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Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of crypto exchange Binance, has taken the lead in a $10 million funding round for Neutron, a cross-chain smart contract platform focused on interchain security within the Cosmos ecosystem.CoinFund co-led the funding, proceeds from which will help advance development of Neutron’s blockchain software and promote growth for…

With geopolitical events reverberating and bitcoin continuing its upward trend, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with news and analysis.No time to listen? scroll down for the complete episode transcript...Crypto Markets, Industry and International News RoundupCars paying each other for right of way? With Sony getting into "Mobility", a very early bitcoin use-case has re-emerged.A new…

opinion Alexis Gauba is co-founder at she256, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity and breaking down barriers to entry in the blockchain space, and Mechanism Labs, which is conducting blockchain based research experiments in the domains of distributed consensus, scalability, and usability.  The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. Blockchain technology has…

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$14.5 billion in bitcoin options have traded on Deribit in the first two weeks of 2021. Deribit bitcoin options daily volume since Jan. 2020Jan 12, 2021 at 5:07 p.m. UTCBitcoin Options Volume on Deribit Already 25% of 2020 TotalDeribit traders have already recorded 25% of last year’s entire bitcoin options volume. After a record-setting $2…

Trading volume in XRP on South Korean crypto exchanges surpassed that of bitcoin, topping 40% on UpBit and 35% on Bithumb and Korbit, indicating a high demand for XRP in the country. Traders warn of a correction in the coming days, however, which could damp short-term trading sentiment. Trading volume in XRP flipped that of

news Two Canadian nationals have been indicted for scheming to steal bitcoin from an Oregon resident. Karanjit and Jagroop Singh Khatkar of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, posed as customer service representatives of HitBTC, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange, in order to steal login credentials of a target’s account. According to a statement from the Attorney’s…

The price of bitcoin fell below $8,000 for the fourth time in seven days as the cryptocurrency's value sank to its lowest level since July 23rd.

Jun 10, 2020 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Jun 10, 2020 at 15:36 UTCRussian government building (Credit: Shutterstock)Russia’s Economy Ministry Calls for ‘Controllable Market’ Rather Than Crypto BanThe Russian economy ministry is pushing back against the nation’s planned ban on cryptocurrency.  In a letter to the country’s parliament, the nation’s Ministry of Economic Development criticized a package…