This Week’s Bitfinex-Tether Allegations Explained

Dec 14, 2019 at 10:30 UTCJesus Rodriguez is the CTO and co-founder of IntoTheBlock, a platform focused on enabling an intelligent infrastructure for the crypto markets, as well as chief scientist of AI firm Invector Labs and an active investor, speaker and author in crypto and artificial intelligence. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk's Institutional…

news Taiwanese electronics manufacturer HTC has launched its latest blockchain phone, the Exodus 1s, which enables users to support the bitcoin network. Unveiling the device Saturday at the Lightning Conference in Berlin, the company claimed the new product is the first smartphone to be able to run a full bitcoin node, allowing it to propagate…

Dec 3, 2019 at 16:29 UTCUpdated Dec 3, 2019 at 17:25 UTCNYDFS Superintendent Linda LacewellOnline Lender SoFi Gets NY BitLicense, Clearing Way to Offer Crypto TradingStudent loan and financial services provider SoFi has secured a New York virtual currency license, the state’s financial regulator announced Tuesday.The New York Department of Financial Services said in a…

I first met Erik Voorhees in Amsterdam, back in the summer of 2018, while covering a fintech conference called Money20/20. The conference was a circus. (Literally a circus, complete with trapezes artists, mimes, and a unicyclist.) The panels focused on stuff like artificial intelligence, biometrics at the cash register, and how to use big data.…

opinion Kyle Samani is a Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, a thesis-driven cryptofund that invests in tokens reshaping entire sectors of the global economy. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  Over the last 20 years, a lot of companies have built large online marketplaces to connect buyers and sellers. Amazon,…

Aug 10, 2020 at 09:02 UTCUpdated Aug 10, 2020 at 09:06 UTCBitcoin is on the hunt for a new yearly high, having crossed above $12,000 early on Monday. The cryptocurrency picked up bids during the Asian trading hours, rising from $11,750 to $12,068, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. At press time, bitcoin is trading…

Coinbase is the latest exchange to offer staking services for the rebooted Ethereum network.Feb 16, 2021 at 5:45 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 5:53 p.m. UTCCoinbase Opens Waitlist for Ethereum 2.0 StakingCoinbase’s waitlist for Ethereum 2.0 staking is live.Per a press release shared with CoinDesk, Coinbase customers can now sign up to stake their…

The low order book liquidity suggests an impending bull reversal, according to Hyblock Capital. Negative funding rates point to a potential short squeeze. The market is fast moving into a positive macro environment, LondonCryptoClub said. Bitcoin (BTC) order books, which show the supply and demand dynamics for the largest cryptocurrency, are signaling a potential price