Blockchain Social Network Minds Is Migrating to Ethereum for Launch

ResearchHub, the startup co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to accelerate the pace of scientific research using cryptocurrency, has raised $5 million in a funding round.The Series A fundraising was led by Open Source Software Capital with participation from Boost VC, RedHat's Bob Young, Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch, Replit's Amjad Masad and others.Funders of science projects…

Economists at the Chicago Fed argue that rate increases implemented since March 2022 have set inflation on a path to 2% while ensuring soft landing for the economy.Further tightening may not be needed, the economists say.A recession-free return to that level of inflation might spur risk taking in global financial markets.Risk assets, including cryptocurrencies, seem

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesAs investors await approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S., a check in Brazil finds hefty demand for such vehicles, which have

A meaningful future of fandom in Web3 can mean many things: a culture of loyalty, financial freedom, collective ideals and ownership, shared success and even challenges. While we've come a long way as an industry and community, we still have a long way to go to pave a new path for fandom, whether around technology,…

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election looms, Donald Trump’s venture into crypto – something he once called a “scam” – testifies to the undeniable permanence of crypto as mainstream. Announcing World Liberty Financial, a new DeFi protocol, Trump is positioning himself at the intersection of cryptocurrency and politics. This move by a presidential candidate would

Retail trader activity for bitcoin is at normal levels, lower than observed during past bull and bear markets, data from crypto exchanges like OKX and Binance indicates. The market might be in a phase where it's waiting for retail investors to provide exit liquidity even as new whales accumulate BTC from older ones, according to

NEWS Mike Novogratz’s crypto merchant bank, Galaxy Digital Holdings, has reported a net loss of $76.65 million for the third quarter of 2018. Revealed in the firm’s latest financial report, published Tuesday, that figure accounted for more than a third of its nine-month loss of $175.68 million. Both periods ended Sept. 30. Galaxy Digital recorded…

feature The Takeaway Masterchain, a blockchain project backed by Russia’s central bank, is falling behind on its goals two years after inception. Sberbank, the leading bank in Russia, is unsatisfied with the system’s speed, security and overall efficiency after testing it. The bank is looking to shift its work to other enterprise platforms, Sberbank’s blockchain…

news Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur who recently and controversially filed copyright registrations for the bitcoin white paper and original code, now has a legal rival. A second copyright registration (number TX0008726120) for the white paper has appeared on the public catalog of the United States Copyright Office, indicating that a certain Wei Liu is…