Digital Toy Company Cryptoys Integrating Kid-Friendly AI Chatbot Into NFTs

Some of the world's largest market-making firms are in the mix to potentially provide liquidity for BlackRock's eagerly awaited bitcoin ETF if regulators approve the product, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.Trading giants Jane Street, Virtu Financial, Jump Trading and Hudson River Trading have held talks with BlackRock about a market-making role

Eigen Labs, the developer behind EigenLayer, the crypto restaking project atop Ethereum that is shaking up the decentralized finance landscape even though it's not yet live, raised $100 million from venture capital investor a16z crypto.Eigen Labs confirmed the investment in a thread on the social media platform X.EigenLayer is at the heart of a new

First Mover: A Sneak Preview of Bitcoin’s Halving — in Real TimeAs central banks and governments around the world inject trillions of dollars of coronavirus-related aid and stimulus into the financial system, big investors are becoming increasingly curious about bitcoin's potential as a hedge against inflation.And nowhere is that inflation resistance more evident than in bitcoin's…

A New York jury has begun deliberations in the SEC’s civil fraud case against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do KwonThe SEC has accused the defendants of misleading investors about the stability of its so-called “algorithmic stablecoin,” Terra USDNEW YORK – Lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rested their case against Terraform Labs

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBTC crossed $71,000 early Wednesday after spot bitcoin ETFs had their best day of inflows since March. Bitcoin has risen about 3% in the last 24

Aug 14, 2020 at 07:17 UTCUpdated Aug 14, 2020 at 07:26 UTCHong Kong (Bady Abbas/Unsplash)China is planning a major expansion of testing for the central bank-led digital yuan, according to a Wall Street Journal Report on Friday. The country's Ministry of Commerce said earlier today that the digital currency – dubbed DC/EP, for digital currency/electric…

SEC Chair Gary Gensler took to a stage at NYU School of Law in Manhattan on Wednesday and his comments had the air of someone who’s finally ready to say what he thinks. (My colleague Cheyenne Ligon had the report. ) His comments on crypto were expansive, sometimes quite wrong, and thoroughly damning to the

news In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind transaction, two developers working in separate countries have successfully sent a bitcoin lightning payment over radio waves. Organized over Twitter this past weekend, the transaction was sent by Rodolfo Novak, co-founder of bitcoin hardware startup CoinKite, to developer and Bloomberg columnist Elaine Ou. The completed payment effectively moved real bitcoin…

Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Individual wallets holding at least one bitcoin (BTC) set a milestone figure earlier this week, suggesting long-term sentiment for the tokens remains intact even as broader markets weigh down…