Judge Denies Effort to Move XRP Investor Lawsuit to Lower Court

Jul 14, 2020 at 17:25 UTCUpdated Jul 14, 2020 at 17:35 UTCGhass Mo is a Rust developer living in Iraq. (Ghass Mo)What It’s Really Like to Live on Bitcoin in the Middle EastSyrian developer Ghass Mo has been living off freelance bitcoin gigs from Kurdistan, Iraq, for nearly two years.  “I get paid in bitcoin…

Jan 10, 2020 at 22:01 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 22:21 UTCLedgerX co-founders Zach Dexter (left), Juthica Chou and Paul Chou image via CoinDesk archivesLedgerX announced Friday that co-founder and former chief technology officer Zach Dexter has been named the new CEO of the bitcoin derivatives company.The company suspended CEO Paul Chou and COO/CRO Juthica…

LSEG expands to include digital assets in its SEDOL Masterfile securites databaseLondon Stock Exchange Parent Assigns Financial ‘Bar Codes’ to 169 CryptosIt’s not quite a seal of approval, but one of Europe’s largest financial markets is giving cryptocurrencies the equivalent of the bar codes found on soup cans and jam jars. Late last month, the…

Aug 17, 2020 at 15:00 UTCHuobi Executive Director Chen Guang (Huobi)Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi has launched a new consortium with MakerDAO and Compound to promote decentralized finance (DeFi). Announced Monday, the Huobi initiative, dubbed the Global DeFi Alliance, is an international collection of DeFi service providers and platforms.The consortium has also been set up in…

Jun 25, 2020 at 08:02 UTCOB1 staff show off OpenBazaar at a 2019 conference. (CoinDesk archives)The COVID-19 E-Commerce Boom Hasn’t Trickled Down to Bitcoin, Despite AdvantagesDespite the COVID-19 e-commerce boom, bitcoin is hardly seeing more merchant usage as a transactional currency than it was five years ago.   “We’ve been doing this for six years and…

markets View Bitcoin has cemented a higher low and retained its bullish market structure on the daily chart after a hotly contested close on April 9. The hourly chart shows bitcoin is trending inside an ascending triangle (typically bullish by nature) with a potential measured move to $5,885. An exaggerated bullish divergence has formed on…

NEWS Sep 27, 2018 at 21:36 UTC  |  Updated  Sep 27, 2018 at 21:40 UTC The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are suing an international securities dealer for allegedly violating federal law through a bitcoin-based security swap scheme. The SEC announced in a press release that it filed charges…

Blockchain startup Bitwala is aiming to launch Germany's first "blockchain bank account" – and it's struck a strategic partnership with Berlin-based fintech company solarisBank in order to pull it off. Built as part of solarisBank's "Blockchain Factory" initiative, the partnership will enable Bitwala to offer banking services by way of solarisBank's German banking license, spokesperson…

Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice on investing, job-seeking, ...Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.Featured SpeakerBowTiedBullPresidentBowTied JungleThe pseudonymous investor BowtiedBull explores the BowtiedJungle, where citizens swap advice on investing, job-seeking, ...Uniwap (UNI)…