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CoinDesk’s longtime CEO Kevin Worth is out amid a major restructuring initiated by the media, events and information company’s new owner, the crypto exchange Bullish.In Worth's place the exchange has appointed Sara Stratoberdha, who previously ran business development for Bullish."CoinDesk will remain an independent subsidiary of Bullish and Sara is committed to maintaining CoinDesk's journalistic

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Questions Bitcoin’s Role as ‘Safe Haven’

news The debate over bitcoin’s role as a “safe haven” asset hit mainstream media on Tuesday, following reports that bitcoin’s recent price run could be attributed to Chinese capital flight. Speaking with CNBC on Tuesday, businessman and co-host of NBC’s “Shark Tank” Kevin O’Leary and Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano took opposing sides in…

Bitcoin’s Implied Volatility Falls Sharply Ahead of Jerome Powell Speech

Aug 27, 2020 at 12:01 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 12:08 UTCImplied bitcoin volatility (Skew)Bitcoin’s Implied Volatility Falls Sharply Ahead of Jerome Powell SpeechBitcoin’s options market foresees little price turbulence in the short-term, even as central bank watchers expect fireworks during a speech by the chairman of the Federal Reserve on Thursday morning. Bitcoin's implied…

Alan Howard-Backed Elwood Technologies in Talks to Sell Part of the Business: Sources

Elwood is in talks to sell part of the business, focusing more on the portfolio management and risk management services and less on the trading side, according to sources.The current reorganization of hedge fund manager Alan Howard's portfolio of crypto investments has resulted in changes at Elwood, a source told CoinDesk.02:13Key Events You Shouldn't Miss

Binance Scores Funding From Venture Arm of Singapore’s Sovereign Fund

NEWS Oct 23, 2018 at 01:59 UTC Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is investing in the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by way of its venture wing. Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Temasek Holdings – which is operated by the government of Singapore – has made a strategic investment in Binance and will work with the exchange…

China’s Biggest Payment Firms Have No Plans to Follow Facebook into Crypto

feature China’s internet giants appear unlikely to follow Facebook into the cryptocurrency space anytime soon – though you can be sure they’re paying attention. Pony Ma, the CEO of Tencent, the parent company of social messaging and payments app WeChat, said Wednesday that he thinks regulation will be the deciding factor for the success of Facebook’s Libra initiative. “The…

Bitcoin Tops $49K as Bitcoin ETF Inflows Accelerate

Bitcoin's price topped $49,000 Monday after strong spot bitcoin ETF inflows late last week.Bitcoin ETFs gained net $1.1 billion fresh funds amid slowing GBTC outflows.Bitcoin (BTC) topped $49,000 Monday supported by last week's strong exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows and signs of institutional accumulation.The largest crypto was hovering around $48,000 earlier during the day before experiencing

State of Lightning: What’s the Path for Network Adoption in 2019?

feature This is a visualization of the lightning network taken at 22:29 (UTC) on Friday. Created by blockchain analytics startup 1ML, the snapshot represents all of the nodes running lightning software and creating public payment channels atop the bitcoin blockchain. Looks complex, right? And believe it or not, this network is getting progressively larger each day according…

Arbitrum Daily Transaction Count Hits Record High Ahead of Token Airdrop

The number of daily transactions on Arbitrum rose to a new record high of 1,312,052 on Wednesday, surpassing the previous peak of 1,103,398 reached on Feb. 21, according to data source Arbiscan. The Ethereum mainnet processed around 1.08 million transactions.

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