Bithumb Sees 40% Trading Volume Drop After User Registration Suspension

Bitstamp is in the process of raising a round to expand the number of markets it serves around the world, according to a report from Bloomberg.“Bitstamp is not for sale, and we are not actively looking to sell the company,” Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux, its CEO, said in a statement to Bloomberg. “Our current and exclusive priority…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) recent order instituting a mandatory six-month reporting requirement for cryptocurrency mining poses both concerns and opportunities to the mining industry. The shallow emergency declaration is draconian and the potential use of the collected data for an anti-cryptocurrency narrative risks compromising U.S. competitiveness.Tom Mapes is founder and president of the

PV01 completed its proof-of-concept issuance of a tokenized bond, a U.S. treasury bill, with market makers B2C2, BlockTower Capital and Keyrock investing.Tokenization of real-world assets like bonds have become a booming sector in blockchain industry.The company "hopes" to facilitate a tokenized corporate bond sale of a crypto firm "in the next few months," Boonen said.06:22Philippines

When we founded Blockchain Association five years ago it was an open question whether or not the digital assets industry could make effective use of a trade association to argue its priorities in front of Congress and other federal regulatory agencies.Kristin Smith is the CEO of the Blockchain Association.Some of the most persistent questions in

opinion Jeff Dorman, partner at crypto asset management firm Arca Funds, spent 18 years on Wall Street and in fintech before turning his focus to developing crypto asset strategies and products.  This article originally appeared in ‘Institutional Crypto,’ a weekly CoinDesk newsletter focused on the nexus of Wall Street and crypto assets. The opinions expressed…

Nov 10, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 10, 2020 at 5:54 p.m. UTC(Jason Pofahl/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)The Case for Bitcoin Banking (Despite Cred’s Bankruptcy)The crypto lender Cred recently filed for bankruptcy, after apparently suffering significant losses in its loan portfolio. While the final details of the insolvency have yet to be determined, the postmortems…

Mar 20, 2020 at 19:05 UTCUpdated Mar 20, 2020 at 19:16 UTCAn off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism and where bitcoin meets politics, with Peter McCormack. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox,…

feature U.K. bank Barclays and London-based startup Clearmatics are inviting coders to come up with ways to connect ethereum with made-for-enterprise blockchains such as Hyperledger Fabric. The interoperability challenge is being hosted by Clearmatics and will use a template involving its open-source interoperability protocol, Ion. The hackathon will take place at the Barclays Rise fintech hub…

Swiss private bank Julius Baer (BAER) is expanding its crypto services to Dubai, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.The Zurich-based bank will apply for a "digital assets license variation" to supplement its existing regulatory permissions in the emirate.An expansion would be Julius Baer's first for its crypto offering beyond its native Switzerland, where it has provided digital…