Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart to Advise Blockchain Startup

news Bitcoin miners made the case for their industry as a driver of clean energy adoption, rather than the ecological disaster depicted by critics, at Fidelity’s Mining Summit Friday. The venue for the daylong event was as notable as the talks. The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, an R&D division that has dabbled in bitcoin mining,…

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Tops $11.1K; Ether Traders Like $400 OptionsBitcoin is making gains Friday while ether options traders on the Deribit exchange love $400 strikes.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,050 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 1.4% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,834-$11,111BTC above its 10-day and 50-day…

Jul 17, 2020 at 20:58 UTCU.S. prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from Sohrab Sharma, a co-founder of the Centra Tech initial coin offering (ICO) fraud. As per the Friday plea, Sharma, 29, admitted that he and partners Raymond Trapani and Robert Farkas lied about their purportedly crypto-backed financial product's partnerships, licenses and leadership as…

Nov 2, 2020 at 18:22 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 18:44 UTCHuobi said Monday the rumors alleging one of its senior executives had been arrested were false.“We have become aware of rumors within our community about the arrest of a Huobi senior executive by local officials,” the company told CoinDesk. “We can share with confidence…

Botanix Labs' Spiderchain is designed to allow any application or smart contract running on an Ethereum layer to be in effect copied and pasted onto Bitcoin.Botanix Labs and Spiderchain are part of the movement to bring greater utility to the Bitcoin network, introducing elements such as smart-contract capabilities that are more commonly associated with Ethereum.1:00:39Why

Jan 27, 2020 at 11:20 UTCUpdated Jan 27, 2020 at 11:30 UTCBitcoin Eyes $8.8K After Largely Erasing Last Week’s Dip View Bitcoin's 4-hour chart indicates the recent pullback has ended and the bulls have regained control. The weekly chart is also aligned in favor of the bulls. A retest of key resistance near $8,800 looks…

Nov 4, 2020 at 01:20 UTCUpdated Nov 4, 2020 at 01:42 UTCDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Pool(Reuters/Getty Images)ND (20:40 ET): So far, Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.) and Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Mark…

news Benoit Coeure, outgoing member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), is to lead a new global effort by central banks to research the benefits of fintech such as digital currencies. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced the news on Sunday, saying that Coeure will take on the role of head…

Mar 11, 2020 at 12:50 UTCUpdated Mar 11, 2020 at 13:42 UTCBitcoin price January-March View Bitcoin's short-term outlook remains bearish with prices trading well below key resistance at $8,460. A move below Tuesday's low of $7,734 would likely encourage sellers, yielding deeper losses toward $7,100.A move above $8,158 (Tuesday's high) would confirm temporary seller exhaustion…