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Jan 11, 2021 at 7:25 p.m. UTCNew York (Gareth Lowndes/Shutterstock)NYDIG Acquires Digital Assets DataCryptocurrency investments company NYDIG said Monday it acquired Digital Assets Data, a move that will pad the asset manager’s crypto research and analytics offerings for its institutional base.Digital Asset Data’s co-founders, brothers Mike and Ryan Alfred will join NYDIG, the companies said.…

Parties solicited to invest in the pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round for Bitmain Technologies, Ltd., the leading maker of cryptocurrency mining software and hardware, received pitch decks falsely suggesting the company had secured financial backing from Digital Sky Technologies Global and GIC Private Limited, an investigation by CoinDesk has found. The question is who…

Aug 18, 2020 at 11:59 UTCElliptical shadows (Shutterstock)Elliptic has added Binance Chain and its native payments token BNB to its monitoring platform, becoming only the second blockchain analysis company to do so. Starting Tuesday, Elliptic’s automated compliance, wallet monitoring and transaction tracing tools can all tap into Binance Chain activity.Binance executives said they seek to…

Feb 17, 2020 at 12:14 UTCUpdated Feb 17, 2020 at 12:20 UTCCity of London image via ShutterstockCrypto custody provider Copper has raised $8 million in a Series A round – an investment it plans to use launching in new markets. Participants in the Series A included two U.K.-based venture capitals, LocalGlobe and MMC Ventures, as…

Consensus 2023, the longest-running, yearly gathering of crypto leaders and communities from around the world got underway in Austin, Texas. CoinDesk TV was live on the ground with guests including Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein, Animoca Brands Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Yat Siu, Crypto.com Head of Derivatives North America Travis McGhee, and Hike Founder and…

Binance Labs has committed to investing $15 million into Xterio, a Web3 game platform and publisher. Xterio plans to use the funding to further game and technology development, including artificial intelligence (AI) integration and the launch of its tokens.Binance Labs is the investment arm of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading value, according…

Dec 18, 2019 at 11:10 UTCUpdated Dec 18, 2019 at 14:11 UTCViewBitcoin has found acceptance under the three-day chart's 200-period average for the first time in seven months. The breakdown may attract stronger selling pressure, yielding a slide below the November low of $6,500.A minor bounce to $6,800 may be seen before a deeper slide,…

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw over $870 million in net inflows on Tuesday, with BlackRock's IBIT leading at $629 million. This surge in investments coincided with bitcoin's price nearing its all-time high, fueled by pre-election market volatility expectations. Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the U.S. recorded over $870 million in net inflows on

news Two congressmen from Florida and North Carolina have introduced two bipartisan bills aimed to help prevent cryptocurrency price manipulation. Representatives Darren Soto (Democrat) and Ted Budd (Republican) jointly announced Thursday that their two bills – “The Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2018” and the “U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of…