Coinbase Snags Lyft Engineering Executive Manish Gupta

Jan 20, 2020 at 09:00 UTCZhao Dong spoke at cryptocurrency event in March 2018 hosted by Mars Finance. Zhao's image courtesy to Mars FinanceBitfinex Investor’s Crypto Lending Startup Posts $2.3M in 2019 RevenueChina-based RenrenBit, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency lending and wallet startup, has disclosed it took $600,000 in net income from revenue of $2.3 million in…

news Even though iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex, has not published an official white paper for its exchange token offering, one of its shareholders has already kicked off pre-orders for the token sale. On May 4, Renrenbit, a crypto-lending application founded by Bitfinex shareholder Dong Zhao, started taking in pre-orders from users who want to…

Crypto custodian BitGo and bitcoin financial services firm Swan plan to form a BTC-only trust company as a means of offering custody without exposure to the rest of the digital asset market.The joint venture, which is subject to regulatory approval, will combine BitGo's custody capabilities with Swan's expertise in onboarding and fraud prevention. It would

Thailand's new licensing scheme for digital asset companies has seen a flurry of applications from ICO and crypto exchanges.

Users of the long-troubled cryptocurrency exchange WEX have begun filing police reports after more than three months of being unable to withdraw major cryptocurrencies or fiat, CoinDesk has learned. A WEX trader named Ruslan, who has been encouraging other users to seek an official investigation, told CoinDesk that as many as 35 such reports have…

markets View Bitcoin charted an “inside bar” pattern last month, making $13,200 the level to beat for the bulls. A convincing move above $13,200 would imply a resumption of the rally from lows near $4,050 seen in April. A break below $9,049 (July’s low) would confirm a bearish inside bar reversal on the monthly chart.…

While our attention was focused on exchange-traded funds earlier this month, federal regulators in the U.S. announced charges or sentences for various crypto parties.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.Quiet monthThe narrativeRemember when it felt like an initial

news The eToro cryptocurrency wallet is adding support for 120 ERC-20 standard tokens. First to be included in the wallet from Tuesday are Maker (MKR), Basic Attention Token (BAT), OmiseGO (OMG), with the others to follow in the “near future,” according to a press release emailed to CoinDesk. ERC-20 is a technical standard that sets rules for…

The integration will enable Prime Trust to manage the custody of digital securities and cryptocurrencies for its customers using tZERO for trading.(CoinDesk archives)Jan 28, 2021 at 3:20 p.m. UTCPrime Trust, tZERO Partner on Digital Asset Custody, TradingSecurity token trading platform tZERO is to integrate technology from Prime Trust, a digital asset finance infrastructure provider, under…