What the Foreshadow Flaw Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency

If you follow the market news about bitcoin, you will have seen the price increase at the end of 2023 in anticipation of U.S. approval of spot bitcoin ETFs. Applicants had until Dec. 29 to update their applications with the SEC in anticipation of possible approvals in early January.Are you ready to answer client questions

Canada-based natural gas bitcoin (BTC) miner Upstream Data has sued peer Crusoe Energy over patent infringement, according to court filings.The lawsuit claims that Crusoe's technology infringes on Upstream Data founder Stephen Barbour's patent, and that Crusoe developed that technology in full knowledge of this. The Canadian miner is suing for damages and is asking the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new definition for securities dealers, capturing crypto.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.A dealer by any other nameThe narrativeThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has put the crypto industry on

Declining national fiat currencies and a generally unstable economy have helped propel bitcoin (BTC) to all-time high prices in Turkey and Nigeria, despite the asset trading 50% below its peak in the U.S. dollar terms.Recent price surges have caused bitcoin to cross price peaks against the Turkish lira and the Nigerian naira, data shows. As

"It‘ll be set up as a blind irrevocable trust, taking zero direction from us," said Dorsey.Feb 12, 2021 at 10:11 a.m. UTCJack Dorsey, Jay-Z Put 500 Bitcoin Into Trust Supporting Africa and IndiaTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Friday that he will partner with rapper Jay-Z and donate 500 bitcoin (currently worth about $23.6 million) to…

IBM is launching a new app that uses blockchain to allow consumers interested in sustainability to trace the coffee they buy along the supply chain.IBM said its new "Thank My Farmer" app will allow consumers to track their morning joe from the store where they buy it back to the farm where it was grown.…

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.James Rubin is CoinDesk's U.S. news editor based on the West Coast.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share…

news Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur who controversially says he’s bitcoin’s anonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, has made another attempt to cement that claim in the public domain. On Thursday, Wright posted the bitcoin white paper on the scientific journal hosting site, SSRN, citing himself as the author on Aug. 21, 2008. The SSRN (formerly the…

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