Bitcoin’s Second-Ever Developer Is Back (With a Big Vision for Crypto)

Relative richness of ether's short-term options-induced implied volatility suggests a pick up in hedging activity. The U.S.-listed ether ETFs are expected to begin trading next week. The impending debut of U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) tied to ether's (ETH) spot price has investors scrambling to the options market to hedge or protect existing market positions from

Grayscale, the investment firm behind the biggest spot bitcoin ETF, has introduced a new fund that stakes cryptocurrencies to earn income.The Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund (GDIF), the company said Tuesday, initially will own assets for nine blockchains: Aptos (APT), Celestia (TIA), Coinbase Staked Ethereum (CBETH), Cosmos (ATOM), Near (NEAR), Osmosis (OSMO), Polkadot (DOT), SEI Network

feature With the long-awaited Libra white paper, Facebook is showing off its blockchain smarts, and making a bid for crypto credibility. Released Tuesday morning, the 29-page paper describes a protocol designed to evolve as it powers a new global currency. More than a year in the making, the document opens by trumpeting the new blockchain’s ambitious…

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Aug 26, 2020 at 14:08 UTCSlack lines (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)‘Boring Is the New Exciting’: How Baseline Protocol Connected With 600 CorporatesBaseline Protocol, where corporates can use the Ethereum public mainnet as a common frame of reference among different systems of record, has released its Version 1.0.  Announced Wednesday, the Microsoft-backed project – developed by Paul Brody,…

news Fairfax County Retirement Systems has released details about its investment in a blockchain fund, seemingly to quell fears about the Virginia municipality’s two pension funds taking on exposure to cryptocurrency. “Given that this technology is what has been used to create and run the cryptocurrency markets, you may be concerned that these are investments…

news A ransomware virus that has successfully infiltrated more than 100 government and private enterprises in the U.S. and internationally has been detected in China, according to a recent Tencent Security report. Dubbed Ryuk, the pernicious code targets “logistics companies, technology companies and small municipalities” with high data value, demanding bounties upward of $5 million…

In financial markets, traders are constantly reading between the lines to gauge what's coming next. So when a rising market fails to respond to a positive piece of news, traders tend to take it as a sign of an impending trend reversal lower and become cautious.But that's not always the case. Bitcoin's options market shows…

news Craig Wright filed an intention to call witnesses at his upcoming deposition scheduled for June 28, the latest update in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit. Bitcoin’s alleged creator called upon two expert witnesses, a fact witness, and himself to testify at the federal evidentiary hearing, which will begin at 9 a.m. This can…