Venues Banned from Hosting Crypto Events in Beijing’s Finance District

(Maja Hitij/Getty Images)Is Tesla a Stock for Suckers?The markets kicked off the week with a 5-1 Tesla stock split rally and ended with major questions about tech company valuations. 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, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS. This episode…

Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold any crypto.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has so far disregarded congressional requests for information on its interactions with crypto platforms seeking registration as exchanges, according to Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who threatened a hearing if…

The tea leaves were swirling Tuesday after Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, dropped some hints about what regulators in the United States will (and won’t) do in the crypto space in the coming months and years. Clayton gave a fireside chat in front of a packed room at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Invest event…

The U.S. Department of Justice pushed back against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's motion to dismiss a criminal indictment against him.Tornado Cash was a money transmitting business, and the DOJ said it expects its evidence to support the charges, a Friday filing said.The U.S. Department of Justice rebuffed Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's motion to

Miner outflow has hit a multi-year high as tens of thousands of bitcoin (BTC), worth over $1 billion, have been sent to exchanges.(CryptoQuant)CryptoQuant data shows that the majority of the bitcoin has moved from mining company F2Pool. Bradley Park, an analyst at the company, told CoinDesk in a Telegram message that the move is due

NEWS Oct 19, 2018 at 12:00 UTC The sia blockchain network has released the formal code for an imminent hard fork that will block miners using hardware produced by Bitmain and other major manufacturers. David Vorick, founder and CEO of Nebulous – the for-profit firm behind the $239 million distributed storage protocol – announced the release…

Aug 29, 2020 at 04:40 UTCChainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (CoinDesk archives)Chainlink Acquires Blockchain Oracle Solution From Cornell UniversityChainlink has acquired Cornell University’s privacy oracle solution DECO for an undisclosed amount. This is Chainlink’s second acquisition to date, according to an announcement made by the firm on Saturday. DECO was co-created by Ari Juel, former chief…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.The discount to net asset value (NAV) for the $19 billion-plus Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) continues to narrow in the wake of asset manager BlackRock’s application to open…

Jan 7, 2021 at 8:20 p.m. UTCFinland border. (Shutterstock/Underworld)Finland Pushes to Sell Tainted Trove of Bitcoins Worth Tens of MillionsFinland’s customs agency is preparing to cash in on a stash of drug-linked bitcoins that’s now worth tens of millions of dollars. Putting a price on the customs agency’s 1,981 bitcoin appeared foolish at press time…