This Week’s Bitfinex-Tether Allegations Explained

feature Capital markets blockchain startup Nivaura has raised a total of $20 million with the closing of its second seed extension round led by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Announced today, other investors in the latest round include Santander InnoVentures, the Spanish bank’s VC arm; law firms Linklaters and Orrick; Transamerica Ventures, part of pensions…

The fund is structured similarly to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, but aims to compete with lower fees.Feb 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 2:34 p.m. UTCOsprey Fund’s Bitcoin Trust Is Now Available to Retail Investors via OTCOsprey Fund’s bitcoin trust is now available to retail investors via the over-the-counter (OTC) market,…

news Digital retail giant Overstock.com plans to pay at least some of its taxes using bitcoin this year. The company announced on its investor portal Thursday that it would pay some of its state commercial activity taxes in Ohio using bitcoin, becoming the first major business to do so. Ohio announced last year that it…

Approximately $500 million in various cryptocurrencies are scheduled for unlock, potentially impacting their market due to increased supply. The unlocked tokens will be distributed to team members and investors for ecosystem development, with some, like WLD, facing a 7% supply increase. Historical data suggests that significant price changes might occur on average two weeks after

Aug 17, 2020 at 20:40 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Cracks $12.4K; DeFi Crosses $6B LockedBitcoin made a major gain Monday while investors have locked over $6 billion in crypto into various DeFi services. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $12,332 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 4.1% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s…

When DeFi Meets Neo Banking, This Thing Gets InterestingThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Varun is co-founder and CEO of Juno, a neo bank that provides users a high yield account for savings. Prior to…

news In crypto, where nothing is scarier than FOMO, there’s no better time for an extremely limited release of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) than Halloween. Take Decadent founder Olive Allen, for example. She’s using Oct. 31 to sell her first edition of 13 digital collectibles using a pop-up store on her website. “Thirteen is a great number,” she…

news An ardent critic of the hype surrounding crypto token sales is set to do the unlikely: launching a token. Samson Mow, the CSO of bitcoin startup Blockstream, has also been serving as founder and CEO of the gaming company Pixelmatic since 2011. The new plan will see Pixelmatic use Blockstream’s new token platform for…

Jan 29, 2020 at 21:15 UTCChainalysis said better enforcement of AML/KYC rules and more informed regulation around the crypto space can help mitigate the number of scams and illicit activities conducted using cryptocurrencies in its new crime report. (Image via CoinDesk archives)Greater regulations and enforcement can deter some crypto crimes, blockchain forensics provider Chainalysis said…