Data Shows US Dollar, Not Japanese Yen, Is Dominating Bitcoin Trade

John McAfee is a computer programmer, cryptocurrency enthusiast, sometime U.S. presidential candidate and the founder of McAfee Associates, which developed McAfee, the first commercial antivirus software.  In May 2016, McAfee joined MGT Capital Investments as the company’s chief executive chairman and chief executive officer. The company originally operated fantasy sports and gaming sites but later…

Oct 28, 2020 at 19:33 UTCUpdated Oct 28, 2020 at 19:39 UTCAvanti CEO Caitlin Long(Ali Powell/CoinDesk archives)Blockchain pioneer Caitlin Long is now the CEO of her own special purpose depository institution (SPDI) in Wyoming. Avanti Financial’s banking charter was approved unanimously by the Wyoming State Banking Board on Wednesday, becoming the second newly chartered bank in…

After much delay, spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have burst on the scene. BlackRock’s IBIT is now the fifth largest ETF (of all) by inflows this year, with rival funds not far behind. It’s not yet clear whether this rate of growth can keep pace and match the bullish predictions set by firms like Standard

news The Russian Ministry of Finance will not issue any special regulations for Facebook’s upcoming digital currency Libra, deputy minister Alexei Moisseev said Monday. Answer reporters’ questions, Moisseev said Libra will be treated in Russia like any other digital asset, regulations for which are coming, according to the news agency Interfax. He added: “Nobody is…

Mar 10, 2020 at 18:00 UTC"Bithumb had an immediate need for Reactor to manage their hack last year, and wanted to focus on boosting their investigative skills," said Chainalysis' Maddie Kennedy. Image by Danny NelsonCryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is clamping down on suspicious transactions less than a week after South Korea, its home country, moved to…

Dec 10, 2019 at 20:57 UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2019 at 21:29 UTCRussia’s Power Grid Company Tests Blockchain for Power Meter DataRussia’s national power grid company Rosseti is testing a system for electricity bill payments based on a distributed ledger by Waves.Waves Enterprise, the enterprise blockchain arm of the Russian DLT startup Waves, said in a…

French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament on Sunday, calling a snap election.Macron called the election after his rival Rassemblement National party secured a victory in the European Parliament election.French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called a snap election after his ruling Renaissance party secured only about half the seats of Marine Le Pen's National

Crypto exchange Luno plans to stop some U.K. clients from investing in crypto, Nick Taylor, head of public policy at the company, told CoinDesk in a statement.These changes will come into effect by Oct. 6, two days before the U.K.’s new crypto promotion rules are set to come into force. CoinDesk and Luno are both

news The Cboe BZX Exchange has withdrawn a proposed rule change that, if approved, would clear the way for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by VanEck and SolidX. In a notice published Wednesday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deputy secretary Eduardo Aleman wrote that the Cboe BZX Exchange had pulled its proposed rule…