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NEAR Foundation’s Marieke Flament Steps Down as CEO
21.9.2023
General Counsel Chris Donovan will assume her role at the organization behind the NEAR protocol
Bank of Japan a Major Source of Uncertainty, Crypto Volatility Trader Says
21.9.2023
Once the BOJ begins policy normalisation, yen carry trades may unwind quickly, leading to increased cross-asset volatility
First Mover Americas: NFT Platform ImmutableX's IMX Token Rallies
21.9.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 21, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Binance Warns of Multiple Stablecoin Delistings as Lawyers Puzzle Over EU's MiCA
21.9.2023
The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets law, MiCA, takes effect next year, but it’s not clear how it will apply to foreign or decentralized issuers
Galaxy Digital Eyes European Expansion With New Regional CEO
21.9.2023
Mike Novogratz's firm has appointed Leon Marshall, its existing global head of sales, as its first European CEO
BNB, XRP Lead Slide in Crypto Majors as Mt. Gox's Repayment Delay Fails to Bouy Bitcoin Prices
21.9.2023
“We still believe that the chances of further declines are higher for now,” one analyst said
Here’s How FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial May Play Out
21.9.2023
FTX founder and onetime CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will stand trial in just under two weeks to defend himself against allegations he deliberately committed fraud and conspired to defraud crypto investors and customers in FTX and Alameda Research. CoinDesk spoke to several legal experts about how...
Bitcoin Bulls Missing in Action After Mt. Gox Delays BTC Repayments
21.9.2023
Rumors of Mt. Gox mulling a delay have been doing the rounds and likely catalyzed the recent bitcoin price bounce
Bitcoin’s 87% Drop in 2021 Was Caused by Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda, Ex-Employee Claims
21.9.2023
An ex-Alameda employee claims a trader at the firm punched in a wrong decimal which led to bitcoin's 87% drop on Binance.US in 2021
DraftKings' Billionaire-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm CoinScan Raises $6.3M
21.9.2023
The company is backed by Shalom Meckenzie, the largest individual shareholder in sports betting company DraftKings
Optimism Foundation Sells $157M OP Tokens, Citing 'Treasury Management'
21.9.2023
The foundation behind layer 2 blockchain Optimism has sold 116 million OP tokens ($157 million) to seven separate purchasers, according to an announcement on the Optimism governance website
Mt. Gox Pushes Repayment Deadline by a Year
21.9.2023
The defunct crypto exchange has delayed the deadline for repayments to Oct. 31, 2024
NFT Platform ImmutableX's IMX Token Surges 35% With Upbit Leading Volume Growth
21.9.2023
The IMX-Korean won pair listed on South Korea's leading exchange Upbit accounted for nearly 20% of the 24-hour global trading volume
Vivek Ramaswamy is Drafting a 'Crypto Policy Framework'
20.9.2023
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will release a crypto policy paper
U.S. CBDC Efforts Opposed in Legislation Advanced by House Republicans
20.9.2023
A crypto-related bill meant to stifle a future U.S. central bank digital currency is now heading toward consideration on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives after committee approval Wednesday, marking further progress for digital assets legislation in Congress
Bitcoin, Crypto Prices Little Changed as Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady
20.9.2023
The pause in rate hikes had been overwhelmingly expected by market participants, who will now begin focusing on the U.S. central bank's next policy meeting in November
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Is a Family Affair
20.9.2023
The Protocol: Ethereum Struggles With Sprawl as Optimism Airdrops $27M
20.9.2023
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” – the shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network. But in some ways the largest smart-contract blockchain has become a victim of its own success: Staking is so popular that the number of network validators...
MakerDAO’s MKR Nears 16-Month High as Whales Accumulate, Crypto Hedge Fund Sets Bullish Price Target
20.9.2023
Maker (MKR), the governance token of decentralized finance (DeFi) lender MakerDAO, is nearing its highest price since last May, buoyed by rising protocol profits and large investors accumulating the token
A Bitcoin ETF Has Golden Parallels From History
20.9.2023
Why all the excitement about spot bitcoin ETFs? Well, a gold ETF was a huge deal for markets, and people wonder if $BTC might be next