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Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ian Allison is an award-winning senior reporter at CoinDesk. He holds ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is remaining in Canada and complying with tougher rules set…

Jul 30, 2020 at 19:54 UTCSocial Media Companies Are ‘Too Big to Fail’Jenny Leung is a blockchain and fintech attorney at Blakemore Fallon PLLC dba Ketsal.  This year, 2020, is the year social media institutions became systemically important.  This term, “systemically important,” typically describes a financial institution whose failure poses a significant threat to the…

Exchanges experienced a net inflow of 62,000 ETH ($231 million) this week, suggesting a period of volatility is coming.Daily spot buying from ETH permanent holders hit its highest level in 2024 this week.A significant price correction is expected if a spot ether ETF is delayed or denied due to high levels of open interest.12:10Former SEC

Credit: Munshots/UnsplashAt a press conference Sunday Minnesota Department of Public Safety commissioner John Harrington compared the methods police were using to identify protestors to those used to track COVID-19 cases.  We’ve “begun analyzing the data of who we have arrested, and begun, actually, doing what you would think as almost pretty similar to our COVID. It’s…

Apr 21, 2020 at 11:45 UTCOil spill cleanup. (Credit: Shutterstock/Tigergallery)Bitcoin is looking weak after Monday's big crash in the oil markets. The top cryptocurrency by market value is changing hands near $6,820 at time of writing, having faced rejection above $7,200 yesterday., according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. Bitcoin's fall came as prices of oil,…

Jan 8, 2021 at 10:38 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 8, 2021 at 11:23 a.m. UTCTron-Owned Video Platform Criticized for Hosting Extremists, U.S. Capitol Rioters[UPDATED] Video streaming platform DLive, owned by blockchain platform Tron, was reportedly used by far-right extremists to live stream the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC),…

Sep 15, 2020 at 15:41 UTCUpdated Sep 15, 2020 at 15:54 UTC(Dmytro Tyshchenko/Shutterstock)A significant amount of cryptocurrencies passes through dark web marketplaces in Eastern Europe, according to Chainalysis. Eastern Europe is actively using crypto for illicit purposes, the blockchain analytics firm said in a recent report. Out of $41 billion in total transaction volume, 1.4%…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. She previously worked as an intern for Business Insider and Bloomberg News. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or…

news Weekly trading volume for the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market value, Ethereum (ETH), reached its highest notional value in over 17-months on the popular exchange Coinbase. In Coinbase’s two most popular ETH markets, ETH/BTC and ETH/USD, a combined total of 3,675,570 units of ETH changed hands from May 13 to May 19, which…