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Teng expects family offices and endowment funds to increase their investment in bitcoin ETFs.Standard Chartered also raised their year-end bitcoin price target to $150,000.Binance’s new boss, Richard Teng, expects bitcoin (BTC) to blow past the $80,000 mark by the end of this year, according to Bloomberg.Teng said, "with supply reducing and demand continuing to come

news May’s Binance hacker has been hard at work washing his stolen bitcoins through a mixing service. Clain.io, a Luxembourg-cryptocurrency capital flows research team, says the 7,074 stolen coins are being laundered through mixing service Chipmixer. Clain says at least 4,836 bitcoins were laundered since June 12th. A bitcoin tumbling service mixes a bitcoin’s unspent…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has one last short window, an eight-day period starting Thursday, if it wants to approve all 12 spot bitcoin (BTC) ETF applications this year, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts wrote in a note on Wednesday.Bitcoin traded slightly higher on Wednesday afternoon, staying well past the $35,000 mark ahead of the start

Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Senate Candidate Who Holds BitcoinThe crypto mining pool Poolin has started working with crypto lender BlockFi to expand its lending and financial services business. Meanwhile, Square Crypto has awarded a grant to a Bitcoin Lightning Network watchtower and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: Bitcoin holds near $30,000, as investors remain cautious, an analyst says.Insights: Ben Zhou, the CEO of crypto exchange Bybit, sees different regional hubs competing for business in the future.Crypto Traders Are Cautious as BTC Maintains $30KAs Asia begins its trading week, the CoinDesk Market Index is at 1,302, up 1.27%.Bitcoin…

BRUSSELS, Belgium – As the U.S. securities watchdog flexes its muscles against major crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase, officials in the European Union are showing off a brand-new crypto framework they say offers greater clarity to blockchain innovators.Few if any of the internet giants that dominate Web2 can call the EU their home, but some…

Bitcoin News Roundup for August 3, 2020After a flash-crashy weekend, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your quick daily update. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today's Bitcoin News:Bitcoin investors look to have shrugged off Sunday’s sudden $1,400 price crash. Crypto…

Apr 16, 2020 at 08:00 UTCUpdated Apr 16, 2020 at 08:09 UTCCredit: PixieMe / Shutterstock.comA hacker is exploiting trust in well-known brands by creating fake cryptocurrency wallet extensions for Google Chrome that trick victims into disclosing sensitive information.Harry Denley, director of security at wallet provider MyCrypto, who identified the fake wallet extensions, said in a…

Feb 25, 2020 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Feb 25, 2020 at 14:25 UTCChainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov image via CoinDesk archivesPolkadot will be the first non-ethereum blockchain to integrate Chainlink."Chainlink is set to become the first and primary oracle provider for all Substrate-based chains and eventually the entire Polkadot network," Polkadot announced Tuesday. Chainlink provides price feeds…