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Oct 15, 2020 at 09:16 UTC( Arun Kuchibhotla/Unsplash)A 40-year-old man from Auckland, New Zealand, faces a wave of charges for money laundering via allegedly shady cryptocurrency transactions and luxury car purchases.According to reports by the NZHerald, the man, granted interim anonymity after he appeared at the Auckland District Court on Thursday, faces 30 charges in…

World Economic Forum Wants to Standardize Ethical Data Collection

Dec 10, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. UTC(Drop of Light/Shutterstock)World Economic Forum Wants to Standardize Ethical Data CollectionThe World Economic Forum (WEF) is designing a global governance framework for the ethical collection and sharing of data, the organization announced Tuesday. WEF’s Data for Common Purpose Initiative (DCPI) is the first of its kind and aims to “responsibly…

What Does the Debt Limit Showdown Mean for Bitcoin?

U.S. lawmakers are currently locked in a passionate, high-stakes and entirely ridiculous battle over a strange quirk of U.S. law known as the “debt ceiling.” Since 1917, the U.S. budget appropriations process has separated the actual budget – which members of Congress have already approved – from the government’s ability to sell bonds to pay…

SWIFT Chief Announces Integration With R3 At Paris Fintech Forum

news SWIFT, the global banking payments network, intends to integrate technology from R3, the DLT provider behind the Corda platform. Speaking on stage at the Paris Fintech Forum, SWIFT CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt said: “Later today we are announcing integration with R3.” At the event, Leibbrandt was onstage with Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, which has…

Soaring DeFi Usage Drives Ethereum Contract Calls to New Record

Jul 28, 2020 at 17:48 UTCUpdated Jul 28, 2020 at 18:28 UTC(Mega Pixel/Shutterstock)Ethereum usage is rocketing as the number of contract calls – a metric for network activity – hits an all-time high. Coin Metrics reported Tuesday more than 3.1 million daily contract calls had gone through on July 25, an all-time high. A contract…

Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Purchase Crypto Inside the App

Oct 12, 2020 at 20:01 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 20:41 UTCFor Coinbase users who don’t want to keep their funds on an exchange, the buying and storing crypto just became a lot easier. On Monday afternoon, the company announced Coinbase Wallet users would now have a fiat on-ramp within the wallet itself. Previously, users holding their…

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Steady at $28K Before Fed Meeting

After surpassing $28,000 for the first time in nine months, bitcoin has been trading in a tight range between $27,300 and $28,350 over the past 24 hours, as investors await a decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates on Wednesday. Traders are predicting a 25 basis point increase. The world’s largest cryptocurrency appears to…

Bitcoin Halving 2020: How Miners Expect the Crypto Markets to React

Apr 18, 2020 at 14:00 UTCPodcastsBitcoin Halving 2020: How Miners Expect the Crypto Markets to React“If price performance following the November 2012 and July 2016 halvings is any indicator, bitcoin’s price should increase significantly over the 10- to 12-month period following the [third] halving.”Listen/subscribe to the CoinDesk Podcast feed for unique perspectives and fresh daily…

We Don’t Need Big Brother to Beat This Virus

Apr 23, 2020 at 19:00 UTCIs there a way to reopen the economy post-virus that doesn’t involve draconian surveillance measures?For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, IHeartRadio or RSS.One of the key aspects of most plans…

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