Swedish Bank Inks Deal to Offer Crypto Fund Trading

This is the first bitcoin rewards halving in which value can be assigned to individual sats, which can now be traded like NFTs following last year's launch of the Ordinals protocol.The first sat to be mined after this month's halving could theoretically attain a value of $1 million or more on marketplaces for digital collectibles."It's

Aug 13, 2020 at 07:00 UTCNigerians Are Using Bitcoin to Bypass Trade Hurdles With ChinaChukwuemeka Ezike sends thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin a month in order to trade with Chinese exporting companies. In return, he receives spare auto parts, construction equipment, and juices for a family business his father started more than 30 years…

Last week, Greenpeace USA splashed laser-eyed animations of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Manhattan skyscrapers, along with shocking statistics about bitcoin mining’s energy use and emissions.Bitcoin, according to its bombastic ad copy, uses more energy than many countries, emits more carbon than millions of automobiles and its pollution “WILL…

The crypto market is back in growth mode following a period of consolidation, the report said. Canaccord noted that the launch of spot ETFs in the U.S. has led to broader institutional adoption of digital assets. Institutional allocations to crypto are expected to increase, the broker said. The digital assets industry has bounced back from

Jun 15, 2020 at 11:30 UTCUpdated Jun 15, 2020 at 11:32 UTCTrevor Koverko and Charles Hoskinson (right) at CoinDesk Construct 2019First Mover: Cardano’s No Ethereum Killer Yet, But It’s Winning in Crypto MarketsAs Ethereum pushes slowly toward a new type of blockchain technology that some cryptocurrency experts predict could represent the future of decentralized finance,…

Web3 role-playing adventure game Big Time is emerging from a year-long testing phase and expects to go live in early October.Big Time aims to bring to its large community a free-to-play experience, without the sort of poorly aligned pay-to-win mechanics that have dogged other crypto-centric games.Big Time’s creators, which include the former CEO of Ethereum-based

Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.James Rubin is CoinDesk's U.S. news editor based on the West Coast.Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: Bitcoin…

U.S.-listed crypto companies showed healthy gains in pre-market trading on Monday as bitcoin {{BTC}} topped $65,000 for the first time since November 2021.Bitcoin is up over 5% in the last 24 hours, while the CoinDesk 20 Index, a measure of the largest digital assets, has risen around 4.75%.With the world’s largest cryptocurrency's all-time high price

Featured SpeakerBrett HarrisonFounder and CEOArchitectDon't miss "FTX: What Happened" with the former president of FTX's U.S. arm and Anthony Scaramucci.Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She has no significant crypto holdings. Featured SpeakerBrett HarrisonFounder and CEOArchitectDon't miss "FTX: What Happened" with the former president of FTX's…