Pantera Capital Raises $71 Million for Third Crypto Venture Fund

Ethereum broke above $2,700 for the first time since May 2022.“The 15% rise in less than nine days suggests impressive buying interest after the bulls reloaded their positions in January,” one analyst said.The ether (ETH) price rose through the $2,700 mark early Thursday for the first time since May 2022 as traders bet on the

A top Australian financial regulator has indicated it will take a new approach when regulating cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as tighten scrutiny of initial coin offerings (ICOs),. In its a corporate plan for 2018–2022, released Friday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outlined its areas of focus for the period. Top of that list is to continue…

A new bill introduced in the House would clarify that a digital asset that is sold as part of an "investment contract" does not necessarily become a security. If passed, the Securities Clarity Act would help settle one of the most debated legal questions in the crypto space and make it more difficult for the…

opinion Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto assets. Sign up for free here. Ever since U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Ethereum’s launch in 2015 built off Bitcoin’s formula by enabling developers to play a more active role in designing decentralized applications, likely representing a major turning point in the history of finance by introducing smart contracts and paving the way for decentralized finance (DeFi). Ethereum quickly blossomed into the hub for the burgeoning crypto industry

Crypto traders are once again betting on the very serious business of presidential politics via very silly meme coins, including one for Vice President Kamala Harris that more than doubled in price Sunday. KAMA hit an all-time high of 2.4 cents in the minutes following President Joe Biden's announcement that he was dropping his re-election

The "Type 1 prover" has been cast as a technological feat that essentially makes layer-2 networks nearly equivalent to main "layer-1" blockchains like Ethereum.Polygon is betting that more networks will use the new prover to connect to its own blockchain ecosystem.Polygon had previously relied on a "Type 2" prover that doesn't provide the same level

Nov 25, 2020 at 10:47 a.m. UTC(Australian National Audit Office)Australia and Singapore to Trial ‘Paperless’ Trade Using Blockchain TechnologyThe Australian Border Force (ABF), the country’s customs and border protection agency, wants to simplify cross-border trade with Singapore using blockchain technology.Under the Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA), a blockchain trial was launched this week in an…

opinion Terence Zimwara is a cryptocurrency enthusiast and economic analyst from Zimbabwe, with firsthand experience of his country’s record hyperinflation. Terence also likes to share his views via his blog. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. As digital currencies gradually gain traction, a counter narrative emerged as the year progressed:…