How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar
31.1.2020
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking...
Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’
31.1.2020
The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place
Seychelles’ Stock Exchange Will List Ethereum Tokens Representing Supercars
31.1.2020
MERJ, the only licensed stock exchange in the Seychelles, plans to list ethereum tokens representing shares in supercars issued by CurioInvest, starting with a $1.1 million Ferrari
Price Analysis Jan 31: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, ADA, ETC
31.1.2020
Several major cryptocurrencies are in a minor corrective phase and this might provide another opportunity for traders to buy after the uptrend resumes
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
31.1.2020
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the everyday individual. From the top of the economic pyramid of world reserve currencies, down through central bank and commercial bank money, the capacities and function...
The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds
31.1.2020
Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi
Trezor Wallets Can Be Hacked, Kraken Reveals
31.1.2020
Trezor hardware wallets can be hacked, and software fixes are impossible
Listen to Elon Musk’s Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup
31.1.2020
We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000
Open Letter to India's Finance Minister on Crypto Sector Potential
31.1.2020
Sumit Gupta is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX, which Gupta co-founded in early 2018.
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An Open Letter to the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, on the Potential of India’s Cryptocurrency Sector and the Benefits it Presents to the Indian Economy
Dear...
Investigators Bust €6 Million Bitcoin and Gold Fraud Scheme
31.1.2020
Investigators take down fraudulent crypto and gold investment scheme
New Blockchain Scalability Ideas: Packets and Zones
31.1.2020
Scalability is a long-standing and oft-discussed blockchain issue, for which many Cryptoverse residents have been searching a solution. Today we look into two of the latest ideas that aim to solve the problem and make transactions faster and more efficient.
Independent Zones
Asensys, a blockchain...
Ethereum Miners’ ETH Holdings Near Record Highs
31.1.2020
Ethereum miners are hoarding ether tokens, and this could indicate high confidence in the project