CoinDesk Monthly Review November 2020

The liquidator of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) may try to reclaim about $1.2 billion from Digital Currency Group (DCG) and crypto lender BlockFi, clawing back payments made by the hedge fund as liquidation loomed but before the process started.A confidential July 7 report from Teneo, the liquidator, that CoinDesk reviewed referred to more than $1…

After three weeks of listening, recording and talking bitcoin (BTC) in Africa, podcaster Anita Posch is back in part 2 of her six-part documentary podcast series. Presented in audio and full written transcript below. Listen/subscribe to the CoinDesk Podcast feed for unique perspectives and fresh daily insight with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, IHeartRadio or RSS.In this second part of the…

Election season continues unabated, with candidates willing to discuss crypto. There's an audience, but it's still unclear whether crypto is a voter issue.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.Crypto candidatesThe narrativeOn Monday, a New Hampshire state representative asked

Two months ago the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash. Iran held an election to replace him, but there was a hitch: According to a senior official in Iran’s military, the nation’s citizens were too distracted to properly vet the candidates. Millions of Iranians, supposedly, were too busy clicking on

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesBitcoin (BTC) traded above $64K even as outflows from bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) picked up. Market data shows that the U.S.-listed ETFs had a daily total

Jan 6, 2021 at 4:25 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 6, 2021 at 4:43 a.m. UTCBitcoin Sets New All-Time High Above $35KBitcoin bulls pushed the leading cryptocurrency to fresh all-time highs above $35,000 Tuesday night after a couple days of choppy price action kept traders guessing which direction the market would head next. The price is rising,…

Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice on investing, job-seeking, ...Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice…

MasterCard mapped out a three-pronged strategy focused on security and better services to support the growing cryptocurrency community during a presentation on Wednesday.The credit card giant said during the virtual event at its annual investor’s day conference that it would focus on “crypto enablement,” which encompasses purchasing, spending, cashing out and rewards involving cryptocurrency; crypto…

news QuadrigaCX’s online wallets for bitcoin and ethereum have nearly been emptied and the funds sent to the failed cryptocurrency exchange’s court-appointed monitor, Ernst & Young (EY). On Feb. 14, 52 bitcoin (BTC) and 960 ether (ETH) were sent to freshly created blockchain addresses from addresses identified earlier as belonging to the Canadian exchange. The amounts…