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Dec 30, 2020 at 5:02 p.m. UTC(Shaun Meintjes/Unsplash)All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin’s Biggest Upgrade in YearsBinance Pool, the mining pool run by one of crypto’s biggest exchanges, is prepared to support Taproot, a good omen for the next major Bitcoin upgrade. The addition of Binance Pool to the “yes” column means that…

news William Mougayar is the founder of Token Summit and author of “The Business Blockchain.” The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  What is the future of initial coin offerings (ICOs) as we look to a 12-month horizon? As an early supporter of ICOs (properly run), I’d like to offer…

Jul 15, 2020 at 09:01 UTCAlexei Navalny, Russian opposition politician (Konstantin Egorychev/Shutterstock)Russian Activists Use Bitcoin, and the Kremlin Doesn’t Like ItMOSCOW — No government can stop bitcoin transactions, which suggests the cryptocurrency is an ideal way for dissidents and activists to raise funds. This should be especially true in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, where independent politicians…

Ethena shared plans to allocate a part of its $235 million USDT stablecoin collateral and $45 million surplus reserve in yield-generating real-world asset (RWA) offerings. BlackRock's BUIDL fund pitched for a $34 million allocation, while Steakhouse Financial applied with a lending vault on Morpho Blue. 00:59 SEC's Gensler Was 'Consistent' Despite Being 'Fried Like a

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.Jocelyn Yang is a markets reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Emerson College's journalism program. Alex…

Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Web3 developer platform Airstack has raised over $7 million after closing the second half of a pre-seed funding round that was led by Superscrypt. The startup allows developers to access and utilize cross-chain data using natural language requests backed by artificial intelligence (AI), an increasingly popular albeit…

news Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer HTC is making its blockchain phone more widely accessible. Previously only available for purchase with bitcoin or ether, the HTC EXODUS 1 can now be bought with U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies. Announced Tuesday during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has also expanded the range of…

Binance has won an operational licence in Dubai, step three of four to be fully regulated in the jurisdiction.Eligible users in Dubai will now be able to access authorized services, Binance said.Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has won a license to operate in Dubai after meeting the pre-conditions since receiving a preparatory license in…

Sep 30, 2020 at 14:55 UTCUpdated Sep 30, 2020 at 15:40 UTCDeutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany (Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)CBDCs Could Challenge US Dollar's Dominance: Deutsche BankGeopolitical jostling accelerated by large-scale private stablecoin initiatives like libra, plus an added dose of COVID-19, means we are now facing a perfect storm for central bank digital currencies…