The Bitwise/ETF Trends 2021 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Cryptoassets

Core Scientific is expanding its AI deal with CoreWeave. Russell Cann, Core Scientific’s chief development officer, talked to CoinDesk about the particulars of the bitcoin miner’s multi-billion dollar infrastructure agreement with CoreWeave. AI fleets and bitcoin mining operations have very different requirements, Cann said, with AI clusters being much more capital intensive. 01:44 Bitcoin’s $4.2B

Jan 25, 2020 at 09:00 UTCPREDICTION: Unsatisfied with pricing, large traders will rethink their exchange relationships in 2020, writes Max Boonen. (Image via CoinDesk archive.)Max Boonen is the founder and CEO of crypto trading firm B2C2. This post is the third in a series of three that looks at the structure of crypto markets. Opinions…

Currently, users of the popular trading app can only buy and sell cryptocurrencies within their Robinhood accounts.Feb 18, 2021 at 8:35 a.m. UTCRobinhood to Allow Deposits, Withdrawals for Cryptos Including DogecoinOnline brokerage app Robinhood says it plans to enable withdrawals and deposits of cryptocurrencies including dogecoin.In a tweet Wednesday, the app provider said it “fully…

Nearly two years ago, the Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed – a bill that expanded broker information reporting to digital asset transactions and mandated Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rulemaking to implement the statute. Late last month, the IRS’s long-awaited proposal arrived, and it could kill crypto in America.The proposed rule would require newly designated

Huobi’s Japanese subsidiary received approval from the local Financial Services Agency to offer crypto derivatives, according to a Thursday press release.Huobi Japan is one of seven exchanges in the country to have successfully registered with the regulators as a Type I financial instruments business.To register, firms must have stated capital and net assets upwards of…

news Consumer electronics giant LG may be looking to launch its own blockchain smartphone. A report earlier today from Korean media outlet Chosun said “LG is likely to respond to Samsung’s innovation initiative,” a major brand competitor. In the report, Chosun further claimed LG is having difficulty separating a potential blockchain phone from Samsung’s previous…

The U.S. federal government on Wednesday charged three people with a yearslong phone hacking conspiracy that culminated in the infamous theft of $400 million from FTX as Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange was collapsing.In an 18-page indictment filed in D.C. court, prosecutors accused Robert Powell, Carter Rohn and Emily Hernandez with conspiracy to commit wire fraud

Dec 5, 2019 at 12:29 UTCUpdated Dec 5, 2019 at 12:40 UTCBadger image courtesy Microsoft/EnjinMicrosoft Teams up With Enjin to Offer Crypto Collectible RewardsDo good work, earn a "badger."That's the idea behind a new incentives scheme launched by Microsoft in partnership with blockchain gaming project Enjin.Dubbed Azure Heroes, a new web page for the initiative…

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Bitcoin (BTC) kiosk company Coinme has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging it was party to an unregistered security offering, the regulator announced Friday.Coinme, its…