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Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s $250M Bitcoin Bet, India Booms, Banks Open to Custody

11.8.2020
MicroStrategy bets $250 million on Bitcoin's safe haven thesis. Indian crypto is booming. And David Marcus has a new role at Facebook

Elliptic Hires Former Revolut CFO as it Prepares for Asia Expansion

11.8.2020
David MacLean will oversee the crypto tracer's finance and personnel operations

Binance Denies Report It Was Blocked From Installing Its CEO on Board of Failing Bank

11.8.2020
Crypto exchange Binance said the FMA had not rejected an application for CEO Chanpeng Zhao to join the board of the now-defunct Union Bank

Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 11, 2020

11.8.2020
With bitcoin increasingly acting like gold and one company betting a quarter of a billion dollars on BTC, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your news roundup!

Alchemy Goes Public With Developer Platform in Bid to Grow DeFi Ecosystem

11.8.2020
Blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy just launched its full suite of products to the public, after a two-year closed beta serving teams like MakerDAO and Kyber Network

DEX Aggregator 1inch Raises $2.8M From Binance Labs, Galaxy Digital and More

11.8.2020
Launched by software engineers from Porsche and NEAR Protocol, the startup has raised $2.8 million in a funding round led by Binance Labs

Coinbase’s Existing $8B Valuation Means It Doesn’t Need an IPO, Lawyer Says

11.8.2020
An IPO would do little to boost Coinbase's following or $8 billion valuation, said a lawyer that specializes in getting startups to a public offering

Bison Trails Now Supports ‘Flow’ Blockchain From CryptoKitties Maker Dapper Labs

11.8.2020
Bison users can now build apps, games and more on Dapper Lab's scalable blockchain

Chia Network Raises $5M to Rival New Crop of DeFi-Friendly Base Layers

11.8.2020
Chia Network, led by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen, just raised another $5 million in an equity round led by Slow Ventures

Riot Blockchain Mined 227 Bitcoin in Q2

11.8.2020
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 petahash per second

Riot Blockchain Mined 508 Bitcoin in Q2

11.8.2020
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 petahash per second

Bitcoin Rally Stalls as Increasingly Correlated Gold Drops Below $2K

11.8.2020
Bitcoin is increasingly taking cues from gold, a tried-and-tested store of value asset

10 Reasons Quant Strategies for Crypto Fail

11.8.2020
The terms "crypto" and "quant" go together perfectly. The reality is more complicated

MicroStrategy Buys $250M in Bitcoin, Calling the Crypto ‘Superior to Cash’

11.8.2020
Digital gold is now the "principal holding" of MicroStrategy's revamped treasury reserve strategy

Following OCC Letter, Some US Banks Appear Open to Providing Crypto Services

11.8.2020
Nationally regulated banks want the OCC to clarify just how and when they can provide cryptocurrency services, hinting traditional financial institutions are paying close attention to the space

First Mover: After Falling 65% This Year in Bitcoin Terms, Do ‘Stablecoins’ Need a Rebranding?

11.8.2020
So-called stablecoins have been tanking in bitcoin terms lately. Should we be calling them "crypto-dollars" instead?

India May Be Starting Its Biggest Bitcoin Bull Run Yet

11.8.2020
India’s crypto trade volumes have soared since the Supreme Court of India lifted banking restrictions for exchanges in March. According to Coin Dance's Paxful and LocalBitcoins volume data, India’s bitcoin peer-to-peer trade volume reached an all-time high in July