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Cover Protocol Plans New Token After Attack
28.12.2020
Cover Protocol announced it's exploring launching a new COVER token through the snapshot before the attack by a "white hat" hacker on Monday morning
SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze Against Virgil Capital
28.12.2020
Stefan Qin, the 23-year-old founder of Virgil Capital, has been accused by the SEC of “fabricated records” for failing to redeem $3.5 million in investments and attempting to withdraw $1.7 million in investor funds to pay off Chinese loan sharks
LISTEN: Charles Cascarilla – PayPal Whisperer – Most Influential 2020
28.12.2020
In this special episode of Markets Daily, CoinDesk Podcasts editor Adam B. Levine reads Zack Seward's profile of Charles Cascarilla, one of CoinDesk's Most Influential People in 2020
2020 Saw the Fewest Bitcoin ‘Obituaries’ in 8 Years
28.12.2020
Bitcoin has only “died” 11 times this year
Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Blockchain Passes $1B in Market Cap
28.12.2020
Riot's value was less than $50 million when it started mining bitcoin three years ago
Whale Sightings Become Scarce, Removing Downward Pressure on Bitcoin: Analyst
28.12.2020
Big bitcoin balance holders, or "whales," are moving less crypto onto exchanges, signaling some reduction of sell-side pressure, according to CryptoQuant
Charting Asia’s Dominant FinTech Frontier
28.12.2020
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa
That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
28.12.2020
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battler for monetary hegemony has only just begun
XRP is a Crypto Asset in Japan, Not a Security, Ripple Partner SBI Claims
28.12.2020
The SBI Holdings statement refers to a research article by Sadakazu Osaki of the Nomura Research Institute indicating under Japanese law XRP is a "cryptocurrency asset" and not a security
Cover Protocol Attack Perpetrated by ‘White Hat,’ Funds Returned, Hacker Claims
28.12.2020
The decentralized finance (DeFI) insurance project Cover Protocol was hacked earlier Monday in an infinite printing scheme, causing the price of the Cover token to plunge. Hours later, a so-called ‘white hacker’ claimed responsibility for the attack, saying all funds had been returned....
The Rise of the Bitcoin Class
28.12.2020
How a VC working in China finally convinced her Dad to buy into Bitcoin. The winning argument: Protection against government seizure
Marathon Patent Agrees to Buy 70K ASIC Miners From Bitmain for $170M
28.12.2020
The announcement comes after a holiday weekend in which the price of bitcoin hit a succession of new all-time highs
Crypto Long & Short: The Christmas Poem Edition
27.12.2020
Looking back on the year in bitcoin and crypto, with rhymes
Israelis Must Now Disclose Crypto Holdings: Report
27.12.2020
Dozens of Israelis who own digital currencies have recently received notification telling them they must fully disclose their assets for taxation purposes
BlackRock Seeks VP Blockchain Lead to ‘Drive Demand’ for Firm’s Crypto Offerings
27.12.2020
The investment giant has posted a job vacancy for an NY-based VP blockchain lead to help with the valuation of crypto assets
CME’s Ether Futures Indicate Institutions Will Start Buying ETH in 2021, Messari Analyst Says
27.12.2020
CME Group’s recent announcement that it will launch ether (ETH) futures on Feb. 8, 2021, is the “writing on the wall” that institutions will being buying the cryptocurrency next year, according to a pair of tweets by Ryan Watkins, an analyst at crypto data provider Messari
Ether Trades Above $700 for the First Time Since 2018
27.12.2020
Ether is up over 11% in the past 24 hours
DLT Regulation in 2020: Backwards or Sideways?
27.12.2020
Regulators are no longer standing on the sidelines of distributed ledger innovation, says Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services
Proof-of-Stake Was Bigger Than Eth 2.0 in 2020
27.12.2020
Four of the top nine crypto assets by market cap are on a path to proof-of-stake, says the CEO of Staked
Bitcoin Soars Past $28K for 1st Time, Up $3K in 2 Days; Market Cap Now Tops $500B
27.12.2020
After eclipsing $27,000 for the first time ever only a few hours earlier, the price of bitcoin surged past $28,000 Sunday morning as the leading cryptocurrency’s recent meteoric rise continues. BTC’s market value now exceeds $500 billion