Coinbase, Hut 8 and Other Crypto Stocks Rise as Bitcoin Surpasses $27.6K

The bitcoin market is experiencing some of the lowest volatility it's seen in 18 months. The daily volatility, as represented by the spread between the daily price high and low, fell below $100 on Oct. 19 and since then, has remained under that psychological mark, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The seven-day period…

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Jan 30, 2020 at 14:52 UTCUpdated Jan 30, 2020 at 15:05 UTCGenesis CEO Michael Moro image via CoinDesk archivesA lukewarm U.S. economy is making big banks like JPMorgan Chase struggle to produce fast loan growth - even with interest rates close to historic lows. Yet, in the white-hot cryptocurrency industry, lenders are burgeoning.The Commerce Department…

A new U.K. bill is set to give local authorities powers to freeze and confiscate crypto assets tied to crime if approved later this year.Policy watchers say the bill could help prevent tainted assets from being moved before seizures in criminal cases, and possibly even contribute millions to public funding.The U.K. is making it easier

news Stephen Moore, who backed out from a nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is now trying to upend central banks. On Monday, the economist announced his involvement with Frax, a stablecoin backed by a fractional reserve. Coming via a partnership with Sam Kazemian, CEO of Wikipedia rival Everpedia, the stablecoin would be…

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news Blocko, a South Korean blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it’s raised 9 billion Korean won (around $7.44 million) in an Series B+ round. According an announcement on Thursday, Blocko said Korea’s oldest bank, Shinhan, as well as KEB Hana Bank, LB Investment and Dadam Investment took part in the round. The…

Hong Kong's Futu Securities has launched crypto trading of the two largest cryptocurrencies. Futu is offering these services through a partnership with a Hong Kong licensed cryptocurrency exchange, HashKey Exchange. 45:11 Bitcoin’s Price Is Way Up. And $48 Trillion in Wealth Just Got Access 08:42 Bitcoin Ecosystem Developments in 2023 as BTC Hits Fresh 2023

A phone call that brought together a broad representation of the ethereum community to discuss critical code changes on which decisions need to be made ahead of a software upgrade scheduled for October, failed to produce immediate results Friday. The bi-weekly developers call, which this week included a majority of the network's miners and some…