IRS Focusing on Potential Illicit Activities Facilitated by Bitcoin ATMs: Official

Jan 6, 2021 at 9:37 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Blows Past $36.1K While Traders Clamor for Ether OptionsRetail buying through PayPal is likely helping push bitcoin’s price higher while traders are hoping to get into an ether options market with potential volatility similar to March 2020.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $36,122 as…

May 25, 2020 at 14:44 UTCUpdated May 25, 2020 at 14:52 UTCCraig Wright (Image via CoinDesk archives)Craig Wright Called ‘Fraud’ in Message Signed With Bitcoin Addresses He Claims to OwnThe credibility of Craig Wright – the Australian tech entrepreneur who controversially claims to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto – has taken another blow. After…

Sep 24, 2020 at 14:21 UTCUpdated Sep 24, 2020 at 14:25 UTC(Heinrich Jonas/Wikimedia Commons)Uniswap users have snapped up much of the supply of free UNI tokens in the first week. Data from Dune Analytics on Thursday shows that eligible participants in the DeFi project have claimed approximately 78% of the existing UNI supply – just…

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"The institutions are coming!" This is one of those perennial arguments we've been hearing for years in decentralized finance (DeFi). Despite the evolution in the space and hundreds of billions in total value locked (TVL), institutional presence in DeFi remains relatively low. The lack of KYC-AML capabilities is often cited as the main reason, but

news Coinbase is for the first time allowing general users to earn rewards by simply holding cryptocurrency, starting with the Tezos (XTZ) token. In a company blog Wednesday, Coinbase said U.S. customers (bar residents of Hawaii and New York) can now stake the smart contract platform’s crypto with an estimated five percent annual return. Tezos uses…

With bitcoin and ether both headed up, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace Bitcoin has put in a positive June performance in six out of the last eight years. But…

The stablecoin market is on track to shrink for the 14th consecutive month, a sign of capital draining from the digital asset space, and a troubling trend for the recovery of cryptocurrency prices.The total market capitalization of stablecoins dropped to $130 billion in May, falling to the lowest level since September 2021, digital asset data…

New promotions rules that require crypto firms to provide clear risk labels and implement system changes are coming into effect on Oct. 8.Some international crypto firms serving U.K. clients have decided to pause certain services until they're compliant with the new rules.Local regulators are concerned some other overseas firms aren't ready to comply with the