Maker of Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Valued at $7.5M in First Equity Round

Mainstream media reports have speculated that Donald Trump's odds on Polymarket are being manipulated for political purposes. Experts in prediction markets interviewed by CoinDesk saw little to no evidence of such manipulation and said any attempts to rig prices would likely be short-lived. 02:28 Trump Pumps DeFi Token Sale; Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $65K 02:01

The U.K. government on Wednesday called on crypto users to voluntarily disclose any unpaid capital gains or income taxes to avoid penalties, and published guidance on how to pay them.The tax disclosures should reflect capital gains or income from exchange tokens like bitcoin (BTC), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and utility tokens.Users who have already made crypto

Lawmakers in South Korea passed legislation on Thursday that will require officials to report their crypto holdings, local outlet News1 reported.The "Kim Nam-kuk Prevention Act" passed the plenary session of the National Assembly on Thursday via amendments to the National Assembly Act and the Public Service Ethics Act, both of which were approved without a…

opinion Jeremy Allaire is co-founder, CEO and chairman of Circle, a global financial services company that provides a platform for individuals, institutions and entrepreneurs to build businesses, invest and raise capital with open crypto technologies. The views expressed here are his own. The past several months have brought dramatic new technology, market and regulatory developments…

May 7, 2020 at 11:51 UTCUpdated May 7, 2020 at 11:53 UTCMonth-to-date bitcoin price chart (Credit: CoinDesk BPI)Bitcoin Outperforming Gold and Stocks so Far This MonthBitcoin looks to have decoupled from traditional markets as investors refocus on the network's imminent mining reward halving. While the top cryptocurrency by market value has gained nearly 5.9% so far…

In 2021, daily liquidations worth billions of dollars occurred due to retail mania, with 80% of futures trading collateral margin in bitcoin. Retail investors are now more "smart money," having evolved to strategically buy the dips and sell the peaks in bitcoin. Retail investors currently hold approximately 15% of the circulating bitcoin supply, equating to

Dec 11, 2020 at 2:42 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 11, 2020 at 3:04 p.m. UTCMulticoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel FinanceSwivel Finance – a decentralized protocol for fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives – has raised $1.15 million in a seed round led by investment firm Multicoin Capital.According to a blog post on…

Jan 10, 2020 at 17:00 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 17:33 UTCMARKETS DAILY: Basketball’s First Celebrity Token Shoots for Monday LaunchAfter years of discussion, Monday may mark the first time accredited investors can buy tokenized shares of a high-profile professional athlete's contract. Markets Daily is back with the latest on the NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie story…

news Enterprise-focused distributed ledger tech startup Digital Asset (DA) has landed another high-profile partner. Announced Thursday, software virtualization giant VMware is integrating DA’s smart contract language into its own blockchain platform. Further, VMware, a publicly traded company majority-owned by Dell Computer with more than 24,000 employees, will distribute the Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML) with its…