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Aug 18, 2020 at 11:59 UTCElliptical shadows (Shutterstock)Elliptic has added Binance Chain and its native payments token BNB to its monitoring platform, becoming only the second blockchain analysis company to do so. Starting Tuesday, Elliptic’s automated compliance, wallet monitoring and transaction tracing tools can all tap into Binance Chain activity.Binance executives said they seek to…

CoinDesk held its annual Consensus conference in Austin, Texas last week, where we heard from lawmakers and regulators, developers, company execs and all sorts of other people in and around this sector. One topic of discussion: the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act. Its passage through the House sent a surge of

With BTC stalling and the price of silver soaring to eight-year highs, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today's stories:As bitcoin trades in a range, traders are studying the “Grayscale premium” and watching traditional markets for clues to the…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is still scheduled to speak, in person, at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville later this month, despite injuries he sustained from a failed assassination attempt Saturday. For crypto, this is huge. Crypto is now on the campaign trail in an official capacity, extending beyond throwaway lines to appease whichever voting

feature Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind of developer who states that blockchains are just terrible databases. As…

The combined forces of passionate communities with potent tools, and the deepening involvement of institutions, make successful bans less likely.Feb 14, 2021 at 10:01 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 14, 2021 at 10:02 p.m. UTCCrypto Long & Short: What Does Dogecoin Have to Do With Government Bans?Dogecoin is not a cryptocurrency you would expect to read about…

news Coinbase president and chief operating officer Asiff Hirji is leaving the cryptocurrency exchange, the company confirmed Friday. Hirji joined the crypto unicorn in December 2017, joining after a stint at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. “We’re incredibly grateful for Asiff’s contributions over the past 18 months,” Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, said…

March 8 commemorates International Women's Day – a day key to celebrating the breakthroughs and accomplishments of women globally. To me, as a young woman with a burning passion for Bitcoin and its capability to empower women, it carries profound importance. The game-changing potential of Bitcoin to shatter boundaries and bestow financial independence to women

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has expanded its sponsorship deal with English and European soccer champions Manchester City, undeterred by negative associations of the crypto industry following the events of last year.The OKX logo will be displayed on the sleeves of Man City's on-field shirts from next season in addition to its existing berth on the players'…