Hamas’ Military Wing to Stop Accepting Bitcoin Donations: Report

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Deribit data show activity in the $200,000 strike bitcoin call, which is nearly three times the cryptocurrency’s going market rate.Options open interest has soared to record highs alongside bitcoin’s price rally.Animal spirits seem to have returned to the market, spurring a 2021-like interest in bitcoin (BTC) options that would pay off if the cryptocurrency’s price

Jul 20, 2020 at 16:25 UTCWu Jihan of Bitmain speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus. (CoinDesk archives)Power Struggle Inside Bitmain ‘Hard Forks’ Bitcoin Miner ProductionThe ongoing battle between the co-founders at Bitmain has now essentially hard forked the world’s largest bitcoin miner manufacturer into two different operations and supply chains for making its flagship AntMiner equipment. Wu…

Nov 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(TAW4/iStock via Getty Images Plus)10 Metrics Where Bitcoin Has Already Hit New All-Time HighsWhile we haven’t achieved the elusive $20,000 spot price all-time high yet, these other metrics show where bitcoin has grown far beyond previous peaks.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases,…

news Coinbase Commerce is putting ethereum’s most recent upgrade, Constantinople, to use for thousands of retailers and merchants around the world. Launched early last year, Coinbase Commerce is an app for online vendors wanting to accept payments in crypto and integrate these purchases into existing business cash flows. As reported by CoinDesk in May, over…

news Gambling is becoming a primary use case for the Tron blockchain, new data shows. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk by analytics firm Dapp Review, dapps on the tron network facilitated $1.6 billion in activity in the first quarter of 2019, with more than 432,000 estimated users. In total, 64 percent of dapps on the tron…

Dec 17, 2019 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Dec 17, 2019 at 12:14 UTCJake Chervinsky, general counsel for CompoundJake Chervinsky: I’m Surprised There Haven’t Been More Enforcement Actions This YearThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Jake Chervinsky…

The list of companies leading the arms race for generative artificial intelligence tells you all you need to know about the risks we face from a concentration of power in this technology and how blockchain’s decentralizing data management model can help mitigate them.The five most prominent members of the corporate establishment now participating in AI

Members of the European Parliament voted Thursday to approve a Data Act containing a controversial clause that could make most smart contracts unlawful.The act, which establishes rules on the sharing of data, received 481 votes in favor and 31 votes against, according to a press release. The legislation now needs formal approval from the European