SEC Chairman Clayton Says Wednesday Is His Last Day in Office

As the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried has unfolded the last couple of weeks, one question has lingered heavily in the air. Would he testify?Today, SBF’s defense team revealed that the fallen crypto king would indeed be taking the stand. It could happen as early as Thursday, as the prosecution side hands over to the defense

The San Francisco-based firm did not say if it would choose a direct listing.Feb 9, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. UTCCrypto Market Maker Apifiny Plans to Go PublicCrypto market maker Apifiny is planning to go public by the end of 2021, the company announced Tuesday. Following in Coinbase and INX’s footsteps, San Francisco-based Apifiny plans use the…

Feb 12, 2020 at 19:32 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian ArmstrongCoinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., is getting back into the business of lending money to traders, joining a growing roster of venues providing leverage to help users juice investment returns.The San Francisco-based exchange said Wednesday in a blog post that its new “margin trading”…

Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital (MARA) has mined an invalid Bitcoin block at height 809478, according to several developers, miners and researchers.Anonymous Bitcoin developer "0xB10C" wrote on X that MaraPool had a "transaction ordering issue," this was confirmed by CasaHODL co-founder Jameson Lopp.The invalid Bitcoin block was rejected by other node operators. The block contained

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 Top Stories Cryptos crashed as risk-off sentiment permeated global markets. Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled below $60,000 during the weekend, then nosedived to $49,300 during

Sep 22, 2020 at 15:25 UTCA decentralized way to copy bitcoin (BTC) over to Ethereum is relaunching today after a smart-contract bug sunk the project in May. Called tBTC, the Thesis-built protocol was first announced in April, and is now ready for a fresh start. BTC holders who want to use Ethereum but worry about…

Credit: Shutterstock/Vinicius BacarinBug in ‘Timelocked’ Bitcoin Contracts Could Spur Miners to Steal From Each OtherA widespread bug has compromised a special type of bitcoin transaction that is supposed to discourage miners from cheating, new research shows. In a report released in late April, pseudonymous engineer 0xb10c found more than a million of these “timelocked” transactions…

A string of cryptocurrency news outlets reported that HSBC Hong Kong is giving its customers access to bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds on Monday.The news was first reported by crypto journalist Colin Wu and reproduced by a number of different sites, including The Block.However, this appears to be something of an overreaction. HSBC's…

FTX and Lightspeed Venture Partners have led a $21 million Series A funding round for gaming studio Faraway.Faraway said in a press release Thursday the other participants in the funding round included a16z, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, Jump Capital and Solana. Faraway raised an $8 million seed round earlier this year, which was also led…