IBM, Barclays and Citi Team Up to Launch Blockchain App Store for Banks

Aug 10, 2020 at 13:36 UTC(Latrach Med Jamil/Unsplash)The Fourth Era of Blockchain GovernanceStephanie Hurder, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory focused on the implementation of emerging technologies, and an academic contributor to the World Economic Forum. She has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard.  If you follow…

Polkadot spent $87 million worth of DOT on various activities in the first half of this year, with marketing and outreach activities accounting for the largest portion of spending, totaling over $36 million. The treasury has just over $245 million worth of DOT tokens left for spending, estimated to last for two years at current

Elizabeth Napolitano is a news reporter at CoinDesk. Community members of decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap are considering a proposal to switch on fees for many of its liquidity pools. It’s the latest development in a long-standing debate on Uniswap’s protocol fees and broader finances.Implementing fees on the pools would allow the Uniswap protocol to top…

Dec 29, 2020 at 8:36 p.m. UTCFormer White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci (Chris Williamson/Getty Images)SkyBridge Capital Has Already Invested $182M in BitcoinAnthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital investment firm has invested $182 million in bitcoin, according to an investor brochure shared with CoinDesk about its forthcoming bitcoin fund. The firm, which has $9.3 billion under management, is…

Mar 20, 2020 at 19:55 UTCUpdated Mar 20, 2020 at 20:22 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong image via CoinDesk archivesCoinbase saw record site traffic and a massive surge in 24-hour trading volume during last week’s coronavirus-driven market swings, CEO Brian Armstrong said in a statement shared with CoinDesk.The San Francisco-based crypto exchange said it processed $2…

news The ratio of long-to-short positions placed on bitcoin (BTC) has reached its highest level in over five months on cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. At press time, the BTC long positions placed on the exchange total 33,750 units, worth $137.3 million at current market prices, whereas the number of short positions is roughly 11,000 units less…

Layer-2 network Scroll is expected to be the main focus of traders next week as it rolls out its native SCR token airdrop. Memecoins may also make a comeback after a significant rally in major crypto assets like BTC, ETH and SOL. Gaming firm Moonveil and communications platform Huddle01 will also host token sales. 01:11

The young woman stares at you through a door. Her eyes narrow; her head lowers. Then a hand draws the door closed. Clearly, something sinister is afoot. It’s capitalism, a man’s reedy voice-over informs you.After Aragon raised $25 million from its token launch in 2017, one of the first things they did with that money

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesCoinDesk (CoinDesk)Top StoriesBearish sentiment became more pronounced in the crypto market early Monday after defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox, which is supposed to return over 140,000 BTC