LedgerX Claims ‘Record’ July for Bitcoin Options Trading

Mar 4, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Mar 4, 2020 at 13:01 UTCStock telemarketing image via Shutterstock/Andrey_PopovSweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’Sweden's foreign minister has called for Ukraine to act following the exposing of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive investors from the country's capital.The so-called "fraud factory," working from two floors…

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. There's an early scene in "It's a Wonderful Life," that stalwart of holiday season TV…

news How do you get into the business of market manipulation? It’s easy if you try. Alexey Andryunin, a 20-year old college student from Moscow, became a sensation after he quite openly told CoinDesk how his company was helping little-known token projects get traction via inflated trading volumes. He spoke with CoinDesk about the business of…

Dec 11, 2019 at 14:21 UTCUpdated Dec 11, 2019 at 14:38 UTCLinda Lacewell image via Nikhilesh De for CoinDeskThe New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is getting specific about how it will update its controversial virtual currency license. Announced Wednesday by Superintendent Linda Lacewell at a breakfast held by Crain’s New York, the proposed guidance…

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team.Blockchain-based play-to-earn project Axie Infinity's native cryptocurrency AXS rallied after CoinDesk reported on Axie's card-based strategy game debuting on the Apple app store.AXS surged over 12% from $7.16 to $8.04 after the news, becoming the top gainer on CoinDesk Indices' leaderboard. At press time, AXS was…

The behaviour of borrowers in decentralized finance (DeFi) is important in considering the design of collateralized borrowing platforms with emerging tokenized assets, a BIS study has found.The study's authors claim to be the first to document individual DeFi wallets’ leverage, relevant to understanding financial stability concerns.The behaviors of borrowers in the decentralized finance space and

news Scammers boosted the price of Bitcoin SV (BSV) Wednesday by publishing a fake news alert purporting to show that BSV’s creator is also bitcoin’s. Masquerading as the Chinese news site Coinbull, the bogus alert claimed that Craig Wright had transferred bitcoin (BTC) from the so-called Satoshi wallets to prove his identity. The result? A $60…

BTC is up, trading above $64,000 while ETH prices continue to decline.The CD20 is flat, trading at 2,174.Ether (ETH) was changing hands just above $3,000 during the opening hours of the Asia trading day as the CoinDesk Indices Ethereum Trend Indicator flipped negative, signaling a bearish shift in momentum.At the same time, bitcoin (BTC), is

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: Crypto traders are optimistic about the Fed skipping a rate hike.Insights: Hong Kong has rules for crypto, but they aren't that great.Bitcoin is opening Asia’s trading day at $25,948, up 0.2%, while ether is at $1,740, down 0.1%.Edward Moya, a Senior Market Analyst with OANDA, sees the likely possibility of…