Crypto Trading Tech Firm CoinRoutes Wins Patent for ‘Smart Order Router’

Jul 21, 2020 at 09:33 UTCDecentraland (via platform's website)Global tech giant Samsung is adding support for blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland to its wallet app. The Ethereum-powered platform allows users to monetize and build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or crypto collectibles.According to an announcement from the platform on Monday, Samsung now supports Decentraland’s…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.David Z. Morris is CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, and small amounts of other crypto assets.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.This morning, the House Financial Services Committee…

feature Iran’s central bank is working with a pair of blockchain startups that are developing what could be the groundwork for a new token ecosystem, CoinDesk has learned. Many government banks around the world have launched isolated blockchain pilots. But in January, the Central Bank of Iran unveiled plans for a more comprehensive cryptocurrency program at…

news The Takeaway: Colorado’s Office of Economic Development & International Trade has begun the process of creating special-purpose banking legislation to cater to crypto companies. The aim is to get a bill in front of Colorado lawmakers by December. Additionally, Colorado is exploring the option of extending crypto-specific banking laws (similar to those passed in…

feature Electric Coin Company (ECC), the firm led by zcash creator Zooko Wilcox, officially shared the zcash trademark with the Zcash Foundation (ZF) on Wednesday. Sources with knowledge of the trademark negotiations told CoinDesk talks were more complicated than either party originally expected, especially with regards to the mutual ability to veto trademark usage. And…

A criminal case involving a whopping amount of bitcoin is being investigated in Russia, but some of the evidence of the crime seems to be moving to crypto exchanges by unknown parties, blockchain intelligence firm Crystal Blockchain found.The long and convoluted story concerns a disgraced law enforcement officer in Moscow, who is under investigation for…

This article is meant to give a little insight into the current headspace at CoinDesk — we’re hoping it becomes a recurring thing. The company recently laid off some of the finest reporters and editors covering crypto, which sucks. No one here is happy.Could things be worse? It’s hard to imagine. But at least we’re…

As widely expected by market participants, the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.5%-4.75% on Thursday, following the footsteps of other central banks to loosen monetary policy. "Since earlier in the year, labor market conditions have generally eased, and the unemployment rate has moved up but remains

The TON blockchain hasn't produced a new block in over three hours. This downtime might have been a result of a new memecoin called DOGS crashing the network. TONcoin (TON), the native token of the TON blockchain, is down 5% late Wednesday, after the protocol failed to produce a block within the last three hours