Bitcoin’s Taproot Privacy Tech Is Ready – But There’s a Catch

BlackRock, Grayscale, and Bitwise filed amended 19b-4 forms with the SEC for their proposed spot ether ETFs, removing staking provisions.This change was likely made to avoid regulatory roadblocks. Staking is considered a form of passive income in the crypto world.BlackRock, Grayscale and Bitwise on Wednesday filed amended 9b-4 forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange

feature Rachel-Rose O’Leary is a reporter at CoinDesk covering how cryptocurrencies are used in areas of economic, social and political unrest. This article is part of her series from Rojava, Syria.  As Islamic State (ISIS) sought to dominate large parts of Syria and Iraq, it used a subtle weapon to go with the car bombs and suicide attacks: money. The…

This week CoinDesk recounted the saga of Bitcoin developer's Luke Dashjr's proposal to amend key open-source software in a way that would have severely curtailed the use of data-oriented applications like Ordinals inscriptions – sometimes referred to as "NFTs on Bitcoin."Several days ago, as detailed in the piece, Ava Chow, a Blockstream developer who serves

WOO X has introduced meme coin, layer 2 and the top 30 token Index perpetuals.The new products are backed by market maker Wintermute and indexing specialist GMCI.The new indices products would soon be complemented by a copy trading option, WOO X chief operating officer Willy Chuang said.00:45Why VanEck CEO Doesn't Think the SEC Will Approve

Ether (ETH) has broken its previous all-time high set in January 2018 with a rise to $1,439.Jan 19, 2021 at 12:28 p.m. UTCEthereum’s Ether Cryptocurrency Sets New Price Record on Major ExchangesEther (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, has broken its previous all-time price high, according to historical data on some major…

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty told CoinDesk the exchange has asked other exchanges for help after it suffered a $230 million hack – worth nearly 45% of customer funds – earlier this month, without naming any entities. Shetty said he could not disclose how much INR (Indian rupees) WazirX held on its books because that could

Binance.US customers now have access to MoonPay to allow them to buy crypto and withdraw fiat from the crypto exchange.Binance.US was forced to suspend U.S. dollar deposits in June after losing ties with various banking partners.Payment startup MoonPay is allowing Binance.US customers to convert dollars into crypto after the exchange suspended U.S. dollar deposits in…

news The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is soon to trial bitcoin and ether trades with help from Canadian fintech firm Blockstation. The two firms jointly announced Wednesday that they have entered into an agreement to enable live trading of digital assets including security tokens in a “regulated and secured” environment. The trial of bitcoin and…

Sep 29, 2020 at 21:46 UTCFormer Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne was a champion of his e-commerce site's digital security plan. (CoinDesk archives)Overstock.com and its former leader Patrick Byrne have prevailed over the dividend-doubting short sellers who cried foul (and filed suit) over the e-commerce site’s issuance of a digital security.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dale…