Coinbase Adds British Pound for UK Crypto Users

CoinDesk Indices (CDI) presents its bi-weekly market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) and the broad CoinDesk Market Index (CMI).The CoinDesk 20 Index closed yesterday at 2705.61, up 4.8% week-over-week, but still 2.7% below the index high of 2779.34 earlier this month. The gauge's year-to-date gain

In the ever-evolving world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, a cohesive regulatory and business development ecosystem is crucial to foster collaboration and innovation. A fragmented world, where companies have to comply with different rules in every country they operate in, makes building the decentralized economy harder.Recently, Crypto Oasis, Crypto Valley, the DLT Science Foundation and Inacta

Pseudonymous crypto sleuth Ogle has witnessed plenty of failures while investigating DeFi hacks. He's part of a cottage industry of security experts who clean up the mess from attackers targeting crypto-finance projects almost daily. His specialty: tracking them down and getting the projects' money back.Stopping these heists depends on good smart contract code and savvy

Jan 29, 2020 at 17:00 UTCWith bitcoin set for its best-ever January, Markets Daily is back with today's crypto news roundup. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS.Today's news:For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe…

WazirX customers are unlikely to be made whole in crypto terms, the crypto exchange's legal advisers said on Monday. In terms of U.S. dollar recoveries, recovery is possible if the market improves. On Tuesday, the Singapore High Court will hear WazirX's request for six months' protection while it restructures its liabilities after losing $234 million

Dec 14, 2020 at 12:15 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 14, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTCCoinfloor advert, Kings Cross, London (Coinfloor)Bitcoin Exchanges Flood London’s Metro With Adverts“If you’re seeing bitcoin on the Underground, it’s time to buy,” according to one of the many posters now plastered across London’s vast metro network.In fact, two cryptocurrency exchanges chose to…

Cryptocurrencies across the board rallied along with crypto-related stocks after a federal judge ruled that the sale of Ripple’s XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not violate federal securities laws.Bitcoin (BTC) pushed through $31,000 resistance, rising to $31,700 at press time, its highest level in over a year, according to CoinDesk data.Several blockchain…

markets The cryptocurrency industry isn’t replacing Wall Street just yet. But inventors and entrepreneurs are working on it, with some initial success, albeit modest. In this case, an option premium of 0.0202 bitcoin ($217 at the time) paid via a smart contract may have just become the proof of concept. The latest target for blockchain…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial for fraud is due to start Tuesday morning Eastern time.His lawyers are querying the government’s right to call witnesses including a Ukrainian investor and former FTX executives.Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried wants to stop the government from calling multiple witnesses, including company investors and a Ukrainian customer left bereft by the collapse