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Aug 27, 2020 at 14:16 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 14:44 UTCDCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)Blockchain investment firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has expanded into the bitcoin mining industry. The company – which also owns CoinDesk – announced Thursday the venture is already operating through a subsidiary called Foundry, an entity launched…

NEWS One of the bitcoin community’s most beloved veterans just got a promotion. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Casa has elevated Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer. In this newly-created position, Lopp will focus on making sure the company’s products complement its annual $10,000…

Scroll's SCR token is down by 32% in just over 24 hours following its launch. Total value locked on the network has declined 24% in the past week as investors vent their frustration about token supply. The top 10 airdrop recipients received 11.7% of the total drop. 01:44 Bitcoin’s $4.2B October Options Expiry May Bring

Continuing a massive comeback from a crypto winter price collapse of more than 95%, (SOL), the native token of the Solana blockchain, has shattered its all-time high reached in October 2021. At press time, SOL was trading just above $263, higher by 11% over the past 24 hours and nearly 360% on a year-over-year basis.

Aug 15, 2020 at 18:34 UTCUpdated Aug 15, 2020 at 18:49 UTCEther’s Rally to 25-Month High on DeFi Boom Drives Record Demand for DerivativesInvestor interest in the ether (ETH) futures and options market hit a new peak on Friday as the cryptocurrency’s price rose to 25-month highs.  Open interest in futures or total value of…

feature A privacy-centric startup has turned to a private token sale to raise $2.5 million. The seed round in Nym Technologies involved NEO Global Capital, Lemniscap, Edenblock and others. Binance Labs, where Nym completed a 10-week incubation program late last year, is also an investor. “Token sales are not dead,” Lemniscap managing partner Roderik van…

Jul 26, 2020 at 19:00 UTC(Dmitriy Grishechko/Shutterstock)To KYC or not to KYC? In this episode, CoinDesk’s Anna Baydakova talks to Hodl Hodl and Bisq, two non-custodial, no-KYC bitcoin exchanges. For daily insights and unique perspectives listen or subscribe to the CoinDesk Podcast Network with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, IHeartRadio or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. One year ago, the…

Dec 2, 2020 at 2:37 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 2, 2020 at 2:41 p.m. UTC(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock)OKEx CEO Says Exchange Updating Procedures to Prevent Repeat of Withdrawal Freeze IssueJay Hao, CEO of Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, has pledged that his firm has taken steps to ensure that the issue that caused an over five-week freeze of cryptocurrency…

Crypto brokerage FalconX had 1.35 million solana (SOL) in its possession since 2021, but didn't know who they belonged to. Now worth around $190 million, the tokens turned out to be Binance's, which recently asked for them back. 19:26 Does Crypto Have a Hidden Liquidity Crisis? 00:56 Len Sassaman-Themed Memecoins Surge Ahead of HBO Bitcoin