Crypto-Backed Loan Provider SALT Expands to 35 US States

Nov 23, 2020 at 5:59 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 23, 2020 at 6:26 p.m. UTCThe Bank of England(Peter Summers/Getty Images)Privacy, Power, Fiscal Policy, the Poor: 4 Reasons to Worry About CBDCsIt has become clear by now that central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, will be in our future and the technology will fundamentally change the use…

Support and resistance levels help identify areas of supply and demand, and are an important aspect of price charts for traders to understand.

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.CORRECTION (March 29, 10:35 UTC): An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the examination was…

opinion Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. ___________ With last week’s Constantinople delay offering a reminder that ethereum faces challenges in its…

The woman allegedly presented a sum of over $5,000 in bitcoin to a dark web admin as proof she could afford the hit.(Mycteria/Shutterstock)Feb 9, 2021 at 9:58 a.m. UTCU.S. Woman Charged Over Attempted Dark Web Murder-for-Hire Paid With BitcoinA Wisconsin woman has been charged for trying to solicit a murder over the dark web paid for…

Will Canny is CoinDesk's finance reporter.Bitcoin (BTC) could rally 20% to around $35,000 - $36,000, crypto-services provider Matrixport said in a research report on Thursday.Bitcoin has been trading in a narrowing wedge that is about to be broken to the upside, the report said, adding that technically this could project a move higher by an…

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg (CoinDesk archives)A bitcoin exchange traded fund may never receive approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but an even stranger crypto investment vehicle finally has: a blockchain transferred fund.  On Monday, Los Angeles-based money manager Arca began selling shares in the “Arca U.S. Treasury Fund,” an SEC-registered closed-end fund…

Bank of America's January survey of fund managers indicated bitcoin is now seeing the most capital inflow.Jan 19, 2021 at 11:02 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 19, 2021 at 11:07 a.m. UTCBitcoin Becomes Most-Crowded Trade After Passing ‘Long Tech’: Bank of America Survey“Long bitcoin” – a bullish bet on the top cryptocurrency – is now the most…

Jan 15, 2020 at 14:00 UTCEthereum logo image via CoinDesk archivesThe Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the standards group where finance and other industries explore private versions of ethereum technology, has launched a testing ground to bring about certified, branded and harmonized business uses by the end of 2020.The EEA TestNet will operate as a pre-certification…