Blockchain Capital Leads $25M Funding Round for Libra Member Bison Trails

Oct 1, 2020 at 21:50 UTCUpdated Oct 1, 2020 at 21:52 UTCIndividual monthly percentage growth for leading decentralized exchanges since AugustSeptember volume on decentralized exchanges recorded its third consecutive month of doubling the trading volume from the previous month after a 160% rise in August, according to Dune Analytics.Aggregate trading volume on decentralized exchanges reached…

NEWS Ohio has become the first U.S. state to allow taxes to be paid in bitcoin. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, starting this week, companies in the state will be able to pay a variety of taxes, from tobacco sales tax to employee withholding tax to public utilities tax…

Galaxy reported net income of $302 million for the fourth quarter.The company has benefited from increasing crypto prices this year, with AUM nearly doubling since the start of 2024.GLXY shares have risen almost 40% this year.13:11Why Coinbase Analyst David Duong Expects to See 'Continued Upside' in Bitcoin01:19Is DOGE Repeating Its Performance from Late 2020?02:23How Many

Astar, a blockchain network prominent in the Japanese Web3 community, said that its Astar zkEVM will be the first network to fully integrate into Polygon’s new AggLayer, a solution that connects blockchains with zero-knowledge proofs to other networks in Polygon’s ecosystem, to provide unified liquidity.Astar zkEVM is powered by Polygon’s Chain Development Kit (CDK), a

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Bitcoin (BTC) kiosk company Coinme has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging it was party to an unregistered security offering, the regulator announced Friday.Coinme, its…

Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in deep trouble, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!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, Nexo.io and Elliptic.co.Today's stories:The cryptocurrency and Asian stock…

Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Crypto media outlet Blockworks has raised $12 million in a funding round led by private equity firm 10T Holdings at a $135 million post-money valuation. The capital will be used to help expand the outlet’s research and data analytics offering, Blockworks Research.“For the past year, we’ve been…

The new U.S. tax form for crypto investors' brokerage accounts is out, and it's been narrowed in significant ways from an earlier version. Crypto's 1099 form will "bring more ease and clarity" for those paying U.S. crypto taxes, according to IRS officials. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an updated draft version of

news Marlin Protocol has reeled in a $3 million seed round from Binance Labs, Arrington XRP, Electric Capital, NGC and other investors. The startup, based in San Francisco and Bangalore, India, works to increase network speeds across a variety of blockchains. Throughput constraints – or limitations on how much data can smoothly flow through a…