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Jun 29, 2020 at 07:28 UTCUpdated Jun 29, 2020 at 07:34 UTC(Chris Liverani, Unsplash)Crypto Long & Short: What Trends in Volatility Could Mean for BitcoinBy this stage, pretty much everyone knows that bitcoin’s volatility is well above that of equity markets. This is still true, even after the ructions of March. What is less well-known…

A recent surge in the computing power on the Bitcoin blockchain has sped up the creation of new blocks as mining companies seek to cash in on the bullish trends in the market.Miners are bringing new, more powerful rigs online and even plugging in older machines again, pushing up the network computational power known as

There was a lot of news last week, but maybe the biggest news came Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Justice arrested two co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a bitcoin wallet that offered mixing services. The arrest ramps up the federal government's efforts to tamp down on what it sees as money laundering enabled by privacy

Mar 27, 2020 at 17:30 UTCUpdated Mar 27, 2020 at 17:33 UTCSen. Sherrod Brown's office intends to pursue a digital dollar as its own Senate bill. (Credit: Shutterstock)How a Flurry of ‘Digital Dollar’ Proposals Made It to CongressThe “digital dollar” took just eight days to get into Congress.Advocates for digitizing coronavirus relief payments began working…

Triangle is being bought by stablecoin company Bridge, which itself is the target of a takeover by payments giant Stripe. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Triangle founder, Tasti Zakarie, previously worked for Stripe. 01:49 Mega ETF Inflows and Bitcoin Wallet Activity Signal Further Bullishness 03:12 MicroStrategy Plans to Raise $42B to Buy

Aug 24, 2020 at 20:24 UTCUpdated Aug 24, 2020 at 20:26 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $11.8K; Ethereum Gas at All-Time HighThe bitcoin market is experiencing low volume Monday but ether continues to fuel DeFi’s growth. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,737 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.34% over the…

OnChain Studios has raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to develop Cryptoys: a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform that combines digital toys and gaming.Cryptoys are interactive digital toys that consumers can buy, play with, collect and sell. They will launch soon on Flow, a blockchain designed for NFT collectibles…

Crypto.com has been granted a license to operate specified virtual asset service activities in Dubai, the crypto exchange announced on Tuesday.The license has been granted to its Dubai entity, CRO DAX Middle East FZE, which received a minimal viable product (MVP) preparatory approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in March.Receiving a full license

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International will roll out cryptocurrency trading services to retail customers by the end of January 2024.The service will initially be offered to customers in Vienna, where the 97-year-old bank is headquartered, and be provided in association with cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda, which signed a letter of intent with the bank earlier this year.“We