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News agency The Associated Press launched a collection of non-fungible tokens on Binance’s marketplace, according to a Binance press release.The collection, dubbed “Unique Moments,” features digitized versions of photos and news wires based on the AP’s reporting on historical moments of the the last century. Examples include Japan’s WWII surrender, Nelson Mandela’s inauguration, and the…

opinion Sheila Bair is an advisor to Omniex, a technology company providing services to institutional investors, and a board member of the Paxos Trust, a regulated trust company developing blockchain technology. She does not own crypto assets. The views expressed are her own. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  When…

Over the weekend, former U.S. President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump and a number of lawmakers spoke at the Bitcoin Nashville conference. The biggest piece of news everyone has been talking about was Trump and Sen. Cynthia Lummis' proposals to create a strategic reserve for Bitcoin, but the event also served as Sen. Tim

news Decentralized finance (DeFi) meets decentralized governance. That’s the idea behind StakerDAO, a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in existing proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains. Introduced Wednesday by Tezos Capital CEO Jonas Lamis, the new DAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given network. “StakerDAO is…

news Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the long-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has escaped some charges, but been found guilty of manipulating exchange data in a Japanese court. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Friday, the Tokyo District Court found Karpeles guilty of wrongfully making electronic records connecting to Mt. Gox’s…

Binance set an unofficial exchange rate and contributed to economic disruption in Nigeria, a presidential spokesperson said.The presidential spokesperson denied an amount had been set, People's Gazette reported later.The news of a potential fine follows the detention earlier this week of two Binance executives who had arrived in the country.Nigeria's government has demanded $10 billion

Bitcoin dropped to $67,000, tracking overnight losses in gold and Nasdaq.Fading Fed rate cut bets likely catalyzed the drop, one analyst said.Broader uptrend to remain intact while demand for the spot BTC ETFs persists, QCP Capital said.The price of bitcoin {{{BTC}}} fell to as low as $67,000 during Friday's Asian trading hours, down 7%, before

Feb 19, 2020 at 22:50 UTCUpdated Feb 19, 2020 at 23:33 UTCAs the name implies, flash loans are paid back quickly – in the same transaction in which they are taken out. (Image via NASA)Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the DeFi ‘Flash Loan’ AttackThere’s now a case study for how DeFi can go…

Gradwell becomes head of economics at Tether, having spent over six years at Chainalysis. His goal at Tether is to help communicate how USDT is supporting dollar hegemony. 01:11 Why USDT Dominates Supply With Lower Transaction Volume 02:26 DOJ Wants CZ to Serve 3 Years in Prison; Tether to Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions 02:17