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Jul 16, 2020 at 20:26 UTCZap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk archives)Lightning startup Zap Inc., maker of both the namesake, non-custodial bitcoin wallet and the payments app Strike, raised its first round in April, led by Green Oaks Capital and including veteran bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano. The…

A controversial study published last week by the European Parliament appears to turn the rationale for landmark new European Union (EU) crypto laws on its head.The study, by a panel of academics, denied crypto should get special, lighter rules – arguing that they should be treated by default under a more heavy-handed regime designed for…

MANTRA Chain raised $11 million to build a network tailored to real-world assets, the buzzy TradFi-crypto crossover that has yet to take off.The project is close to securing all-important regulatory approval in the Middle East.The flood of investor capital into crypto's "real world assets" sector shows no signs of slowing with MANTRA Chain, a planned

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is still scheduled to speak, in person, at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville later this month, despite injuries he sustained from a failed assassination attempt Saturday. For crypto, this is huge. Crypto is now on the campaign trail in an official capacity, extending beyond throwaway lines to appease whichever voting

Korea-based crypto exchanges registered a trading volume of 12 trillion won on Sunday, surpassing Friday's stock market tally of 11.47 trillion won.Koreans are increasingly turning to alternative investments, with altcoins being preferred over major assets like BTC or ETH.Rising bitcoin (BTC) prices have revived a crypto trading frenzy in South Korea, with volumes on local

Decentralized finance (DeFi) credit marketplace Credix Finance has opened a new private credit lending pool using the layer 1 blockchain Solana, the firm said Wednesday.Lenders can capture near 11% annual yield investing in insurance-protected private credit to Colombian farmers backed by receivables, said Credix, which believes the pool could swell to $150 million over the…

markets View Bitcoin continues to trade flat despite a bullish crossover of the 100- and 200-period moving averages on the three-day chart – a lagging indicator. BTC may lack clear directional bias for the next few weeks, historical data indicates. Daily and 4-hour charts continue to call a drop to recent lows below $7,800. A…

A highly touted investment instrument that sought to appeal to U.S. public markets investors looking for cryptocurrency exposure has just seen a setback. Announced on Sunday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an order seeking to suspend the trading of the Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One exchange-traded notes, issued by…

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.Social investing platform eToro will delist a selection of crypto tokens for its U.S. customers in a month's time in response to recent legal action by the U.S.…