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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: LTC and BCH Lead as Index Gains 0.4%
30.8.2024
Litecoin gained 2.4% while Bitcoin Cash rose 2% in overnight trading
First Mover Americas: BTC Little Changed, on Course to End August Down 8%
30.8.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug. 30, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Kamala Harris on Trump, Economy Vision, and 2024 Election Strategy
30.8.2024
Kamala Harris recently sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for an interview covering a wide range of topics…
Bridge Fundraising for Stablecoin-Based Payments Network Totals $58M: Report
30.8.2024
Bridge, founded by Square and Coinbase alumni, recently raised $40 million in a round led by Sequoia and Ribbit
Mt. Gox and US gov’t could introduce $14b Bitcoin selling pressure
30.8.2024
Bitcoin’s crabwalk could extend into September, as Mt. Gox and the US government threaten to add nearly $15 billion worth of additional selling pressure
Elon Musk, Tesla Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Dogecoin Market Manipulation
30.8.2024
In 2022, a group of investors alleged that Elon Musk and his company had manipulated the price of dogecoin using their X (then Twitter) accounts
Bitcoin Reserves on Exchanges Hit New Low Since January 2024
30.8.2024
Bitcoin reserves are down to 2.62 million across exchange platforms, making a new low since January 01, 2024,…
Bitcoin Drops Under $59K as BTC Demand Wanes, BlackRock’s IBIT Logs Outflows for the Second Time
30.8.2024
U.S.-listed BTC ETFs recorded $71 million in net outflows on Thursday for the third consecutive day, SoSoValue data shows, in a sign of professional funds leaving the market
Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
30.8.2024
Russia will begin trialing cross-border crypto payments next week to try to circumvent international sanctions – but this effort may not work, several policy and legal experts told CoinDesk
U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September
29.8.2024
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is poised to launch a series of crypto hearings digging into several aspects of the industry, including decentralized finance (DeFi), the Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of digital assets businesses and the implications of "pig butchering"...
Jailed FTX Exec Withdraws His Request to Compel Government to Abide by Plea Deal
29.8.2024
Ryan Salame, the former FTX executive sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in May, has withdrawn a legal request to a New York court asking that the conditions of his plea deal with prosecutors be enforced or that his plea be thrown out and his sentence vacated
Bitcoin Returns to $59K as Bulls Fail to Flip Key Resistance; AI Cryptos Lead Losses
29.8.2024
Trump's New Crypto Business to Offer Access to 'High-Yield' Investments, Website Says
29.8.2024
World Liberty Financial is "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump," according to homepage metadata
Iris Energy Acquires 39,000 Bitmain S21 XP Antminers, Eyes 30 EH/s in 2024
29.8.2024
Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing (HPC) firm Iris Energy Limited has secured 10 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitmain’s S21 XP Antminers, positioning the bitcoin mining company to reach 30 EH/s by the end of 2024. Iris Energy Expands Mining Capacity and AI Cloud Services Iris...
Bloomberg adding Polymarket election data to Terminal
29.8.2024
The move signals the crypto betting market’s growing importance.
Beating the Bots: In Defense of Human Traders
29.8.2024
As bots come to dominate trading on DEXs, a new price prediction platform allows human traders to demonstrate what they are good at, says Maksim Balashevich, the founder of Santiment
Trump Keeps Teasing His New Crypto Project, but Details Remain Scant
29.8.2024
The Trump family has for weeks loudly – but coyly – said they're getting into crypto. More information might finally be coming soon
El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Strategy a 'Net Positive,' but Adoption Lags
29.8.2024
El Salvador now holds $400 million in its "public wallet alone," President Nayib Bukele said in an interview with TIME
Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
29.8.2024
Didya see that Tumblr is getting a WordPress makeover? And it’s not a trivial move:
This won’t be easy. Tumblr hosts over half a billion blogs. We’re talking about one of the largest technical migrations in internet history. Some
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Blockchain Developer Alchemy Buys BWare, Pushing Into Europe, Adding About 25% to Staff
29.8.2024
Company officials told CoinDesk this was its biggest acquisition to date, bringing on 42 developers and engineers from the Bware team and increasing Alchemy's headcount to 210