Energy Firm Discloses Major Crypto Losses Amid Blockchain Rebrand

Dec 1, 2020 at 10:01 a.m. UTCUpdated Dec 1, 2020 at 10:07 a.m. UTCPayPal-Backed Identity Platform Acquired by Nevada’s Blockchains LLCAn identity management provider backed by PayPal, Foxconn and others has been acquired by Nevada-based holding company Blockchains LLC.Cambridge Blockchain principals Matthew Commons, Alex Oberhauser, Muthu Arumugam and the firm’s software developers will join Blockchains’…

news The head of the Facebook-led Libra Association has responded to claims that the cryptocurrency project threatens nations’ financial stability. In interview with French daily Les Echos on Thursday, Bertrand Perez, the association’s managing director and COO, played down concerns over potential disruption to the monetary policies of central banks with currencies included in the Libra…

news Tongtong Gong, COO of crypto analytics firm Amberdata, shared what it feels like to be a woman in tech and why she chose to become a programmer. “I moved to the U.S. and when I moved I didn’t really speak English that well so when I was in college you needed to pick a degree,”…

Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold any crypto.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has so far disregarded congressional requests for information on its interactions with crypto platforms seeking registration as exchanges, according to Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who threatened a hearing if…

Oct. 9: VitaDAO, a decentralized science (DeSci) DAO, has kickstarted its first biotech company, Matrix Biosciences, in collaboration with Vera Gorbunova of the University of Rochester’s Aging Research Center, according to the team. With an initial $300,000, they'll explore hyaluronic acid-based compounds, aiming to pioneer in cancer and aging treatments, utilizing insights from cancer-resistant naked

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 StoriesBitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) consolidated recent gains early this morning ahead of the SEC's decision on VanEck's spot ETH ETF application later today. BTC is

May 20, 2020 at 18:13 UTCSource: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexBitcoin was spooked by a ghost Wednesday, tumbling 7% in the span of an hour on reports a previously inactive address dating to the blockchain network’s earliest days had transferred more than $300,000 of the cryptocurrency. The scare brought a quick end to bitcoin's four-day rally. Prices…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: As Asia's trading day begins with a minor rise in Bitcoin and dip in Ether, experts predict a pre-FOMC market correction, underlining digital assets' resilience amid US regulatory and debt challenges.Insights: The decline in the bitcoin options put/call ratio suggests that crypto investors are less worried than they were in…

Mar 31, 2020 at 08:00 UTCPLACE YOUR ORDERS: Investors in crypto assets, especially those who believe in the true purpose of markets, must take some comfort from the knowledge there is no way their intentions could be thwarted by a centralized decision. (Credit: Shutterstock)Crypto Markets Can Never Close, and That’s a Good ThingNoelle Acheson is…