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Mobile gaming is big in China. It has been for years. Much of the country plays so-called “mini-games” on their phones, often via WeChat messenger. The games are simple and fun and addictive. “It was a fast-growing, very attractive ecosystem with millions of games,” says investor Tim Wong, who poured equity and energy into hit

news Congress wants the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to up its internal blockchain game with a new bill to study how the technology could be adapted for law enforcement. On Sept. 19, the House of Representatives passed legislation calling for the financial crimes regulator to study its use of “innovative technologies” — including blockchain. The…

The era of central banks is over, Hayes said ahead of an expected Fed rate cut Wednesday. Ethena's USDe and Pendle's BTC staking could benefit from the impending low interest rate regime, Hayes said. Demand for tokenized Treasuries, an interest-rate-sensitive product, could weaken if interest rates remain low. Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer of Maelstrom

A new feature by cross-chain bridge deBridge will let Solana users access applications on other blockchains – and vice-versa – easily at low fees, Alex Smirnov, CEO and co-founder of deBridge, shared with CoinDesk.Smirnov said the feature was the first time a Solana user could access Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-based blockchains, such as Arbitrum, without…

Oct 6, 2020 at 11:52 UTCUpdated Oct 6, 2020 at 12:09 UTCBitcoin’s Options Market Retains Long-Term Bull Bias Despite Sluggish PriceLonger-term sentiment in bitcoin’s (BTC) options market remains bullish even as the the cryptocurrency struggles to claw its way back to $11,000.Bitcoin's six-month put-call skew, which measures the cost of put options (bearish bets) expiring…

Jun 25, 2020 at 09:16 UTCUpdated Jun 25, 2020 at 09:21 UTC(Remitski Ivan/Shutterstock)AMD-Backed Blockchain Project Amassing 20K GPUs But Won’t Say WhyA joint data-center venture between ConsenSys and chip maker AMD has so far raised over $20 million to triple its GPU capacity, but won’t say exactly what they’re for. In crypto, the term “data…

Jan 31, 2020 at 10:30 UTCUpdated Jan 31, 2020 at 10:33 UTCDeribit is launching daily options as the exchange faces increasing competition in the crypto options market. Deribit announced this week it would begin offering daily bitcoin index options Feb. 3. Scheduled every day at 08:00 UTC, users will be able to begin trading options…

WisdomTree, one of the ten issuers of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), expects its product to be more successful towards the second half of the year thanks to adoption by financial adviser platforms.Speaking during an interview with CoinDesk TV, WisdomTree’s (WETF) head of digital assets, Will Peck said that the fund manager’s WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund

CZ was sentenced to four months in prison in April after pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to set up an adequate know-your-customer (KYC) program at Binance. "We are delighted that CZ will be home with his family. While he is not managing or operating Binance, we are excited to see