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Nov 12, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 12, 2020 at 2:20 p.m. UTCPlaceholder partner Chris Burniske at Consensus Invest 2017(CoinDesk archives)‘Chainlink Killer’ API3 Closes $3M Funding Round With Placeholder and PanteraWhen it comes to solving the so-called “oracle problem,” or the way blockchains are connected to outside data sources, we can do better.So says…

Sep 11, 2020 at 10:18 UTCUpdated Sep 11, 2020 at 10:27 UTCYFI token shot up when Coinbase announced its listing plans. (CoinGecko)Coinbase Effect Hits DeFi as yEarn’s YFI Token Surges 10% On Pro Listing NewsA coming listing on Coinbase Pro has brought a boost to yEarn.Finance’s already highly priced token. The YFI token soared an…

Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's blockchain prognostications.BIS General Manager Agustin Carstens(Flickr)Jan 27, 2021 at 9:20 p.m. UTCBIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin’s Viability, Prompting Blowback From AdvocatesThe chief banker at the bank for central banks, Agustín Carstens, cast doubts on bitcoin’s long-term viability Wednesday, saying it was only a matter of time before a…

Bitcoin’s breakout above $63,300 on Monday to all-time highs is “constructive technically” and should see prices rise to $72,000 initially and then $77,600, according to FSInsight, a markets strategy and research firm.FSInsight notes that bitcoin momentum isn’t overbought yet on daily or weekly timeframes.A breakout in bitcoin’s market-cap dominance chart means it may outperform altcoins…

With the price of BTC down by more than $8K and an opportunity to trade your crypto for a New York City bar (or two), CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch:…

feature Overstock is opening up trading on its security token market, tZERO, to all comers. Retail investors will be able to trade on the platform starting Aug. 12, tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi told CoinDesk. At that point, the one year lock-up period for tZERO’s 2018 security token offering (STO) will pass. While the platform went live in…

Jun 29, 2020 at 12:28 UTC(Alex Segre/Shutterstock)First Mover: The Return of the Bitcoin Retail Investor (And Why That’s a Good Thing)Since the end of 2017, the assumed trajectory was that well-heeled financial institutions would take the reins from retail investors, becoming the main driving force and primary investor class in crypto. But a report out last week…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ian Allison is an award-winning senior reporter at CoinDesk. He holds ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, recently turned down an offer to…

A Japanese city government has become one of the first in the country to have tested a blockchain-based system to let residents cast votes for selecting city development programs. The government of Tsukuba, a city known for its role in scientific development since the 1960s, completed the blockchain test on Aug. 28 with 119 votes…