PayPal Joins $4.2M Round for Crypto Banking Compliance Startup

NEW YORK — NFT.NYC 2023 brought the heat to Manhattan.The three-day-long flagship non-fungible token (NFT) conference took place as temperatures ranged between 80 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit, uncharacteristically hot for mid-April.The main programming took place at New York City's Javits Center, a convention venue on the west side of Manhattan where over 6,000 attendees flowed…

The legal woes of biotech company-turned-crypto miner Riot Blockchain don't appear to be slowing down.

Credit: Nataliya Komarova / ShutterstockWhat the Stock Market’s ‘Robinhood Rally’ Means for BitcoinThe largest 50-day “Robinhood” rally in stock market history and even stocks of bankrupt companies are up more than 100%. What is going on? For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google…

NEWS Sep 12, 2018 at 16:00 UTC Crypto exchange company Seed CX has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round. Bain Capital Ventures led the exchange's $15 million Series B fundraise, according to statements, bringing the company's total fundraise to $25 million. The exchange offers trading and settlement services for spot markets and other derivatives…

Jan 17, 2020 at 16:45 UTCUpdated Jan 17, 2020 at 17:19 UTCTelegram CEO Pavel Durov, photo via TechCrunch/Wikimedia CommonsSEC: Cash-Strapped Telegram Launched 2018 Token Sale to Pay for ServersTelegram launched a 2018 token sale because it was "short on cash" to pay for servers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said.The claim, made in…

Sam Altman, the OpenAI executive who was out, then back in, is known in crypto circles for his other major project: Worldcoin, with its Black Mirror-esque iris-scanning orb. The project just released a major update, detailed in this week's feature by CoinDesk's Sam Kessler; he also managed to extract from the project's tech guru, Tiago

Genesis is now focused on liquidation after making material changes to its bankruptcy plans last week, the U.S. government has said.The change threatens to delay bankruptcy proceedings further.An updated bankruptcy plan filed by crypto lender Genesis last week represents a significant change of plans, the U.S. government said in a filing on Wednesday. The lender

Happy Juneteenth to our readers in the U.S.! CoinDesk staff is off for the federal holiday but we have compiled an abbreviated issue of The Protocol with the latest news headlines on blockchain tech, along with our top picks from the past week's Protocol Village column.Martin Shkreli and $DJT. Is there a connection to Donald

Hopes surrounding a potential U.S. Bitcoin ETF filing by investment giant BlackRock spurred a slight change in market movements early on Friday, fueling a bullish outlook among some traders.On Thursday, CoinDesk reported that BlackRock planned to offer a Bitcoin ETF with crypto exchange Coinbase serving as custodian. This was confirmed later after a filing showed…