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After years of grandstanding on crypto, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has finally put skin in the game.The crypto-skeptic regulator – who over the course of his tenure has insinuated that proof-of-stake tokens are securities, intimated that all crypto exchanges are illegal enterprises and implied that all but one cryptocurrencies are…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: As Asian trading begins, bitcoin maintains above $30,000 despite a minor drop, while Ether trades lowerInsights: For investors and others touching the technology world, AI is the latest shiny object. Is their fascination premature?As Asia opens for trading, bitcoin has still held past the $30K mark at $30,323, flat over…

MarketVector has started a meme coin index, which is up 195% on a yearly basis. The index constituents include Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Pepe, Floki Inu, Dogwifhat, and BONK.VanEck's MarketVector has jumped on the meme coin bandwagon, starting a new index based on the highly popular token category.MarketVector’s Meme Coin Index, which trades under the symbol

Robinhood rose over 11% in premarket trading after reporting a large increase in user activity during February.Crypto trading volumes grew 10% month-on-month to $6.5 billion.Broker Bernstein initiated coverage of the stock with an outperform rating and a $30 price target.Shares of Robinhood rose over 11% in premarket trading on Thursday after the online platform reported

Not since Facebook/Meta’s failed digital currency Libra/Diem has a crypto project elicited as much angst and hyperbole as Worldcoin, the biometrics proof-of-human project co-founded by Open AI founder Sam Altman.Clearly, many people are enthusiastic about this project, which Worldcoin posits as a way to empower humanity in the face of artificial intelligence’s rapid expansion, with…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has added a new bank to its funding options for U.S.-based customers. Users can now make bank wire transfers from their accounts at MDV Bank to fund purchases of cryptocurrency with U.S. dollars, the exchange said Tuesday. The addition brings the total number of U.S funding options to seven.Kraken recommends its users…

May 8, 2020 at 19:35 UTCUpdated May 8, 2020 at 19:38 UTCNew Zealand’s Central Bank Is Hiring a Money FuturistMoney futurists with a flair for central banking, take note: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is hiring.New Zealand’s monetary authority is looking for a “Head of Money and Cash,” a new position that will, according…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation. He owns marginal amounts of bitcoin and ether.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published…

Featured SpeakerDeep Dive: EthereumProtocol VillageAustin Convention CenterJoin an hour long exploration of the advancements defining the Ethereum community in 2023.Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team.Featured SpeakerDeep Dive: EthereumProtocol VillageAustin Convention CenterJoin an hour long exploration of the advancements defining the Ethereum community in 2023.Binance announced Thursday that users who staked ether…