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Inside BeQuant: 3 Days With a Crypto Exchange CEO
16.3.2020
Pub hopping in London one night, pitching to Malta’s regulators the next: Check out our latest documentary to find out what it’s like to be the CEO of a crypto exchange
CoinDCX To Allocate $1.3 Million to Indian Crypto Education
16.3.2020
CoinDCX to provide $1.3 million through a pilot program that aims to increase crypto adoption in India
How Crypto Is Fighting Coronavirus: Hacks, Info, Perspectives
16.3.2020
Hacks, perspectives and info on coronavirus from the crypto community at large. Have something to add? Tweet @CoinDesk #CoronaEfforts
Transaction Speed and Profitability Are Linked in Crypto
16.3.2020
To gain profits in the crypto space, transaction speeds remain one of the most important characteristics for the industry
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 11
16.3.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Crypto Market Sentiment is the Lowest It's Been in 6 Months
16.3.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
It wouldn't be logical to expect the market sentiment to have gone up given the week crypto market has had. Per crypto market sentiment analysis service Omenics, following the market crash on February 13, the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore...
Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers
16.3.2020
The search engine developer downloaded monero mining scripts onto 200 of Baidu's servers
Is the South Korean Government Teaching Children How to Use Crypto?
16.3.2020
Source: iStock/recep-bg
A revamped learning resource platform aimed at boosting entrepreneurship in elementary and middle school pupils teaches children how to raise digital tokens in online crowdfunding incentives.
Per Yonhap, the platform, which went live on March 16, aims to nurture “young...
Crypto Leaders Lash Out Federal Reserve for Bailing Out Hedge Funds
16.3.2020
Those who witnessed the crisis of 2008 will definitely agree that the disaster was building up for months, and when it finally, it shook the entire global financial system. The major factions responsible for the economic crisis included the hedge funds, big finance houses, private banks, etc.,...
Bank of Russia Says New Digital Assets Bill Will Outlaw Crypto Trading, Issuance
16.3.2020
The central bank is in favor of digital securities, but maintains cryptocurrencies shouldn't be allowed in Russia
While the Crypto Market Was Hemorrhaging Value, These Tokens Mooned
16.3.2020
Why do certain altcoins moon? It’s a question that all crypto holders have pondered at some stage while enviously eyeing the ascent of a token that wasn’t even on their radar, let alone their portfolio. If the performance of obscure tokens in a bull market is discombobulating, how...
Nouriel Roubini's ‘Toilet Paper Commodification’ Plan Has a Crypto Bent
16.3.2020
Nouriel Roubini. Source: a video screenshot, Bloomberg
New York University economics professor and arch crypto-skeptic Nouriel Roubini has hatched an ingenious solution to the financial crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic – and it involves commodifying toilet paper.
In...
Russia’s Central Bank Seeks to Ban Crypto Issuance and Circulation
16.3.2020
Russia’s crypto bill will ban crypto issuance and circulation, a legal exec at the country’s central bank says
Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate
16.3.2020
A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?
Bitfinex Onboards Fulgur Alpha, USD 280M Crypto Hedge Fund
16.3.2020
In an attempt to increase liquidity for institutional crypto investors, major crypto exchange Bitfinex, a sister company of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT), has announced that it has onboarded a multi-million-dollar crypto hedge fund called Fulgur Alpha.
The exchange says in the press release that...
Stablecoins Gain Market Share Amid Crypto Bloodbath
16.3.2020
While most cryptocurrencies have lost half of their capitalization in one month, many stablecoins have seen recent growth in market share
Zimbabwe Returns to Crypto as Reserve Bank Proposes Regulatory Sandbox
16.3.2020
Zimbabwe is now warming up to crypto as the infamous Zimbabwe dollar exists once again
Sending Cash to Friends and Family Through Bitcoin ATMs Is Safer Than Crowding Bank Offices During Pandemic
16.3.2020
Transferring money over traditional channels may involve a lot of queuing in lines these days. Authorities around the world are trying to prevent large groups of people gathering in confined spaces to reduce the risk of transmitting the coronavirus infection. Remittances are a lifeline for people...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitfinex Lists $280M Crypto Hedge Fund
16.3.2020
Bitfinex has listed the $280 million dollar cryptocurrency hedge fund from Fulgur Alpha
Crypto Analyst Accused of Photoshopping Trade Screenshots
16.3.2020
A Twitter sleuth claims to have unearthed evidence that the popular analyst has been significantly altering screenshots illustrating his trade performances