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news Malaysian authorities have apprehended five men charged with stealing 85 bitcoin machines. The police captured the men in a police raid on November 2. The Sun Daily reports that four men and one woman rented a building in Seremban, Malaysia adjacent to a warehouse storing the bitcoin machines. The five drilled through the concrete…

Bitcoin’s average trade size on most exchanges jumped to its highest point since June following a federal court ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must review its rejection of Grayscale Investments' attempt to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF on Tuesday.According to data from Kaiko, the average trade size

Grayscale, the investment firm behind one of the largest spot bitcoin ETFs (GBTC), has introduced Wednesday a new digital asset fund that invests in artificial intelligence-focused (AI) tokens. The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund is accessible to accredited investors, and "was designed to capture the growth of protocols at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence,"

feature Casa’s new mobile app makes it easier to manage your lightning node on the go. Launched today, the new Sats App works like a noncustodial wallet with some unique features. In addition to being able to manage a user’s lightning node from the mobile app, Casa CEO Jeremy Welch said the startup will soon…

Sep 8, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Sep 8, 2020 at 16:11 UTCVisa Adds Crypto Lender Cred to Fast Track Payments ProgramCrypto lending platform Cred has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program to speed up payments and borrowing, Cred said Tuesday.  According to the statement, entry into the fast track program will allow Cred to “more…

news Jason Leung, global head of Cumberland, the cryptocurrency-focused unit of Chicago-based trading giant DRW, is leaving the firm. He will be replaced by Chris Zuehlke, formerly chief technical officer at Cumberland, who has been employed with DRW for some 15 years. A spokesperson for DRW Holdings told CoinDesk: “We are grateful to Jason for…

It may encourage U.S. regulators to approve their first bitcoin exchange-traded fund.Feb 16, 2021 at 9:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 9:39 p.m. UTCEvolve Becomes Second Canadian Issuer to Win Approval for Bitcoin ETFThe Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has approved Canada’s second bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Evolve’s bitcoin ETF was conditionally approved on Tuesday to…

Manta Network will build MantaSwap now that it's closed a $1.1 million funding round.(Mohamed Nashah/Unsplash)Feb 2, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. UTCDeFi Privacy Is Getting a Boost From Polkadot Parachain Manta NetworkA new survey by Manta Network, a privacy-preserving decentralized finance stack built on Substrate, has shed further light on the need for privacy in the…

May 1, 2020 at 21:21 UTCUpdated May 1, 2020 at 21:31 UTCBUSY: A recent surge in mining power may have overcome the difficulty rate. (Credit: Shutterstock)In an unusual deviation from the norm, bitcoin miners just produced 16 blocks in 63 minutes, according to the Blockstream bitcoin block explorer. Four of the new blocks were mined…