Pantera Capital Has Raised $71 Million So Far for Third Crypto Fund

The nation's first spot-bitcoin ETF to hold bitcoin directly launches in Australia on Tuesday.Monochrome Asset Management applied for approval in April. The swift approval reflects a push by the nation to keep up with global trends around crypto-related ETFs.Australia-based Monochrome Asset Management’s Monochrome bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) (IBTC) will begin trading on the Cboe

Blockchain security platform Quantstamp is hoping to quell the increasing threats of flash loan attacks with a new service that claims to catch exploits before they go off, the company told CoinDesk.The Economic Exploit Analysis service detects common attack pathways used by exploiters through automated tooling before protocols get hacked. The service has been released…

Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, will be able to argue his case that the Bitcoin file format should receive copyright protection under UK law after a bench of three UK judges accepted his appeal to a previous court denial, according to a court filing.On Feb 8. 2023, a UK Court…

Two blockchain veterans are gearing up to launch what could be the first cryptocurrency exchange in the Persian Gulf to be licensed by a central bank. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Rain Financial has opened its public waiting list after a year in the Central Bank of Bahrain's fintech sandbox. Co-founded by Saudi blockchain consultant Abdullah…

Someone needs to remind the European Commission that it can’t have its cake and eat it too.An EC proposal this week for regulating a future central bank digital currency (CBDC) insisted that it must “protect privacy,” describing a system of NFC chip-based offline payments in which “nobody would be able to see what people are…

OKEx adding more swaps to its real-time settlement function that went live on Dec. 29, 2020.Jan 14, 2021 at 1:05 p.m. UTCOKEx Adds More Coin-Margined Perpetual Swaps for Real-Time SettlementCryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced Thursday it has expanded its real-time settlement function and will include more coin-margined perpetual swaps.OKEx launched the real-time settlement function on Dec.…

news The head of the Libra Association has argued that the Facebook-led cryptocurrency could be a boon to the U.N., according to Reuters. Talking at a blockchain event hosted at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva – where the non-profit association is incorporated – managing director Bertrand Perez said the cryptocurrency could help the intergovernmental organization achieve its sustainable…

The SEC issuing Robinhood a Wells Notice is surprising, KBW said.The broker expects no change to the platform’s current U.S. crypto operations or asset listings.Robinhood has a higher likelihood of winning a case with the SEC than most of its U.S. competitors, the report said.Robinhood (HOOD) being issued a Wells Notice by the Securities and

Jul 24, 2020 at 08:00 UTCUpdated Jul 24, 2020 at 08:08 UTCThe longstanding Norwegian browser company has been on a recent crypto streak. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)Opera’s Built-In Crypto Wallets Have 170K Monthly Active UsersOpera’s web browser is slowly amassing a following among those advocating for a decentralized internet, with 170,000 users now engaging with its built-in…