Chainlink’s LINK Cryptocurrency Hits New Record Price High

Jun 26, 2020 at 18:15 UTCUpdated Jun 26, 2020 at 18:28 UTCSEC Commissioner Hester Peirce – known as "Crypto Mom" to the community – could theoretically become acting chair of the agency if Clayton is confirmed as U.S. Attorney. (CoinDesk archives) Mapping the Future of the SEC (There’s a Nonzero Chance Hester Peirce Takes Over)The…

news The financial terminals of Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg will soon provide cryptocurrency data from an index that takes into account social media posts and news. Announced Thursday, index provider Cryptoindex said terminal users will be able to view the top 100 performing cryptocurrencies, according to its rankings. Cryptoindex comprises of crypto assets that have occupied a…

Telegram’s long-standing ethos of openness and free speech, hence the paper plane as its logo, has landed the messaging platform and CEO Pavel Durov in legal trouble. Yet, it’s important to remember that the global digital freedom Telegram enables has now also boosted real crypto adoption. Blink if you’ve missed it, but Web3 – the

Jan 8, 2021 at 2:45 p.m. UTCKyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for CryptoThe National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has published draft legislation that would legally define cryptocurrency and how it may be used in the Central Asian nation. With the proposed legislation, the central bank is following the call of the Financial Action Task…

Oct 20, 2020 at 18:57 UTCUpdated Oct 20, 2020 at 18:58 UTCWith COMP Below $100, a Look Back at the ‘DeFi Summer’ It SparkedThe curtain has fallen on DeFi Summer – not that the sector is done, but the wild buzz seems to be.The changing of the seasons is marked by Compound’s governance token, COMP,…

Data analytics platform CryptoQuant announced that its parent company, Team Blackbird, has closed a $6.5 million Series A led by South Korea-based Atinum Investment."Digital assets are considered particularly risky speculative assets due to the difficulty in finding reliable information and engaging in speculative investments without data analysis," Joo Gi-Young, CEO of Team Blackbird, said in…

Oct 8, 2020 at 13:10 UTCUpdated Oct 8, 2020 at 13:44 UTCSquare, the payments company helmed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced Thursday it has purchased 4,709 bitcoins, a $50 million investment representing 1% of the firm’s total assets."Square believes that cryptocurrency is an instrument of economic empowerment and provides a way for the world…

With the U.S. mired in political stasis while other regions build crypto frameworks, it’s worth looking at the evolution of, and outlook for, on-the-ground demand for crypto assets. This is getting more and more relevant as many large countries struggle with skyrocketing inflation, shaky currencies and autocratic control over financial access, and as populations become increasingly…

Jul 14, 2020 at 05:42 UTCUpdated Jul 14, 2020 at 06:42 UTCThe IRS's Taxpayer Advocate Service says a group of letters the agency sent to taxpayers last year may have violated its own code. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)IRS Violated ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’ With 2019 Crypto Letters: WatchdogCryptocurrency users in the U.S. remember July 26, 2019, as…