ShapeShift Acquires Tool That Quickly Swaps Bitcoin for Other Cryptos

Nov 27, 2019 at 19:00 UTCUpdated Nov 27, 2019 at 18:51 UTCIndia Plans to Issue a National Blockchain FrameworkThe Indian government is preparing a national framework to support the wider deployment of blockchain use cases.Minister of state for electronics and IT (MeitY) Sanjay Dhotre said Wednesday that the government is drafting an approach paper on…

Aug 24, 2020 at 16:36 UTCThe tech branch of the Moscow city hall can broadcast the videos from the cameras in public spaces on the internet and even sell it to third parties, according to reports. The Department of Information Technologies at the Moscow city hall will purchase cameras to install inside and outside of…

If you ever thought the FTX saga seemed destined for a television adaptation, the entertainment industry agrees with you. Last year’s collapse of the rotten-to-the-core crypto exchange is the inspiration for an upcoming animated comedy called “FORTUN3.”The series, created by upstart Web3 studio Toonstar, is a send-up of the crypto-bro culture that FTX thrived in,…

Apr 16, 2020 at 20:01 UTCUpdated Apr 16, 2020 at 20:37 UTCBitcoin startup Purse will shut down after six years in the space, according to an email sent to customers Thursday and confirmed by CoinDesk.“We’ve made the very difficult decision to dissolve the company,” the email states. “We’re grateful for the opportunity afforded by our…

Ripple’s California victory muddies the waters on whether or not XRP can be considered a security. District court judges are not required to agree with rulings made by their peers in other cases. Lawyers say the lack of legal certainty for XRP and other digital assets will likely continue until there is a ruling from

Apr 14, 2020 at 21:01 UTCAfter weeks of elevated activity, trading volumes on spot bitcoin exchanges have subsided, boding well for some traders if not the venues themselves.Prices for bitcoin (BTC) climbed less than a percent Tuesday, retracing gains lost the day before when it hit a one-week low, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index…

Feb 18, 2020 at 10:30 UTCUpdated Feb 18, 2020 at 10:38 UTCGame image courtesy of EnjinEnjin has announced the launch of its game development platform on ethereum, enabling potentially millions of developers to integrate crypto assets into games and apps with no knowledge of writing blockchain code.The company announced the news Tuesday, saying the Enjin…

news Wladimir van der Laan, the lead maintainer of bitcoin’s most widely used software, has harsh words for those engaged in an ongoing debate about whether the cryptocurrency’s finite supply will ever be increased. A soft-spoken developer from The Netherlands, van der Laan is usually hesitant to enter the fray. Yet, he responded fiercely to…

Bitcoin (BTC) endured wild swings during Tuesday's trading session as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) social media post about approving spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) turned out to be false, leaving market participants baffled.BTC first rallied 2.5% to a fresh 19-month high of $47,900 immediately following the official SEC account's shared on X