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Apr 14, 2020 at 20:05 UTCUpdated Apr 14, 2020 at 20:15 UTCMarc Andreessen. (Credit: Flickr / JD Lasica)Sources told the Financial Times that Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is raising another crypto fund, reportedly targeted at $450 million. Citing two sources with knowledge, FT says a16z has yet to close the fund but may do so soon. The…

Oct 27, 2020 at 23:49 UTCUpdated Oct 28, 2020 at 00:20 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.(CoinDesk archives)U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disabled trading due to feed issues amid bitcoin’s ascension towards 2019 highs near $13,880.According to a company update on Wednesday, Coinbase said they were "currently investigating the issue," while no further…

VanEck projects that ether will hit $22,000 by 2030.This thesis is based upon ether's disruptive ability, progress with the ETF, and VanEck's read of on-chain data.VanEck has a new price target for ether (ETH), the native token of the Ethereum protocol: $22,000 by 2030.That would be a massive jump from current levels around $3,850.The global

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the infrastructure bill that contained a provision that shook the crypto world. Financial regulators called on Congress to regulate stablecoins. In other words, crypto had a big week…

The crypto industry’s latest causality occurred over the weekend as nearly $35 million worth of various tokens were stolen from Atomic Wallet, a centralized storage and wallet service.These tokens included bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), tether (USDT), dogecoin (DOGE), litecoin (LTC), bnb coin (BNB) and polygon (MATIC). Tron-based USDT seemed to be the largest stolen stash,…

Former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets Ryan Salame is in talks with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to criminal charges related to the collapse of the crypto exchange, according to a Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the case.Salame, a prominent Republican donor who also handled FTX's political donations, could enter a plea as soon…

news Venture capital firm 1confirmation is announcing a new, $45 million fund for investing in cryptocurrency startups. Led by early Coinbase employee Nick Tomaino, the firm’s first fund, focused on seed rounds, amounted to $26 million. “We wanted to start off relatively small, prove out the model and raise more capital if the model was working,”…

markets View Bitcoin’s weekly moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram is reporting strongest bearish bias since December, suggesting the cryptocurrency may soon dive out of a narrowing price range.  Daily chart indicators are also biased bearish. A range breakdown, if confirmed, would open the doors for a drop below $9,000. A range breakout would imply…

Mar 4, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Mar 4, 2020 at 13:01 UTCStock telemarketing image via Shutterstock/Andrey_PopovSweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’Sweden's foreign minister has called for Ukraine to act following the exposing of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive investors from the country's capital.The so-called "fraud factory," working from two floors…