SBI Holdings Again Invests in Crypto Exchange Under Scrutiny

Drift Protocol is conducting an airdrop of 100 million tokens and spinning up a token-based governance structure.A surprise winner of the highly anticipated announcement is MetaDAO. Its futarchy tech is being partly implemented in Drift.Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Drift protocol plans to launch a DRIFT governance token and airdrop the asset to its users within

news Market data aggregator CoinGecko has upgraded its “Trust Score” metric in a bid to bring more transparency to the crypto trading environment. The company’s re-tooled scoring system will evaluate global cryptocurrency exchanges using more complex metrics, beyond just liquidity. Speaking on stage at CoinDesk’s Invest: Asia event in Singapore, CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong said the firm has…

Last week's spot ETF approvals means giant institutions like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs are entering the bitcoin market. Wall Street could privilege Bitcoin that's mined with green energy or that provably untouched by nefarious activity. That could set off a struggle for Bitcoin's future akin to the acrimonious "Blocksize Wars" starting in 2017.A sizable crypto

Mar 4, 2020 at 19:39 UTCUpdated Mar 4, 2020 at 19:40 UTCBitcoin (BTC) is staying steady, with the 24-hour price remaining in the $8,600-$8,800 range as of 18:00 UTC (1 p.m. EST). Over the past 24 hours, the price rose a mere 0.07 percent. The surprise U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut Tuesday corresponded with a spike…

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. Rekt? You should see the other guy. For anyone concerned about bitcoin losing another 4…

Aug 17, 2020 at 19:00 UTCThe numbers are all over the place and the narratives are even more complicated, so what’s the real story with inflation?  For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.…

Sep 30, 2020 at 20:19 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Retests $10.8K; Total Value Locked in DeFi Hits $11BBitcoin’s price tested $10,800 to close out September while despite some market deflation, investors continue pushing crypto into DeFi.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,701 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.27% over the previous…

opinion Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. “Privacy is dead. Get over it.” We hear that refrain a lot. So often, in…

Bitcoin rose a little on Friday, but largely shrugged off an unexpectedly strong jobs report, along with a week’s worth of upset and uproar over the U.S. debt ceiling, end-game negotiations and renewed inflation concerns.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at about $27,180, up 1.2%. BTC edged above $27,000 shortly before U.S.…