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The Tether Killer? A True Stablecoin Would Enhance Banking and Crypto
13.12.2023
U.S. CFTC Approves Bitcoin Futures Platform Bitnomial's Derivatives Clearing Application
13.12.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted crypto derivatives company Bitnomial approval to register as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S., letting it settle margined futures and options contracts
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
13.12.2023
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain
The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
13.12.2023
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're covering Worldcoin's latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey's company and the "data availability" network Celestia's market-moving plan to plug into Polygon's blockchain development kit
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, but Indicates More Dovish 2024
13.12.2023
The U.S central bank Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds at a range of 5.25%-5.50%
Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k
13.12.2023
Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market
Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season
13.12.2023
Historical data helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets once again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices
Coinbase Launches Spot Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Outside the U.S.
13.12.2023
Crypto exchange Coinbase will soon be offering the option to spot trade cryptocurrencies outside of the U.S. as part of its global expansion efforts, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday
FASB Confirms 'Fair Value' Approach for Corporate Crypto Holdings
13.12.2023
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a U.S. entity that details how companies should report assets on their balance sheet, published a standards update on Wednesday that will let corporations recognize "fair value" changes in crypto holdings
Tether Scores Second-Lowest Rank in S&P Global Stablecoin Stability Assessment
13.12.2023
USDT was assigned a low score of four, meaning the largest stablecoin is constrained in its ability to maintain its peg to fiat
Argentina's Milei, So Far Shunning Bitcoin, Devalues Peso by More Than 50%
13.12.2023
The government's official rate is now 800 pesos to the dollar versus 400 previously
Turkey’s Banking Giants Go Big on Crypto as Legislation Looms
13.12.2023
This week, two of the country’s largest banks announced crypto initiatives
First Mover Americas: Revised BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Filing Invites Participation From U.S. Banks
13.12.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 13, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Blockstream Preps New Sale of Notes Designed to Profit From Rebounding BTC Mining-Rig Prices
13.12.2023
Sam Altman's Retina-Scanning Orb to Become More Useful with World ID 2.0
13.12.2023
Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit will begin using World ID to identify some users
HTX, Poloniex Assets are '100% Safe' Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack
13.12.2023
Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month
Three Arrows Co-Founder Su Zhu Faces Questioning in Singapore Court in Hunt for Assets: Bloomberg
13.12.2023
Zhu is expected to be released from jail this month for good behavior, Bloomberg reported
ARK Invest Sells Coinbase Shares for Third Straight Day
13.12.2023
The investment firm has sold the crypto exchange's stock on all but two trading days this month
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Is a Bitcoin Maxi and Tether Fan
13.12.2023
Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the custodians for Tether's $90 billion worth of treasuries
SEC Hasn't Met Legal Requirements to Sue, Binance Says in Latest Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit
13.12.2023
Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao argued that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not meet the requirements of the "Howey Test" in its suit against the two companies and their founder in a new filing Tuesday