Robinhood Adds Ethereum Classic to Crypto Trading App

CORRECTION (July 17, 15:11 UTC): Corrects story attribution to JMP Securities.The U.S. Southern District Court’s ruling in partial favor of payments network Ripple represents a landmark win for the crypto industry and provides clarity as to what does and doesn’t represent a security, investment bank JMP Securities wrote in a research note Friday.“Large capital pools…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin fell below $62,000 during the European morning, having treaded water around $63,000 throughout most of the Asian session. BTC was changing hands at about $61,670

news Blockchain data startup dfuse has just closed its first official round of equity funding. Led by Multicoin Capital and Intel Capital (a division of Intel Corporation), the seed funding saw the Montreal-based firm raise $3.5 million for its line of products geared towards demystifying blockchain data. According to a press release provided to CoinDesk…

Jun 30, 2020 at 08:00 UTCAlexey Andryunin (CoinDesk archives)To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper’s Business Is Still ThrivingEleven months ago, Alexey Andryunin was sure his business was not long for this world.  A 22-year-old math student from Moscow, Andryunin built a business inflating trade volumes in little-known crypto tokens issued during the 2017 initial…

Aug 27, 2020 at 14:39 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 14:40 UTC(Jonathan Petersson/Unsplash)David Dias is a research engineer at Protocol Labs. He specializes in peer-to-peer networking and distributed systems. Electricity, water, gas – these are just some of the public utilities we use every day, whether for cooking food in the morning, heating homes throughout…

Jan 6, 2021 at 7:03 a.m. UTCSenator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), former CEO of Bakkt(CoinDesk archives)Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Loses Senate SeatFormer Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) will not return for a full term as a U.S. Senator, AP projected Wednesday.Loeffler, who ran against Democrat Raphael Warnock, left the crypto warehousing company late in December…

Crypto issuer Circle saw a surge in remittances flow through Asia via its USDC stablecoin, the company said in a new report highlighting how the cryptocurrency is used beyond speculative trading.USDC is a cryptocurrency pegged to the value of the U.S. dollar, and backed by liquid cash and cash-equivalent assets.In 2022, $130 billion worth of

TerraClassicUSD (USTC) gained 300% in a week as plans of a bitcoin-backed revamp plan and a Binance perpetual contract listing unleashed a speculative frenzy.USTC and LUNC underpin the Terra ecosystem, which collapsed last May.TerraClassicUSD (USTC) and its sister token Terra luna classic (LUNC) – remnants of the blown-up Terra blockchain – skyrocketed this week, fueled

Jun 23, 2020 at 19:36 UTCUpdated Jun 23, 2020 at 19:42 UTCSpain is accepting public comment on its anti-money laundering amendment only through today in an effort to speed the process. (Shutterstock)Spain’s Crypto Firms to Face New Registration Requirements Under EU-Driven BillLawmakers in Spain are working on amending the nation’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing…