Bitcoin’s Taproot Privacy Tech Is Ready – But One Thing’s Standing In The Way

Tracy is a deputy managing editor at CoinDesk. She owns BTC, ETH, MINA, ENS and some NFTs. Crypto exchange Binance has announced that it would cease operations in Canada, citing the challenging regulatory environment.“We had high hopes for the rest of the Canadian blockchain industry,” the company said in a Friday tweet. “Unfortunately, new guidance…

The number of bitcoin ATMs installed worldwide sank to a two-year low this month, according to data from AltIndex.Since the end of last year, the number installed has dropped 7,000, or 17%, to 32,500, AltIndex said on Wednesday. That follows an increase from 34,500 at end-2021.The U.S., which hosts the largest number of machines, saw

The National Bank of Kazakhstan on Wednesday kicked off a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, with one official marking the occasion by making the first retail payment using the digital tenge.The central bank conducted the first issue of the digital tenge on a platform launched in "pilot mode," but with real users in the

IOTA developers plan to release a new ecosystem fund and a new blockchain that will support decentralized applications.These changes are supposed to boost the value of MIOTA tokens and improve network security.IOTA was one of the most-hyped and popular blockchains in the 2017 bull run, and developers plan to get it back on top.A formerly

NASD Inc., the company behind Noble, an asset issuance chain built for communication between blockchains, has raised $3.3 million in a seed round.The raise was led by Polychain Capital and included Borderless Capital, Circle Ventures and Wintermute Ventures, among others.Noble was created for native asset issuance in Cosmos and is part of the inter-blockchain communication

Jan 3, 2021 at 9:47 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 3, 2021 at 9:48 a.m. UTCEther Trades Above $800 for the First Time Since 2018Ether (ETH) prices soared on Sunday, trading above $800 for the first time since March 2018.The native currency of the Ethereum network hit a nearly three-year high of $819.65 before settling back to…

Sep 16, 2020 at 14:34 UTCUpdated Sep 16, 2020 at 14:37 UTCKraken CEO Jesse Powell (CoinDesk archives)Kraken is the first cryptocurrency firm to become a bank. On Wednesday, the Wyoming Banking Board voted to approve the San Francisco-based crypto exchange’s application for a special purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter. Kraken is the first SPDI bank…

It's been almost a year since bitcoin traded near $20,000, but that isn't stopping innovation in the market from reaching other kinds of all-time highs. In fact, according to CoinMarketCap, the leading provider of cryptocurrency data, there's never been more cryptocurrencies in existence than now. Launched in 2013, CoinMarketCap listed its 2,000th crypto asset this…

Mar 12, 2020 at 09:00 UTCKatherinekycheng / Shutterstock.comLeah Callon-Butler, a CoinDesk columnist, is the director of Emfarsis, a consulting firm focused on the role of technology in advancing economic development in Asia.Call it panic-stricken or precautionary, the world is currently rejecting anything that lumps a bunch of humans in one spot. Events everywhere have been…