Shariah-Compliant Crypto Exchange Wins License From Bahrain Central Bank

With BTC looking at gloomy short-term price predictions and altcoins on the rise, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch: Stacks.co.Today's stories: Some are now forecasting an extension of Monday’s 20% price…

U.S. elections drama may be dragging Augur out of the doldrums. The decentralized betting platform built on ethereum enjoyed a promising launch in July but then stagnated due to its clunky user experience and a general decline in the use of decentralized applications. As Tuesday's mid-term elections in the U.S. approach, however, money is pouring…

Jul 24, 2020 at 09:40 UTCUpdated Jul 24, 2020 at 10:47 UTCZug, Switzerland (Shutterstock)Bitcoin Suisse has raised more than CHF 45 million (~$48 million) in its first-ever funding round. The Series A was for 16.4% of total equity – 10% newly-created – and completed in four months.It was led by Roger Studer, the former investment…

Dec 24, 2019 at 17:00 UTCOn today's holiday episode of Markets Daily, we're joined by John Barrett for a holiday classic.You can find the original song hereDisclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies.…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Margaux Nijkerk reports on blockchain protocols with a focus on the Ethereum ecosystem. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds a very small amount of ETH and other…

Having launched bitcoin futures trading in May, Goldman Sachs is now pondering the launch of a cryptocurrency custody service, according to a report.

Grey proposed creating a "Sushi DAO Legal Defense Fund" in a forum post, saying it would "cover legal costs for core contributors." The proposal recommends making $3 million in USDT available for core contributors, with another $1 million worth of USDT available in case the initial $3 million are used up.

feature The Takeaway Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX announced it has launched the first physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts in the U.S. Wednesday. The contracts, which pay traders out in bitcoin, rather than U.S. dollars, will be available to both institutional and retail investors. Customers can deposit bitcoin, rather than dollars, when buying a contract. LedgerX has…

The final dress rehearsal for Ethereum’s upcoming Dencun upgrade occurred Wednesday, as the blockchain's biggest changes in almost a year took place on the Holesky test network.The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper, through the introduction of “blobs,” a