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David Schwartz is CTO at Ripple. This exclusive opinion piece is part of CoinDesk's "Bitcoin at 10: The Satoshi White Paper" series. In 1991, my patent for a multi-level distributed computer network was granted. I was working on graphics rendering problems requiring significant amounts of CPU power and wanted to distribute computing-intensive tasks to a…

Lyra’s decentralized BTC options marketplace sees a 20% probability of prices rising above $70,000 by the end of April.Lyra recently listed options with an April 26 expiry, allowing traders to speculate on price trends ahead of and following Bitcoin’s reward halving due in mid-April.There is a one-in-five chance of bitcoin (BTC) crossing $70,000 by the

Dec 10, 2019 at 16:25 UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2019 at 16:25 UTCTencent’s WeBank to Provide Infrastructure for China’s National Blockchain ConsortiumWeBank, a digital bank that makes loans to small businesses and individuals, has become the first technical infrastructure provider for the nation’s blockchain network. The Shenzhen-based company will provide the Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) with its…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) set out plans for an international expansion focusing on acquiring licenses in major financial jurisdictions "that are enacting clear rules" for the crypto industry, with the European Union, U.K., Canada, Brazil, Singapore and Australia as near-term priorities.CEO Brian Armstrong said in April that "everything was on the table" for the Nasdaq-listed

Crypto companies looking to operate in South Africa will need to apply for a license from the country’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in the six months starting June 1.While South African crypto companies have welcomed the new licensing regime, they worry the fine waiting for those that fail to register in time may sink…

ARK Invest continued to offload shares of ProShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (BITO) in the last week while accumulating its own spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund.Cathie Wood's investment firm sold a total of 2,226,191 shares of the bitcoin futures ETF since Jan. 19, worth around $42.8 million at Thursday's closing price of $19.22, from its Next Generation

NEWS Aug 31, 2018 at 09:40 UTC  |  Updated  Aug 31, 2018 at 11:12 UTC Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange. The company said in an announcement that it has inked a share transfer agreement for 100 percent of an exchange called Everybody's…

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will apply partial restrictions to payments to cryptocurrency exchanges as a means of protecting customers from scams.The Australian bank announced on Thursday that it will decline "certain payments" to crypto exchanges or hold them for a period of 24 hours, a time period which it said could vary.The bank also plans to…

Daily chart (CoinDesk BPI)Market Wrap: Derivatives May Reduce Miner Selling Pressure After Bitcoin HalvingWith less than a week to go before the expected May 12 halving event, bitcoin's price is swinging upward. The crypto derivatives market is helping to hedge the uncertainty on which way the bitcoin market will go when miners have less revenue…