’s Money Reimagined, coming to you two days into a new U.S. presidency. Already, with various executive orders and a host of cabinet…

Jul 12, 2020 at 14:00 UTCListen: What a Bitcoin Researcher Says About LightningChaincode Labs researcher Clara Shikhelman has been studying mathematics in university since she was 14 years old. Now, as the bitcoin company’s newest post-doctoral fellow, she is exploring ways to optimize the Lightning Network. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3…

With bitcoin trading near $36,500, the new holdings have a current value of over $6 million. Price action for Argo BLockchain shares(TradingView)Feb 3, 2021 at 2:19 p.m. UTCBitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Bought 172.5 BTC in JanuaryPublicly traded bitcoin mining company Argo Blockchain (ARB) has disclosed buying 172.5 BTC in January as part of its asset…

markets View With 63 percent month-to-date gains, BTC looks set to register its longest monthly winning run since August 2017. The falling channel breakout seen on the monthly chart favors a rally to key Fibonacci resistance of $9,442. BTC has pulled back from one-year highs hit earlier this week. The cryptocurrency, however, remains on the…

news Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched not one, but two test platforms for its planned crypto futures products. Dubbed Futures A and Futures B, the new testnets are now open for users to play with using dummy assets, with new competitions to encourage traders to get involved. On Monday, Binance announced on its website that users…

Crypto trading platform Talos usually serves up liquidity from centralized exchanges. But its institutional clientele will soon also have access to trading through Uniswap, the market leader in decentralized finance (DeFi).It's the first time Talos is sourcing liquidity from a decentralized exchange and likewise the first enterprise API integration for Uniswap Labs, according to a