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The parliamentary floor leader of South Korea's ruling People Power Party wants a new bill requiring lawmakers and high-level government officials to declare their cryptocurrency-related assets to take effect within two months, earlier than originally planned, according to a Tuesday report by Yonhap news agency.The original bill, currently being finalized in the wake of allegations…

Aug 21, 2020 at 18:49 UTCUpdated Aug 21, 2020 at 20:26 UTC(canadastock/Shutterstock)Zug-based decentralized finance (DeFi) data aggregator DIA announced on Friday it has raised $15 million through the sale of its governance token. In a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, the Swiss firm said this was the first round of its token sale. After a…

Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Stephen Alpher is CoinDesk's co-regional news chief, Americas. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.The…

Aug 17, 2020 at 07:24 UTCUpdated Aug 17, 2020 at 07:25 UTCBitcoin DeFi May Be Unstoppable, What Does It Look Like?One of the quietest yet best-funded bitcoin companies in the world is gearing up to enter the 2020 decentralized finance (DeFi) bull run.  In July the DG Lab conglomerate, which like Ethereum powerhouse ConsenSys includes…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Parikshit Mishra is CoinDesk's Deputy Managing Editor responsible for breaking news coverage. He does not have any crypto holdings.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Creditors of bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global…

Oct 12, 2020 at 19:59 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 20:15 UTC(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Chris Giancarlo’s Digital Dollar Project Proposes US CBDC PilotsThe Digital Dollar Project ratcheted up its calls for the U.S. to get serious about a central bank digital currency (CBDC) Monday with the release of nine “pilot” scenarios that it said would…

Feb 13, 2020 at 17:15 UTCCEO Changpeng Zhao image via BinanceA former Uber staffer has joined Binance to help the crypto exchange expand into new markets.Matt Shroder was announced as Binance's "VP of Global Expansion Operations" on Thursday. He was previously Uber's "Global Head of Product Operations."Shroder's new role will include helping the exchange scale…

Coiling the Spring We’ve regained 1650 levels on the CoinDesk 20 Index, as the digital asset market settles into familiar levels pre-bitcoin spot ETF launch and we’ve re-established a significant uptrend in the Bitcoin Trend Indicator (BTI). The indicator is an online tool, created by CoinDesk subsidiary CoinDesk Indices, to help investors determine where the

Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Jocelyn Yang is a markets reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Emerson College's journalism program. Alex…