Blockstack’s First Business App Wants to Help Employees Earn More Crypto

Oct 17, 2020 at 15:00 UTC(Library of Congress, modified by CoinDesk)Cryptocurrency Is Just a Minor Threat to the StateAre cryptocurrencies a new form of money and, if so, do they threaten state power? Our friend Nic Carter has recently commented on these questions in dialogue with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. We would like to add our…

(Justin Veenema/Unsplash)‘DogByte’ Attack Found in ‘Randomness’ Protocol Proof for Ethereum 2.0 Beacon ChainResearchers at ZenGo have properly disclosed a vulnerability discovered in the Diogenes protocol proof. The proof is designed to provide the raw entropy for a Verifiable Delay Function (VDF) for the Ethereum 2.0 random beacon chain. Ligero Inc., the team behind Diogenes, is…

Aug 11, 2020 at 20:02 UTCUpdated Aug 11, 2020 at 21:46 UTC(Everett Collection/Shutterstock)Some Traders Now Taking Bets Ether Will Break $1K by DecemberDeribit has started listing ether (ETH) options with strikes above $1,000, and some traders are now betting the cryptocurrency will reach that price by year’s end. Over 3,470 contracts – worth $1.3 million…

Market news from crypto to Wall Street is all over the place as analysts wonder if Fed will have mettle to "taper" once economy reheats. Markets news from crypto to Wall Street has become a soup of previously unthinkable combinations. Can the Fed handle it?(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Feb 2, 2021 at 2:15 p.m. UTCFederal Reserve…

Billionaire Ken Griffin's trading firm, Citadel Securities, denied a claim from bankrupt Terraform Labs that it was behind the collapse of the algorithmic stablecoin terraUSD (UST) in May last year.Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Terraform Labs and its co-founder and former CEO Do Kwon with fraud, selling unregistered securities

May 1, 2020 at 22:54 UTCUpdated May 1, 2020 at 22:55 UTCMISSING MONEY: iFinex, the parent company to Bitfinex and Tether, has filed for subpoenas to depose three banks across the U.S. that it believes held funds for Crypto Capital, Bitfinex's payment processor. (Credit: Shutterstock)Bitfinex, Tether Seek Subpoenas Across US in Hunt for Missing $800MThe…

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk mentioned creating a leaderboard for the most inefficient government spending, blending transparency with public engagement. The announcement and the use of "DOGE" have significantly boosted dogecoin’s memetic fundamentals, with traders setting a long-term target

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Crypto exchange OKX told clients it is no longer providing services in India.Customers need to close out their positions by the end of April, after which they will only be able to withdraw their funds.The exchange says it is responding to regulations in the country.Crypto exchange OKX notified clients in India that they have until