Parent of Troubled BitMEX Names a Former Stock Exchange Chief Its New CEO

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jack Schickler is a CoinDesk reporter focused on crypto regulations, based in Brussels, Belgium. He doesn’t own any crypto.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Euroclear, a major player in traditional finance…

Paradigm Capital on Wednesday afternoon apparently prepped to sell its $3.5 million stash of MakerDAO governance token MKR, blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence shows.According to Arkham, 3,000 MKR were transferred from Paradigm's crypto wallet to a what was labeled as an OTC (over-the-counter) wallet. Paradigm in March did something similar, sending some $20 million of…

Apr 22, 2020 at 22:34 UTCUpdated Apr 22, 2020 at 22:38 UTCOpenfinance launched its alternative trading system in 2018. (Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock)Security token trading platform Openfinance is threatening to delist all tokens and suspend trading next month unless issuers cough up more funds to cover its costs.The company has not seen transaction activity…

Jul 14, 2020 at 08:00 UTC2020: The Year Ethereum Stayed HomeThis is a weird year for everyone and everything, but it’s a particularly weird year for Ethereum.  Why? The second-largest blockchain by market cap and the largest by contributing developers has always been known for having lots of events. COVID-19 has put the kibosh on…

news Supermarket kiosk network Coinstar has further expanded its bitcoin-buying service, adding around 100 new outlets and growing U.S. coverage to 21 states and the District of Columbia. The service, offered through a partnership with blockchain startup Coinme, now allows individuals to buy bitcoin with cash at over 2,200 locations, Coinme announced Wednesday. As of…

Transactional activity on the buzzing Solana network has briefly halted amid a "performance degradation," validators for the network confirmed Tuesday.“Solana Mainnet-Beta is experiencing a performance degradation, block progression is currently halted, core engineers & validators are actively investigating,” said Laine, a Solana validator, in an X post.Blocks seem to have last processed at 09:52 UTC

Aug 27, 2020 at 19:35 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 19:43 UTC(YouTube screenshot/modified by CoinDesk)YouTube’s Whac-a-Mole Approach to Crypto Scam Ads Remains a ProblemYouTube has long struggled with disinformation, misleading content and outright scams on its site. Despite lawsuits and Google’s own ad policies, cryptocurrency scam ads are still making it through the gates and…

Feb 10, 2020 at 14:00 UTCData center image via Shutterstock.Cold storage custody provider Vo1t is offering clients secure data centers from IBM to hold and encrypt their private keys.The new option, which comes from IBM Hyper Protect, ensures that clients’ keys are safe even if Vo1t’s data centers are compromised. The data center can be…

Only 7% of the survey participants see blockchain as an influential technology, falling from 25% in 2022.61% of the participants expect AI and machine learning to shape the future of trading in the next three years.Traders see inflation, the U.S. election, and recession risk as the top three catalysts that will impact the broader market