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Dec 13, 2019 at 18:00 UTCUpdated Dec 13, 2019 at 16:00 UTCJake Yocom-Piatt, Decred co-founderIt’s Time to Walk-the-Talk on Decentralized GovernanceThis 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. Jake Yocom-Piatt is the project lead for Decred, an…

Feb 25, 2020 at 15:04 UTCUpdated Feb 25, 2020 at 15:24 UTCCredit: Vitaliy Kyrychuk / Shutterstock‘Short Bitcoin’ ETP Available to Investors on Germany’s Second-Largest ExchangeA "short bitcoin" exchange-traded product (ETP), which inversely tracks the value of the top cryptocurrency by market cap, is now available to investors throughout Europe. Swiss crypto product provider 21Shares, formerly…

Falling prices have sent the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies below $200 billion.

Apr 6, 2020 at 12:47 UTCUpdated Apr 6, 2020 at 14:10 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Bjoern WylezichFirst Mover: Trillions in Coronavirus Stimulus Bring Out the Bitcoin Bulls"It's exactly why bitcoin (BTC) was created," Michael Novogratz, CEO of the cryptocurrency-focused investment firm Galaxy Digital, told CNBC last week. It's a common refrain heard these days from bitcoin bulls: The U.S. dollar…

Jan 24, 2020 at 11:15 UTCView Bitcoin has dropped to 10-day lows, bolstering the case for a test of support at $8,000. Short-term indicators are signaling a strengthening of downside momentum. A move above $8,800 is needed to revive the bullish setup. Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a…

Christy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Christy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. She previously worked as…

Texas legislators are throwing their weight behind bitcoin mining with two bills passed in the latest legislative session that are signaling support for the industry — and one thwarted for the time being.In the past few weeks, two bills — SB 1929 and HB 591 — that show support for miners have made it through…

Rather than an open network like Ethereum, Citi and JPMorgan use a private version of the blockchain.Franklin Templeton says private blockchains will fade next to fast-innovating public utility chains.Eventually, the biggest market for banks’ tokenized real world assets will be public blockchain protocols, predicts co-founder of decentralized oracle network Chainlink.Banks and blockchains: Together at last?Tokenization

The Arcanum Emerging Technologies Fund will start in India, but its founders plan to expand to other regions.James McDowall, Founding Partner at Arcanum CapitalFeb 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTCNew Emerging Markets Fund Targets Blockchain, DeFi StartupsAsset management firms Alpha Innovations and Arcanum Capital have launched a $10 million venture capital fund focused on driving…