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Sep 15, 2020 at 16:28 UTCBlockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s BTC Buy, Bitmain’s Power Struggle, Paxful’s GoodbyeMicroStrategy has put even more of its treasury into bitcoin, Paxful is pulling out of Venezuela and the Bitmain power struggle appears to have found a short-term solution.  Top shelfBitcoin buyMicroStrategy, a business intelligence company, told the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Aug 12, 2020 at 16:41 UTCCaitlin Long speaks at Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)Blockchain Bites: Avanti’s New Money, DeFi Deepens and ‘How Much Ether?’Caitlin Long has a new take on money. Russia wants to de-anonymize crypto. And Coinbase wins in court. Here’s the story. ‘Cash equivalent’CoinDesk’s Nathan DiCamillo breaks down how Avanti Financial intends to issue…

The FSB said it will continue spearheading crypto policy efforts in 2024.The body plans to release reports on crypto, tokenization and AI, and ensure its global regulatory framework for crypto is implemented.Crypto assets, tokenization and artificial intelligence (AI) remain priorities for monitoring by the Financial Stability Board, which keeps an eye on the global financial

More than $287 million of USDe has been minted within 24 hours of the platform's launch, with the 27% reward calculated on a rolling seven-day basis and subject to change.Users can deposit stablecoins to receive USDe, which can then be staked.The yield is generated by staking ether to a validator and earning 5% on the

The legislation offers crypto companies such as wallets and exchanges a license for operating across the bloc in exchange for meeting governance and consumer protection norms, and also introduces reserve requirements for stablecoins. If approved, it will be published in the EU’s official journal and takes effect between one and three years later.

Several House bills are racing to head off a CBDC in the U.S., though a key Democrat wrote one that would set up a CBDC pilot. A Thursday hearing is set to hash out the implications of a government token, though there's little headway in the Biden administration toward actually suggesting one. The idea of

Dec 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC(Moritz Kindler/Unsplash)Opyn Upgrade Aims to Add Capital Efficiency and Liquidity to DeFi Options MarketOpyn, a marketplace for decentralized finance (DeFi) options, has rolled out a host of new features in its updated protocol that aim to make the crypto options markets more efficient and liquid. While Opyn entered DeFi with…

Nov 17, 2020 at 11:59 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 17, 2020 at 12:05 p.m. UTCBitcoin prices for the last 12 hours(CoinDesk 20)Bitcoin Slices Through $17,000 as Market Cap Nears All-Time HighBitcoin (BTC) traded above $17,000 Tuesday at 12:00 UTC for the first time since Jan. 7, 2018, according to the CoinDesk 20 price index. The rise…

Jan 30, 2020 at 10:00 UTCDigital advertising company Bidooh has taken two of its former co-founders to court on accusations they stole company software. Bidooh COO Vicki Simms said in the group's official Telegram chat on Jan. 20 that the platform had been "seriously tampered with" and that the company had taken legal proceedings against…