World Bank Taps Australia’s CommBank to Issue Its First Blockchain Bond

markets Bitcoin’s (BTC) price saw its biggest drop for seven weeks on Thursday, weakening the prospects of a bullish breakout above $4,100. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value hit a 3.5-week low of $3,503 yesterday, before closing (as per UTC) at $3,627 – down 9.4 percent on the day. That was the biggest single-day…

Mar 11, 2020 at 10:30 UTCUpdated Mar 11, 2020 at 10:32 UTCYouTube has deleted videos and temporarily banned the accounts of two more cryptocurrency enthusiasts citing a breach in company policy.Earlier this week, cryptocurrency educator "Ivan on Tech" and crypto news reporter "The Moon" took to Twitter to express their anger over being censored for…

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 2, 2020 Not so good news for fans of $10K BTC. It’s CoinDesk’s Markets Daily Podcast. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. Bitcoin’s price fell more than $800 in under five minutes on Tuesday, pushing the broader…

news Cryptocurrency loans platform YouHodler left millions of records containing private financial data from thousands of users exposed online, researchers found. In a blog post, vpnMentor said its research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, discovered a database leak as part of their web-mapping project and traced it back to YouHodler. The data, they found, exposed comes…

EDX Markets (EDX), which is backed by Fidelity Digital Assets, Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities, has launched in the U.S. after building out its technology for the past nine months, the company announced Tuesday.“I am proud to announce that EDX Markets (EDX) has successfully launched our digital asset market and completed an investment round with…

markets View A weekly close (Sunday, UTC) below the 12-week exponential moving average (EMA), currently at $9,940, could yield a deeper drop to levels below $9,000. The EMA has served as strong support in the last six weeks. The slide below the 12-week EMA, if any, could recharge engines for a break above June’s high…

Coinbase's second-quarter earnings were 'solid,' Wall Street analysts said, but could continue to slow in the third quarter. The exchange reported total revenue of $1.45 billion but revenue from transaction fees slipped 27%. If that trend continues, revenue could be even lower in the third quarter, one analysts said. Wall Street analysts characterized Coinbase’s (COIN)

Sep 16, 2020 at 09:04 UTCNetherlands-based Blockdata, which provides qualitative insights into the range of large enterprises using blockchain technology, has been acquired by data provider CB Insights. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York City’s CB Insights will be opening an office in Amsterdam, while Blockdata will remain a standalone…

May 27, 2020 at 11:37 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Georg Brandt LEFirst Mover: EOS Has Still to Prove Itself After Spiraling Down This Past YearEOS, a smart-contracts platform, has had its fair share of bother.  The blockchain’s launch in 2018 was bumpy: Some users had their accounts frozen, twice. Many more were irritated when they discovered there was an all-powerful arbitrator whose role was…