Grayscale Has $19B in Crypto Assets Under Management, Up From $16.4B Last Week

A new report from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) contends that bitcoin markets are swayed by news events related to regulation. "While cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate out of the reach of national regulation, in fact their valuations, transaction volumes and user bases react substantially to news about regulatory actions," argues the report,…

Like many crypto execs, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier this year learned the type of hard-won lessons that only come from adversity. When the company, one of the largest and most trusted hardware developers in the industry, unveiled a new security feature in May, it ignited a firestorm of criticism.The idea was simple enough: The Ledger

An Australian Senate Select Committee has submitted its final report on a year-long review of the country’s approach to crypto and blockchain regulation, seeking to guide, for the first time, a clear framework for the domestic digital assets sector.The committee on “Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre,” which submitted its initial report in November…

Oct 28, 2020 at 14:41 UTCUpdated Oct 28, 2020 at 15:05 UTCBitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan(CoinDesk archives, modified by CoinDesk)Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of cryptocurrency index funds to professional investors, now manages over $100 million in assets. The level is a record for the company and comes amid rising demand from hedge funds,…

Aug 10, 2020 at 09:44 UTCUpdated Aug 10, 2020 at 09:56 UTCDapp Platform NEAR Protocol Taps Ontology’s Expertise for Decentralized Identity EffortSmart contracts platform Ontology is to provide a blockchain project focused on decentralized apps (dapps) with technical help building its digital identity solution. Announced on Friday, Ontology will support the development and deployment of…

Bitcoin miners are seeing an influx of investor interest following Core Scientific's AI deal with CoreWeave, the report said.Iris Energy is best positioned to take advantage of the growing HPC/AI opportunity.Investors are waking up to the alternative use cases for mining facilities and the value of power access.The bitcoin (BTC) mining sector is attracting a

Liquid restaking protocol Puffer has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, the company said Tuesday.The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital, with investments from Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Lemniscap, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity, Mechanism, Lightspeed Faction, Consensys, Animoca and GSR, the company said in a press release.The fresh round

The CoinDesk Computing Index (CPU), comprising projects focused on decentralized sharing, storage and data transfer, has gained 11% in seven days, outperforming bitcoin and the broader CoinDesk 20 index.CPU has been led higher by FIL and GRT, up over 40% in one week.Filecoin’s decision to integrate Solana and Ethereum’s impending Dencun upgrade looks to have

Dec 3, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 3, 2020 at 8:08 p.m. UTCWrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Increase as Traders Rotate Capital Out of Cooling DeFiWrapped Bitcoin, the bitcoin-backed token on Ethereum now worth over $2 billion, has seen an increase in burns (or “unwrappings”) by some of its largest users as the Ethereum-based decentralized finance…