US Congresswoman Reveals She Bought Ether and Litecoin Last Year

Prices have shed over $2,000 since Aug. 17 (CoinDesk BPI)Despite significant losses for bitcoin since mid-August, the “buy the dip” mentality in the crypto markets is still strong, blockchain data suggests. While the cryptocurrency has declined from $12,400 to $10,000 in the past three weeks, the number of "accumulation addresses" has increased by 2% to…

Prediction market platform Kalshi has agreed to supply price feeds to blockchain oracle service Stork. Initially, the companies expect the data to power perpetual futures contracts tied to prediction markets. Eventually, Kalshi believes it could act as a referee for decentralized prediction markets, making final calls on whether predictions came true. Kalshi, a U.S.-regulated, centralized

Aug 19, 2020 at 19:40 UTCThis isn't how a cash and carry trade works (Pixabay).Institutional demand for stablecoins may cool because yield on “carry trades” has been cut in half since Monday. The annualized rolling one-month futures basis shot as high as 28% at the start of the week on the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx,…

news Canadian startup Paycase Global Corp. is suing TMX Group, for breach of contract after the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange terminated their deal to create cryptocurrency-related products and services.  Paycase is claiming loss of revenue, loss of opportunity and loss of reputation and is demanding $500 million for damages and that TMX resumes…

news A Nasdaq-owned financial data platform for institutional professionals is adding cryptocurrency reference prices. Nasdaq’s Quandl platform will source its price information from cryptocurrency price and indices provider CryptoCompare. Based on CryptoCompare’s aggregate index datasets, the product will provide up-to-date pricing data for the “most liquid” cryptocurrency markets, according to a press release published Tuesday. Nasdaq and…

Wintermute Trading, the large crypto market maker, withdrew more than 8 million ARKM tokens from Binance, underscoring its major role in Arkham Intelligence’s controversial new dox-to-earn platform designed to unmask anonymous crypto users.Those five Wednesday transactions, totaling $3.7 million of ARKM, increased Wintermute’s position by more than 731%, according to blockchain analytics firm Nansen.(Nansen)The Arkham…

Apr 2, 2020 at 19:02 UTCUpdated Apr 2, 2020 at 19:10 UTCWhile traditional markets continue to flail, bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in general are showing surprising resilience and attracting new audiences.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher,…

news A man in Taiwan has been arrested over claims he mined millions of dollars-worth of cryptos using stolen power. According to a report from EBC Dongsen News on Wednesday, a man with the surname Yang is suspected of stealing electricity valued at over NT$100 million ($3.25 million) from various business premises to mine bitcoin and ether.…

Christie's is partnering with digital marketplace MakersPlace to auction the work of a renowned crypto artist.A montage of Beeple’s work(Christie's)Feb 16, 2021 at 7:54 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 8:32 p.m. UTCBeeple NFT to Be Auctioned by Christie’sChristie’s is getting in on nonfungible tokens (NFTs).The 255-year-old auction house is partnering with digital marketplace MakersPlace…