Ethereum Classic Is Down 30% Since Its Listing on Coinbase

FATF (Hervé Cortinat/OECD)The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), whose advice is heeded by more than 200 countries, will meet in October to discuss ways to create a stronger global framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies. In a report Tuesday to the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors, the international financial watchdog said regulators need…

Trading volume across crypto derivatives listed on the Panama-based Deribit exchange remained brisk last month even as the global activity cooled.Deribit's derivatives market volume rose to $42 billion in August, a 17% increase versus July, bucking the global downtrend that saw worldwide derivatives volumes decline 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion, the exchange said in the

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Nasdaq (NDAQ) is aiming to debut its crypto custody services by the end of Q2, Bloomberg…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently moved to delay their decision on yet another bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The move, announced last week, represented the second delay since the proposal was initially filed by options exchange Cboe in partnership with investment management firm VanEck and blockchain technology company SolidX on June 20. As…

Ether saw a 10% increase in the last 24 hours, reaching over $2,800, while other cryptocurrencies experienced profit-taking. This surge is linked to optimism around DeFi following Trump's presidential win, where expectations of pro-crypto policies and deregulation are boosting investor confidence. Trump’s potential policies might ease regulatory burdens, allowing DeFi projects more freedom and possibly

Feb 15, 2020 at 21:00 UTCUpdated Feb 15, 2020 at 21:05 UTCDeFi protocol bZx's booth sits empty at EthDenver (John Biggs/CoinDesk) Decentralized finance (DeFi) project bZx has suffered an attack in which a hacker successfully gamed multiple DeFi protocols to extract $350,000 from the platform, about 2 percent of the assets under management.In response, the…

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:30 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/PogoniciCan build a better blockchain by paying people to burn one down? Beniamin Mincu, Transylvanian chief executive and founder of the Elrond Network, is in the midst of a 15-day campaign to do just that. Nearly two years after first revealing his “secure proof-of-stake” sharding protocol in a technical…

news LocalBitcoins has officially shut off service for Iran-based users, a move that follows weeks of rising rial trading volumes on the platform. The Helsinki-based peer-to-peer exchange has not explicitly said why Iranians are suddenly being cut off from its service, though U.S. sanctions are almost certainly the cause. News of the move first circulated across…

After months of anticipation, Emmy-winning “Rick and Morty” co-creator and producer Dan Harmon’s latest adult-aimed animated television show “Krapopolis” is set to release in the fall.According to a press release, TV network FOX will air the first two episodes of the show on Sunday, September 24, following its NFL doubleheader that day. The next week…