Nvidia Reports ‘Substantial Decline’ in GPU Sales to Crypto Miners

news Tongtong Gong, COO of crypto analytics firm Amberdata, shared what it feels like to be a woman in tech and why she chose to become a programmer. “I moved to the U.S. and when I moved I didn’t really speak English that well so when I was in college you needed to pick a degree,”…

Oct 29, 2020 at 20:38 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $13.6K; 500K ETH Options Pile Up for DecemberBitcoin’s price is turning bullish as ether options traders accumulate half a million of ETH options for December expiration.Bitcoin trading around $13,519 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 2.6% over the previous 24…

Jan 26, 2021 at 2:19 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 26, 2021 at 2:26 p.m. UTCFinCEN Further Extends Comment Period for Controversial Crypto RulesThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is further extending a comment period for a controversial proposed rule that would require crypto exchanges to gather and store counterparty information for transactions to unhosted wallets.FinCEN announced…

Jan 12, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 12, 2021 at 12:15 a.m. UTCPirated Academic Database Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’After her website faced repeated domain name revocations, Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan has registered her website on the distributed domain names network Handshake.The pirated database of academic papers is now accessible directly through…

BlackRock (BLK) and VanEck, the two firms among 13 hoping to launch bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S., have filed updated documents on Tuesday.The filings indicate that the two entities were among the prospective issuers that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent comments in the past 24 hours. CoinDesk reported earlier

Coinbase expects to get more revenue from decentralized applications or “dapps” that build atop Base than from the blockchain itself.Coinbase has participated in discussions among developers over future upgrades for the Ethereum blockchain.Coinbase aims to provide a “trusted interface, curated experiences” to people who previously have not spent a lot of time working with blockchains.Coinbase,…

Markets Daily Crypto RoundupWith bitcoin jumping to a new all-time high, plus a look at regulations on crypto earning platforms, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Listen on:

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will present its response to Coinbase's (COIN) first legal defense on July 13, according to a court order on Thursday.The date for the hearing is now much earlier than expected, prompted by a "creative" defense tactic employed by Coinbase, where in the exchange filed its first response 40…

Layer 1 blockchain Terra said its website was compromised over the weekend by hackers that are using the access to attempt phishing attacks on visitors, who are prompted to connect their online or hardware wallets."To avoid potential phishing scams, please continue to avoid interacting with sites with the terra(dot)money domain until we post another update…