BlockFi Boosted Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Holdings by 11.9M Shares, Now Holds $1.7B GBTC

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has been accused of misleading Congress by Rep. Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, who said Gensler's agency already knew it considered Ethereum's ether a security before he attended a hearing and declined to answer that question."Chair Gensler refused to answer questions

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On-chain data, web searches show muted participation from retail investors during bitcoin's rally over $60,000, IntoTheBlock analysts noted."This suggests that institutional investors could be steering this phase," the analysts said.Retail investors are sleeping on bitcoin's (BTC) rapid rally towards its all-time high, topping $60,000, crypto analytics firm IntoTheBlock noted Wednesday, citing metrics that signaled retail

Binance Holding Ltd. would be asked to pay $4 billion to settle U.S. Department of Justice accusations of multiple criminal violations, according to a report from Bloomberg News on negotiations between the DOJ and the company, which are also leaving open the possibility that its founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao would also face U.S. criminal charges.Binance

Dec 20, 2019 at 16:55 UTCUpdated Dec 20, 2019 at 16:58 UTCThe creators of Maze Ransomware have added a new wrinkle to the typical hacker's MO. Instead of quietly infecting and requesting ransom from victims, the so-called Maze team is publicly exposing victims by displaying real files exfiltrated from their hacked servers.This tactic could be…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: As Asian trading begins, bitcoin maintains above $30,000 despite a minor drop, while Ether trades lowerInsights: For investors and others touching the technology world, AI is the latest shiny object. Is their fascination premature?As Asia opens for trading, bitcoin has still held past the $30K mark at $30,323, flat over…

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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 StoriesBitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, has dropped 4% over the last 24 hours to less than $64,000. Ether also saw a significant downside