ShapeShift Acquires Tool That Quickly Swaps Bitcoin for Other Cryptos

U.S.-Crypto exchange Gemini has launched its interest-bearing product for the people of Hong Kong.“Gemini Earn” enables customers to receive up to 8.05% Annual Percentage Yield (APY), according to a press release on Tuesday.The exchange currently supports interest-bearing APY for up to 39 different assets with the highest provided by Gemini’s own stablecoin GUSD.“It’s important to…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market…

Bitcoin (BTC) and major tokens edged higher as traders digested concerns of a ruling in the ongoing FTX court case that temporarily led to sell-off concerns earlier this week.BTC rose 1.5% to trade over $26,100 in European morning hours on Thursday. Ether neared $1,700 before falling to $1,650. Xrp (XRP) and solana (SOL) led gains

Organizers of the upcoming Bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, are warning speakers that “a very special guest” has shaken up the event schedule, leading many insiders to believe that Donald Trump will attend after all. The presumptive republican presidential nominee had been in talks to speak at the annual gathering of bitcoiners, according to an

Just over three months ago, an indicator called "Bollinger bandwidth" based on bitcoin's weekly price changes signaled a volatility boom. Sure enough, volatility picked up prior to the recent debut of spot BTC ETFs in the U.S.Now, the monthly chart Bollinger bandwidth has carved out a pattern that preluded Bitcoin's near-vertical rallies of 2016 and

Cultural and regulatory conversation worldwide today show that there is a lot of fear around AI. AI is going to take over the world, it’s coming for everyone’s job, it’s going to destroy Hollywood: choose your own dystopian adventure. I don’t want any of those things to happen, either, but I’m an AI optimist at…

Oct 13, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Oct 13, 2020 at 09:10 UTCWhether President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden wins next month, trillions of dollars of stimulus are likely, say analysts in both cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets.(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)The outcome of next month’s U.S. presidential election may not matter much for bitcoin’s price:…

Phillip Banks, the creator of the "Chill Guy" meme, said he's copyrighted the character and plans to issue takedown notices for any for-profit use. Notable figures in the crypto community responded by humorously suggesting Banks accepts tokens or money through a Solana address. The CHILLGUY token's popularity was supposedly fueled by its viral spread on

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 PricesCrypto prices. (CoinDesk Indices) (CoinDesk Indices)Top StoriesBitcoin (BTC) has gained over 40% in four weeks and is just 10% short of challenging its record high near $69,000.