Bithumb Sees 40% Trading Volume Drop After User Registration Suspension

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Galaxy said spot ether ETFs could see $5 billion of net inflows in the first five months. Demand for the new products is expected to come from independent investment advisors and broker/dealer platforms. The lack of staking rewards could limit demand for these spot ETFs, the report said. Ether (ETH) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), once

Metal Pay's "First Blockchain Bank and Trust" would be FDIC-insured, CEO Marshall Hayner told CoinDesk.The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced banks could provide crypto custody services in December 2020. (Matthew G. Bisanz/Wikimedia Commons)Feb 4, 2021 at 6:02 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 4, 2021 at 6:28 p.m. UTCCrypto Startup Metal Pay Files for National…

ENS Labs, the main developer firm behind the domain name protocol Ethereum Name Service (ENS), has integrated its solution into the giant payment platforms PayPal and Venmo, the company shared on Tuesday. The news could signal a renewed interest from traditional payment platforms in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. According to a press release shared with

Since Ethereum transitioned to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism in 2022, the blockchain has been maintained and secured by users who stake ETH and run validators. The mechanism is simple. Validators deposit ETH in a smart contract, run software to validate and propose new blocks, and get paid for providing this service.The Ethereum blockchain was designed

Vitalik Buterin, Zooko Wilcox, Simon de la Rouviere, Santiago Siri – all are prominent leaders in the blockchain technology sector who regularly attend and speak at conferences around the world. In this way, the RadicalxChange Conference in Detroit this weekend might not have seemed different than the many crypto conferences globally, but if its lineup bore…

Firefox, the popular Web browser, will soon begin automatically blocking crypto mining malware scripts as part of a wider performance-enhancing push. The Mozilla Foundation, the not-for-profit organization behind the open-source browser, said Thursday that it intends to block trackers and other "harmful practices" in upcoming releases. Some of these features, such as the anti-tracking function,…

Sep 18, 2020 at 13:35 UTCUpdated Sep 18, 2020 at 13:44 UTCUniswap, which uses a unicorn in its logo, is already No. 1 by market value among DeFi applications. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Uniswap’s Sudden $5B Token Valuation Cements Comeback from `Vampire Mining’ AttackEarlier this week, analysts with the cryptocurrency analysis firm Arcane…