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Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Top Universities, Bitcoin’s New Addresses, MetaMask’s Token Swaps
7.10.2020
MetaMask unveiled token swaps, a rise in new bitcoin addresses invites speculation and Ripple threatened to leave the U.S. for a friendlier regulatory environment
‘It’s Something We’re Studying’: Deputy Treasury Secretary Discusses US CBDC Plans
7.10.2020
“It’s something we’re studying … this is really a decision which sits as much with the Fed as it does with Treasury,” said Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich
Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House
7.10.2020
Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 7, 2020
7.10.2020
With BTC steady and central bank digital currencies getting closer, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
BitMEX Says It’s ‘Business as Usual’ Despite 30% Drop in Bitcoin Balance After CFTC, DOJ Action
7.10.2020
More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30
Coinbase’s ‘Mission’ Violates the Spirit of Bitcoin
7.10.2020
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants it both ways: to be apolitical about uncomfortable disruptions and political about Bitcoin's mission to disrupt the world
Bitcoin Correlations Depend on What Phase It Is In
7.10.2020
Bitcoin's correlations with gold and the stock market appears contradictory on the surface. There are deeper machinations at work
Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End
7.10.2020
The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan
New Non-Custodial Crypto Exchange ‘Brings Bitfinex Liquidity to EOS’
7.10.2020
Eosfinex has launched a beta version of its mainnet, saying it brings liquidity from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange to the EOS community
First Mover: Bitcoin Steady as Trump Tweets, and Neo Takes on Ethereum
7.10.2020
Trump's back-and-forth tweets over U.S. stimulus whipsaw bitcoin prices along with traditional markets, and Neo ratches up competition with Ethereum
Analysts Can’t Agree What Prompted Big Spike in New Bitcoin Addresses
7.10.2020
New bitcoin addresses have spiked this month, with one industry exec pointing to traders moving funds off the legally troubled BitMEX exchange. Others disagree
Huobi, Dragonfly, Coinbase Invest $500K in New DEX With Alternative Oracle Solutions
7.10.2020
CoFix claims to have better token price feeds based on a pricing mechanism derived from a decentralized price oracle and the DEX’s patented risk assessment model
KuCoin Restarts Deposits, Withdrawals for Bitcoin, Ether Following $281M Hack
7.10.2020
The South Korean exchange is bringing more services back online after suffering a major hack late last month
South Korea’s Central Bank to Test Digital Currency With Banks in 2021
7.10.2020
Following China's lead, the Bank of Korea is to run circulation trials of a central bank digital currency with assistance from banks
Amid US-China Tech War, Can Neo’s DeFi Stack Rival Ethereum’s?
7.10.2020
Neo revealed its ambition to beat the second largest blockchain by market cap during a time when Chinese firms such as TikTok and Huawei successfully established their dominance in an international market
Inside the Estonian CBDC Experiment That Could Shape the Digital Euro
7.10.2020
How the firm helping lead Estonia's central bank digital currency research is approaching a mass-market crypto coin
Japan’s LINE Starts Crypto Lending Service
7.10.2020
The makers of Japan's popular messaging app LINE is launching a crypto lending service through its BITMAX exchange
SEC Commissioner Peirce Chats About DeFi, Tokens and Her Unikrn Dissent at LA Blockchain Summit
7.10.2020
While Peirce steered clear of commenting on specific DeFi projects like SushiSwap, she pointed out that issuers of governance tokens do have to think about how they share characteristics with equities
China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots
7.10.2020
An official for China’s central bank has unveiled usage statistics of state-backed digital currency trials that were conducted in three Chinese cities. Speaking virtually at the Sibos 2020 conference on Monday, Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said the bank opened 113,300...
The Top Universities for Blockchain – Methodology
6.10.2020
CoinDesk's 2020 university rankings rate institutions from scholarly impact to employment outcomes. Here is the full story of how we did it