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Mar 30, 2020 at 06:00 UTCESGCan Bitcoin Survive the Climate Change Revolution?Coronavirus might be the biggest story of the decade, but climate change will be the grand narrative of the century. As energy of any kind becomes of premium value to the planet, and the world’s transport systems come onto the electric grid, how will notoriously…

CBDC stands for “central bank digital currency,” a new type of currency that governments around the world are experimenting with. What sets a CBDC apart from established currencies is that proponents hope it can use new payment technology, typically a blockchain, to potentially increase payment efficiency and lower costs.This new type of currency is still…

Sep 24, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Sep 24, 2020 at 16:28 UTCU.S. Rep. Mike Conaway is introducing a bill that would bring digital assets and crypto exchanges under a single federal umbrella overseen by the CFTC. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)A New Bill Proposes to Put US Crypto Exchanges Under a National FrameworkA new bill could bring…

The Graph, a protocol for indexing and querying data stored on blockchains, plans to add AI-assisted querying with large language models as part of a suite of new features disclosed Tuesday.The "New Era" roadmap outlines one of the biggest upgrades for the project since a $50 million fundraising last year.Other planned features include "the introduction

Danny is CoinDesk's Managing Editor for Data & Tokens. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL.A cadre of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are coordinating to rescue about $300,000 in crypto that got frozen during the biggest hack of 2023.The owner of the crypto, Inverse Finance, fears arbitrageurs are gearing up to grab the hoard once it…

MicroStrategy's $42 billion bitcoin acquisition strategy has some risks, the report said. CoinShares said financing conditions need to remain favorable and there needs to be investor demand for the company's convertible debt. MicroStrategy is tied to its bitcoin holdings, the asset manager said. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to

In about five hours, the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Zcash will spawn a new blockchain network called Ycash. It’ll be the first of its kind to boast a near-identical codebase to the Zzcash blockchain but function as a separate network and de facto competitor. First announced in April, the effort is spearheaded by long-time Zcash supporter Howard…

Renzo restaked ETH (ezETH) crashed as low as $750 early Wednesday, trading at a massive discount to wrapped ether (WETH).The sell-off was likely catalyzed by users looking to reclaim their ETH in low liquidity conditions and large liquidations of ezETH-collateralized positions.Renzo restaked ETH (ezETH), the liquid restaking token representing a user's restaked position at Renzo

Aug 14, 2020 at 10:57 UTCUpdated Aug 14, 2020 at 11:05 UTCCredit: CoinDesk archives, modified using PhotoMosh.com Marathon Patent Group has signed a purchase agreement with Chinese mining manufacturer Bitmain to drastically increase output with 10,500 new Antminer S-19 rigs at a total cost of $23 million. The Nasdaq-listed mining company announced Friday the new…