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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level
11.7.2023
An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address
Why Threads Got 100 Million Users When Other Twitter Rivals Could Not
11.7.2023
Network effects and ease of use rule the day. And, a lot of people clearly don’t care about decentralization and privacy all that much, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker
Coinbase Soars After Reaching Cboe Surveillance Sharing Agreement for 5 Bitcoin ETF Applications
11.7.2023
Shares of Coinbase jumped as much as 16% Tuesday after the crypto exchange reached an agreement with Cboe’s BZX Exchange to maintain a surveillance-sharing agreement for five of its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications
Brevan Howard Joins $12M Round for Liquid Staking Protocol Alluvial
11.7.2023
Ethereal Ventures and Variant co-led the round for Alluvial, creator of the enterprise and institution-focused Liquid Collective
Federal Prosecutors Investigate Former FTX Executive Over Possible Campaign Law Violations: WSJ
11.7.2023
Ryan Salame is being investigated for potentially illegally avoiding federal limits on contributions to his girlfriend's congressional campaign last year
Dan Harmon’s Web3 TV Show ‘Krapopolis’ Finally Gets Premiere Date
11.7.2023
The animated show, helmed by the “Rick and Morty” creator, has already been renewed for a second and third season ahead of its September release
Data Startup Space and Time Creates Chatbot Powered by ChatGPT for Database Querying
11.7.2023
ChatGPT will enable users to query the decentralized data warehouse using natural language prompts
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards, Governance and Funding
11.7.2023
The EU isn’t proposing new laws but could spend hundreds of millions on research into virtual worlds
Index Coop Aims to Improve Limitations of Protocol, On-Chain Structured Products
11.7.2023
The infrastructure limitations of this sector include a lack of cross-chain asset support, expense in maintaining products due to high issuance costs and difficulty rebalancing on-chain products due to slippage
Cross-Chain Protocol Axelar to Develop Web3 Services With Microsoft Azure
11.7.2023
Axelar said further plans with Microsoft include connecting private and public blockchains that use OpenAI services to create Web3 products
NFT Lender Gondi Goes Live, Raises $5.3M Round Led by Hack.vc
11.7.2023
Developer Florida Street's seed round features Hack.vc, Foundation Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures and others
First Mover Americas: GBTC Discount Narrows to Lowest Since May 2022
11.7.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 11, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
MetaMask Developer ConsenSys Brings Layer 2 Blockchain ‘Linea’ To Ethereum Mainnet
11.7.2023
The rollup chain from ConsenSys, known as a zkEVM, joins a growing field of projects aiming to expand access to Ethereum using zero-knowledge cryptography
Marex Unveils Bitcoin, Ether-Linked Long Strategy With Dollar Index as Hedge
11.7.2023
"The dollar index futures act a robust complement to the long-only portfolio from both a thematic and empirical perspective," Marex's Mark Arasaratnam said
Aave DAO to Vote on Gho Stablecoin Deployment on Ethereum
11.7.2023
GHO has been in the works for over a year and was issued on a testnet earlier this year
DeFi Protocol Holding 55% of Algorand Value to Shut Down
11.7.2023
Algofi, the largest decentralized finance protocol on layer-1 blockchain Algorand, said it will shut down and plans to halt lending, borrowing and trading imminently
UK Treasury Starts Consultation on Five-Year Digital Securities Trial
11.7.2023
The pilot will relax regulations for digital bonds and equities – but not unbacked crypto, like bitcoin or ether
Dubai Regulator Suspends Crypto Exchange BitOasis' Conditional License
11.7.2023
BitOasis said it's working closely with the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to fulfil the conditions
Midday Mover: BNB, SOL Outperform as Bitcoin Clings to $30K
11.7.2023
PLUS: Mantle Network is mulling a $200 million ecosystem fund for its new layer-2 blockchain
Crypto Can’t Be Used as Money Due to ‘Inherent Flaws,’ BIS Tells G20
11.7.2023
Central bankers, wary of displacing their own fiat currencies, pointed to the past year's prominent hacks and collapses