CoinDesk Indices, Crypto Asset Manager CoinFund Launch an Ethereum Staking Benchmark Rate

Bitcoin and ether may be pulling back from their all-time highs but alternative cryptos are starting to see action. (CoinDesk archives)Jan 12, 2021 at 10:07 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 12, 2021 at 10:16 p.m. UTCMultiple Tokens See Rally Amid Looming ‘Alt Season’As prices for bitcoin and ether retreat from their recent highs, the strong performance of…

Bitcoin (BTC) is down almost 7% in the last week, as the market impact of the recently approved BTC ETF works its way through the system. While many contrarian bets about the price of bitcoin after the ETF approval have been proven right, Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer doesn't expect the sell-off to continue much longer.In a

The crypto boom in the final months of 2017 woke up millions of people to the idea that you could get rich from your phone. In December alone, three million people downloaded the app for Coinbase, the main American crypto exchange. Coinbase had been much smaller and less popular than Robinhood, but in December, it

Blockchain technology has momentum. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs have catalyzed mainstream entry into the crypto investment space. Meanwhile, DeFi and other decentralized projects continue to grow their users and assets. Regulators in many jurisdictions appear to be looking for ways to work with the technology, rather than against it. This all boils down to an

Stablecoin issuer Tether Limited confirmed Thursday it was banking with Bahamas-based Deltec Bank and Trust Limited and published a letter purportedly from the institution as evidence of its reserves. The company, which issues the controversial tether (USDT) stablecoin, has long been under fire over concerns that it does not have the fiat holdings to fully…

news Facebook has acknowledged what many have been saying – that regulatory issues may be an insurmountable barrier to the launch of its Libra global cryptocurrency project. In a frank disclosure in the firm’s latest quarterly report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm said that the many barriers it will face…

NEWS Oct 22, 2018 at 08:00 UTC  |  Updated  Oct 22, 2018 at 09:31 UTC Transaction fees on the monero network have fallen sharply after last Thursday's system-wide update. The reduction comes in the wake of the activation of a highly-anticipated form of cryptography named "bulletproofs" on the privacy-centric cryptocurrency Thursday. As reported by CoinDesk, the new technology…

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feature The Takeaway Congressional hearings on Facebook’s Libra project are likely to focus more on the company’s privacy failings than on unresolved policy questions for cryptocurrency. Lawmakers will probably also grill Facebook blockchain lead David Marcus on the company’s choice of Switzerland as the home for the Libra Association. Though Facebook intends to launch Libra…