Crypto-Powered Fantasy Football League to Raise $100 Million in ICO

FTX founder and onetime CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will stand trial in just under two weeks to defend himself against allegations he deliberately committed fraud and conspired to defraud crypto investors and customers in FTX and Alameda Research.The estimated six-week trial itself is scheduled to kick off on Oct. 3, 2023, a mere 10 months after

Aug 17, 2020 at 08:55 UTCUpdated Aug 17, 2020 at 09:05 UTCPaul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)Institutions and the well-heeled have poured millions into a fund from Pantera Capital, which has more than double in size since it first launched in 2018. The Pantera Venture Fund III has received $164.7 million in private placements…

Toncoin posted double-digit loss as French media reported that Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in the country. The arrest comes as French authorities consider Durov complicit in crimes organized via Telegram because of the platform's lack of moderation Toncoin (TON) is down over 14.5% after French media reported that Pavel Durov, the CEO of

John Biggs Aug 7, 2019 at 18:45 UTC Updated Aug 7, 2019 at 20:15 UTC news Join us for the next two hours on CoinDesk LIVE at 2:45pm Eastern with an interview with Ted Livingston, CEO of Kin as well as a number of major players in the token landscape as they comment on Kik’s…

NEWS If past events are a guide, bitcoin (BTC) could in for a recovery rally in the short-term. Following Wednesday’s 10 percent slump, the leading cryptocurrency printed an intraday low of $5,188 on Thursday, before closing largely unchanged on the day (as per UTC) at $5,580. The price swing formed what’s termed a “long-tailed doji”…

news A 25-year-old man from Westwood, Los Angeles, has plead guilty to federal charges for having exchanged up to $25 million in cash and crypto without a license and anti-money laundering program. Kunal Kalra, also known as “Kumar,” “shecklemayne” and “coinman,” was indicted on Friday for allegedly trading cash and crypto for individuals including drug dealers,…

The global cryptocurrency regulatory landscape has evolved rapidly over the past few years, and this swift pace of regulatory rulemaking is unlikely to slow down anytime soon. Lawmakers are increasingly shifting their focus from centralized cryptocurrency exchanges to decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and applications (dApps). The passage of MICA legislation in the EU is already

Jun 24, 2020 at 20:41 UTCSource: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: A Sea of Red Across Markets as Bitcoin Drops to $9.2KBitcoin started the week with a bullish run, but it has now given back all of those gains. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $9,296 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET), slipping 3.5% over…

The development of blockchain-powered secondary markets can help improve the adoption of tokenization in traditional markets, a new report by Moody's says.Although there is a lack of these secondary markets, analysts are noting growth.16:58How Can AI and Blockchain Change the Music Industry?00:39AI Will Make Music 'Come Alive Again,' CreateSafe CEO Says00:54A Look Back: Blockchain Technology