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The past 48 hours have been grim for the crypto industry. On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued crypto exchange Binance and its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao for allegedly violating federal securities laws. The next day, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Coinbase over similar allegations. Later in the afternoon, the SEC…

Sep 22, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 22, 2020With bitcoin at risk of falling to four figures and new guidance from the OCC, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is…

Jan 11, 2021 at 7:25 p.m. UTCNew York (Gareth Lowndes/Shutterstock)NYDIG Acquires Digital Assets DataCryptocurrency investments company NYDIG said Monday it acquired Digital Assets Data, a move that will pad the asset manager’s crypto research and analytics offerings for its institutional base.Digital Asset Data’s co-founders, brothers Mike and Ryan Alfred will join NYDIG, the companies said.…

Mar 2, 2020 at 13:45 UTCUpdated Mar 2, 2020 at 13:46 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Simon VayroInsurance giant Lloyd's of London is backing a new policy protecting cryptocurrency held in online wallets against theft from hacks.Provided by Coincover, a crypto "lifestyle" service provider, the insurance is underwritten by Lloyd's insurance syndicate Atrium, Coincover announced on Sunday. The liability…

Bitcoin fell to $25,530 on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off the U.S. central bank’s widely expected halt to a more than year-long diet of interest rate hikes. Major altcoins took a late afternoon dive to sink into negative territory.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading down about 1.2% over the past 24 hours…

MicroStrategy (MSTR) reported a second quarter net loss of $102.6 million or $5.74 per share versus income of $22.2 million or $1.52 per share one year earlier. The loss came as the company took an impairment charge on its bitcoin holdings of $180.1 million versus $24.1 million in the second quarter a year ago. 01:06

The parody Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E) memecoin has surged by 100% in the last 24 hours, boosting its trading volumes and demand. Elon Musk's public discussions about forming a real "Department of Government Efficiency" (D.O.G.E.) to streamline government spending have spurred the rise of this parody token. 02:41 Bitcoin's New All-Time High; U.S. BTC

Aug 18, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 18, 2020With bitcoin’s exchange reserves at a 20-month low and its hashrate getting soaked in Sichuan, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases , subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is…

Bitcoin-friendly Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that he will be dropping out of the presidential race."While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains," Suarez said in a tweet on Tuesday.Suarez, who was…