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Jan 6, 2020 at 13:37 UTCUpdated Jan 6, 2020 at 13:38 UTCSouth Korean president's residence image via ShutterstockFinancial institutions should be allowed to offer cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, according to a government advisory body in South Korea.In a new report, the Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (PCFIR) proposed that the government could…

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Jun 11, 2020 at 18:48 UTCUpdated Jun 11, 2020 at 19:23 UTCGerald Cotten, founder and former CEO of QuadrigaCX. (Original image by Trevor Jones)QuadrigaCX operated like a Ponzi scheme. That’s the key finding of an Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) report made public Thursday. OSC, one of Canada’s provincial securities regulators, said the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange,…

Jan 17, 2020 at 00:31 UTCAnchorage items image via CoinDesk archivesAnchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’The Libra Association announced Thursday it had formed a technical steering committee to coordinate the design of the Libra platform.The new committee, composed of Anchorage co-founder Diogo Monica, Calibra core product lead George Cabrera III,…

With the U.S. presidential election polls showing a tense race, cryptocurrency investors are bracing for volatility. But how important is the outcome of the election for the future of crypto in the medium to long run? Looking at implied volatilities for BTC and ETH options, we can see a clear spike around the U.S. election

Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and…

This article originally appeared in First Mover , CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day . Latest Prices 00:52 Ether ETFs Saw Biggest Outflows Since July 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April

feature A cryptographic solution called zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) could help notoriously slow decentralized exchanges (DEXs) reach speeds comparable to more traditional platforms. San Francisco-based DEX startup 0x is partnering with the Israeli software-as-service company StarkWare to test a ZKP solution called StarkDEX, which can process roughly 500 transactions per second. StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny told CoinDesk…

Securities regulators are poised to approve ether (ETH) futures ETFs for trading in the U.S., Bloomberg reported Thursday.Several firms have applied to list these exchange-traded funds, which would hold derivatives contracts tied to ether – rather than ether itself. But they need the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's blessing, something Bloomberg said might be imminent.There…