The Case for a Bitcoin ETF

Jul 10, 2020 at 16:33 UTCBlockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin AmericaCoinbase will host its first investor day, New York State prosecutors won a jurisdictional dispute involving Bitfinex and a protocol arms race is unfolding in Latin America. Here’s the story: You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the…

NEWS Aug 31, 2018 at 09:40 UTC  |  Updated  Aug 31, 2018 at 11:12 UTC Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange. The company said in an announcement that it has inked a share transfer agreement for 100 percent of an exchange called Everybody's…

Aug 24, 2020 at 14:23 UTCUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 14:24 UTCBinance logo (Maquette.pro/ Shutterstock)Over $1M in Ryuk Ransomware Bitcoin Was ‘Cashed Out’ on Binance: ReportResearchers have traced millions of dollars-worth of bitcoin sent as payments to Ryuk ransomware controllers and found a good portion passed through the Binance exchange platform. In a document seen…

Jake Chervinsky is a lawyer, just not yours. A litigator with New York-based Kobre & Kim, Chervinsky has become a preeminent Twitter personality thanks to his insightful, informative tweets about cryptocurrency, and particularly ETFs. Chervinsky joins host Nolan Bauerle to talk about the SEC, enforcement, and the Twitter school of law. Register for Consensus to…

Crypto futures platform WOO X started a prelaunch perpetual futures market that lets users bet on the prices of upcoming tokens that have yet to be issued, a representative told CoinDesk on Wednesday. Such markets can enable traders to engage in price discovery and hedging strategies well before the tokens are officially launched. Individual projects

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has long taken the position that the majority of crypto tokens should be treated as securities. In March 2023, Gensler stated:“The investing public is investing anticipating a return, anticipating something on these tokens, whether they're proof-of-stake (PoS) tokens, where they're also looking to get returns on

Aug 26, 2020 at 20:16 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Braces for $700M in Options to Expire; Record $7B Value Locked in DeFiThe bitcoin market bottomed out around $11,100 before bouncing back; DeFi continues an upward trend, garnering interest from traders and perhaps creating new ones. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,467 as of…

Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), one of the largest publicly traded crypto miners in North America, reported a narrower-than forecast first-quarter loss per share as a rising bitcoin price and increased production helped lift the Florida-based company back toward profitability.The company also said it received another subpoena…

On Polymarket, Kamala Harris' odds of winning the U.S. presidential election have increased from 33% on Oct. 30 to nearly 39%. Donald Trump's have dropped 61%. The increase in Harris' odds might be due to traders hedging their bets, with trades above $10,000 suggesting both large bets on Harris and strategic trading to protect against