Chinese Army’s Blockchain Provider Approved for New Hyperledger Certification Program

At least three senior officials have departed embattled crypto exchange Binance this week as the company prepares to defend itself on multiple fronts, Fortune reported on Thursday.Binance General Counsel Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and Senior Vice President for Compliance Steven Christie are among those that have resigned, a source familiar with the…

Miners, investors, developers and more. That's a summary of the diverse set of ethereum stakeholders that will be in attendance at an upcoming developer call, according to Ethereum Foundation communication officer Hudson Jameson. Set to take place at 14:00 UTC Friday, the live-streamed meeting aims to address some of the platform's most challenging questions ahead of its…

Sep 11, 2020 at 20:47 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck at $10.3K; Uniswap Value Locked GyratesIt was a quiet day in the bitcoin market while there was action on Uniswap’s total crypto value locked. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,316 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.13% over the previous 24…

news Overstock.com’s tZERO subsidiary has been hired by private equity firm GSR Capital to develop a token for trading cobalt. The engagement could lead to the tokenization of up to $200 million worth of this rare metal, which is used to make electric vehicle batteries, in 2019 alone, Overstock said Monday. However, it has also delayed…

news The Takeaway: When the $232 million Tezos token sale took place, a Tezos Foundation was created to launch the protocol. It also committed to purchase the company that created it, Distributed Ledger Systems, founded by Arthur and Kathleen Breitman. Now, Kathleen Breitman has signed a binding commitment with Founders Pledge to give 15 percent…

The existing copy trading model suffered from pain points including misaligned incentives and unsustainable returns. Woo X wants to reduce the pressure on lead traders to always outperform the market with the introduction of a countertrade feature. 06:08 Traders Are 'Valuable Resource' for Crypto Market: Analyst 06:52 Coinbase Phasing Out ‘Coinbase Pro’ for ‘Advanced’ Mode

feature According to venture capitalist Dovey Wan of Primitive Ventures, finding sustainable funding for bitcoin developers is the biggest challenge facing the ecosystem in 2019. To bridge that gap, she’s helped gather 50 BTC — an amount worth just north of $450,000 at press time prices — that are now up for grabs. Wan partnered…

feature Mining hardware giant Bitmain lost about $500 million in the third quarter of 2018 amid an overall bearish market for cryptocurrency, CoinDesk has learned. The Beijing-based company recently provided an update on its financial results to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), which is reviewing Bitmain’s application for an initial public offering (IPO) first filed…