What the Foreshadow Flaw Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency

Dec 8, 2020 at 2:01 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 8, 2020 at 2:23 p.m. UTCFirst Mover: Wells Fargo Bitcoin Briefing Could Signal Bull Run IntactBitcoin was lower for a second day, dropping below $19,000 after bulls failed to push prices past the psychological $20,000 threshold.“The overly confident market has been dampened,” the Norwegian crypto-market analysis firm Arcane Research wrote Tuesday…

news Coinbase is building a new mobile app for clients of its professional trading platform. The U.S.-based crypto exchange announced the new product Thursday, claiming the app would provide Coinbase Pro customers with a more efficient mobile trading experience Mobile trading has been one of the most-requested products from the company, Coinbase said in a…

Traders have locked in over $2 million in XRP's $1.10 call option listed on Deribit, the highest across all available maturities. The large open interest in the nascent XRP options market likely reflects ETF optimism. Deribit's nascent options market for XRP is experiencing a surge in activity, particularly in the $1.10 call option that represents

May 8, 2020 at 20:18 UTCUpdated May 8, 2020 at 20:19 UTCCoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Interest in Bitcoin Rises as Prices Near $10K, but Can It Continue?The clock is ticking down to the expected halving event on Monday and bitcoin is capturing the interest of investors who may not normally follow the cryptocurrency markets.At…

Miners earned over $1.1 billion in January. Monthly bitcoin miner revenue since January 2016Feb 2, 2021 at 7:31 p.m. UTCBitcoin Miners Saw Revenue Rise 62% in January From DecemberBitcoin miners generated an estimated $1.1 billion in revenue in January, up 62% from December, according to on-chain data from Coin Metrics analyzed by CoinDesk.The surge in…

news An HSBC executive has said that the bank’s blockchain-based system has helped it cut the costs of settling foreign exchange trades. Speaking to Reuters, Mark Williamson, chief operating officer of FX cash trading and risk management, who oversees the blockchain project, said that its HSBC FX Everywhere platform saved it 25 percent as compared with…

Efforts to scale ethereum, the world's second-largest blockchain, are growing more varied as one much-anticipated solution encounters pitfalls amid its continued development. At the forefront of this transition has been plasma, a concept widely heralded as ethereum's best bet for short-term scaling. Already, researchers behind the tech have built five distinct versions of the protocol –…

feature Overstock is opening up trading on its security token market, tZERO, to all comers. Retail investors will be able to trade on the platform starting Aug. 12, tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi told CoinDesk. At that point, the one year lock-up period for tZERO’s 2018 security token offering (STO) will pass. While the platform went live in…

Anatoly Legkodymov, a co-founder of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitzlato, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitter tied to allegations that the exchange processed funds from ransomware attacks, illicit drug deals and other crimes, U.S. officials announced Wednesday.Legkodymov, a majority owner in the exchange, "agreed to dissolve Bitzlato" and release claims over some $23