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Dec 8, 2019 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Dec 8, 2019 at 09:03 UTCDecentralized Liquidity Is the Backbone of DeFiOne of the most interesting recent developments in cryptocurrency is the emergence of decentralized liquidity pools. Algorithmic-based smart contract liquidity pools such as Ethereum’s Uniswap, or privacy-focused, off-chain decentralized exchanges such as Starkware’s StarkDEX are just two examples…

Fnality, a fintech firm building tokenized versions of major currencies collateralized by cash held at central banks, has raised $95 million (£77.7m) in Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas.DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree participated in the round, which also saw further commitment from a number of banks that backed Fnality’s $63m

news Hackers stole more than 7,000 bitcoin from crypto exchange Binance, the world’s largest by volume, the startup reported Tuesday. Binance announced that a “large scale security breach” was discovered earlier on May 7, finding that malicious actors were able to access user API keys, two-factor authentication codes and “potentially other info,” the exchange’s CEO,…

Root Protocol, a digital identity service aiming to unify access to Web3 platforms, has raised $10 million across two seed rounds.The funding rounds, which gave Root a $100 million valuation, were led by Animoca Brands and included contributions from a slew of other notable investors, including Signum Capital, Ankr Network, CMS Holdings and angel investors

BlackRock’s iShares unit filed paperwork Thursday afternoon with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the formation of a spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).As with all things perpetually online, many are tying themselves up and tripping over semantics. Is this proposed fund actually an ETF or just a trust? The question seems odd,…

"It appears to be a replacement for the entire ACH system of banking." Taariq Lewis, the founder of multiple blockchain startups and the SF Cryptocurrency Devs engineers meetup, sent that note with an attached white paper to CoinDesk in early August. "It's really strange," he said. "We received a copy of the white paper attached,…

Feb 25, 2020 at 20:50 UTCUpdated Feb 25, 2020 at 21:21 UTCBank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane said the central bank won't issue a central bank digital currency unless a private competitor takes off. (Image via YouTube)Bank of Canada Won’t Issue Its Own Crypto Unless Libra Succeeds: Deputy GovernorThe Bank of Canada has no…

Credit: Official SpaceX Photos/FlickrLex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Fintech Blueprint newsletter. Elon Musk is complicated. His life is one of extremes – swinging from bankruptcy to massive success, family to playboy, compliance to law breaker, trolling to leadership. Let’s…

Oct 15, 2020 at 14:48 UTCUpdated Oct 15, 2020 at 15:39 UTC(Anna_Ieni/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)Taproot Has Been Merged Into Bitcoin Core: Here’s What That MeansBitcoin’s long-awaited Taproot update is one step closer to fruition. The codebase for the smart-contract upgrade to Bitcoin’s blockchain has been merged into the Bitcoin Core library. This comes about…