Crypto Twitter Thinks the Fed’s $297B Balance Sheet Expansion Is ‘QE’, but It’s Not

Thursday, Oct. 3 Polyhedra's ZK Prover, Expander, Tops Speed Rankings in First Results From 'Proof Arena' Polyhedra Network, a blockchain project specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, released the first set of data from its new Proof Arena, a benchmarking platform designed to evaluate and compare different ZK provers. According to the team, "The data includes

Airdrops are supposed to be free money; that's why there were a lot of complaints about LayerZero's "pay-to-claim" distribution last week of its ZRO tokens. A 10-cent fee per token might not seem like too much to complain about, but it was. The Winklevoss twins donated (too much) to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Top picks

Sep 29, 2020 at 16:33 UTCMorris Dancers on a seesaw in the Cotswolds, U.K.(Tim Graham/Getty Images)How the Crypto Industry Seesaws Between Assets and InfrastructureIn the beginning, there was bitcoin. And with bitcoin, a new asset was invented. And with that new asset, the way we interact with capital was redefined.Bitcoin achieved both of these things.…

North Korean hackers Lazarus Group have moved $1.2 million worth of their ill-gotten gains from a coin mixer to a holding wallet, marking their largest transaction in over a month.Data from the blockchain analysis firm Arkham shows that Lazarus Group's wallet received 27.371 bitcoin (BTC) in two transactions before sending out 3.34 BTC to a

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Bitcoin (BTC) kiosk company Coinme has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging it was party to an unregistered security offering, the regulator announced Friday.Coinme, its…

Jan 8, 2021 at 2:45 p.m. UTCKyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for CryptoThe National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has published draft legislation that would legally define cryptocurrency and how it may be used in the Central Asian nation. With the proposed legislation, the central bank is following the call of the Financial Action Task…

news A blockchain-based game studio is getting funding to take on “Magic: The Gathering” and “Hearthstone.” Announced this morning, Horizon Games raised $3.75 million in seed funding in a round led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Initialized Capital. Other investors included Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Inovia Capital and more. Originally closed in the summer of 2018,…

Jan 11, 2021 at 5:52 p.m. UTC(Shutterstock, modified using Photomosh)Blockchain Bites: Crypto Market Cap Drops Below $1T as Dollar GainsBitcoin shaved off a clean 20% in trading early Monday, having failed to establish itself above $40,000. The index of all the crypto assets came down with it, with analysts calling the decline a healthy correction…

Apr 2, 2020 at 10:00 UTCSurveyCrypto Wants Stronger Public Response to Coronavirus, CoinDesk Survey ShowsIn times of crisis, people look to their government – or, at least, they want to. They may not have actual faith in the state’s capacity against a pandemic. But many of us want to believe there's someone with a higher plan. Coronavirus…