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Berlin: The Center for Decentralized Finance – and Techno Music
27.6.2023
When the tech hub of Europe meets a society that prizes financial autonomy, the result is a crypto community that practices the very decentralization it preaches. Case in point: Blockchain Week Berlin, the flagship annual conference of the No. 10 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023, is...
Los Angeles: Where Hollywood Magic and Creativity Meet Web3
27.6.2023
The City of Angels is a global influencer in art, fashion and, especially, entertainment. Less known are its significant contributions in technology innovation. Together, the No. 11 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 is a Web3 power. Plus it has the best movie stars
New York City: A Crypto Sandbox in a Big Business Playground
27.6.2023
The Big Apple is big everything. The world’s financial center, it also has a huge population not only of talented developers to hire, but consumers to sell to. In such a huge and bustling ecosystem, crypto may not rate as the city’s highest priority. But like it or not, the No. 12 spot...
How We Ranked CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023: Our Methodology
27.6.2023
As veterans of past city lists we aimed to produce a meaningful ranking of the best places in the world to live and work in crypto, blockchain and Web3. Here’s how we did it
Vancouver: A Boutique Hub for Crypto Early Adopters
27.6.2023
This small and picturesque coastal city has plenty of crypto jobs, companies and events. But the No. 13 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 is handcuffed by regulatory uncertainty in Canada, generally, that recently has led to national exits of major crypto exchanges Binance, Bybit and OKX
Ljubljana: It’s a Beautiful Life in This Crypto Payments Hotbed
27.6.2023
This unsung Central European success story features famous philosophers, a striking landscape and a high quality of life. And the No. 14 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 has a crypto ecosystem that punches vastly above its weight
Bitcoin Cash Sees Largest Bets in 2 Years as BCH Doubles in a Week
27.6.2023
Technical improvements and a listing on EDX Markets have likely fueled trading interest in bitcoin cash tokens
Lisbon: A Buzzy, Affordable Mecca for Buy-and-Hold Crypto Nomads
27.6.2023
Portugal’s coastal capital offers a top-shelf European quality of life at discount prices. The No. 15 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 attracts creative and entrepreneurial expats with a lively calendar of Web3 events, prized “digital nomad” visa and crypto-friendly tax laws
Whale Drives Ether-Bitcoin Volatility Spread Lower Ahead of Options Expiry
27.6.2023
The spread has flipped negative with consistent institutional selling of ether calls. Some of these positions could be rolled over ahead of Friday's expiry, leading to captivating shifts in volatility, crypto exchange Deribit said
Robinhood Sheds Jobs for Third Time Since April 2022: WSJ
27.6.2023
Trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) has cut 7% of its full-time staff, about 150 employees, in the third round of layoffs since April 2022
Crypto Bankruptcy Investor Ouroboros Eyes Smaller Claims
27.6.2023
The platform automates the due diligence process for buying cryptocurrency bankruptcy claims in firms like FTX or Celsius, providing previously missing liquidity for creditors owed around $50,000
Web3 Fashion Platform SYKY Launches Incubator for Emerging Digital Designers
27.6.2023
The Seven Seven Six-backed SYKY platform will work with a group of 10 digital designers to grow their skills in the year-long incubator program
Blur, Arbitrum Lead Altcoin Surge as Traders Anticipate Bull Run
27.6.2023
A series of decentralized finance and NFT-related altcoins have posted double-digit gains over the past week as capital begins to flow from larger assets like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) to more speculative bets like blur (BLUR) and arbitrum (ARB)
Avalanche-Backed Web3 Gaming Studio Pixion Games Closes $5.5M Seed Round
27.6.2023
The funds will go towards building out Fableborne, the studio’s flagship Web3 game
Tezos Set to Become 8 Times Faster After 'Nairobi' Upgrade
27.6.2023
‘Nairobi’ is the blockchain’s fourteenth upgrade
Zimbabwe's Gold-Backed Digital Token Won't Fix the Country's Currency Woes, Economists Say
27.6.2023
Sound macroeconomic policies like raising interest rates and bringing down the country's deficit could dampen Zimbabwe's currency instability, economists said
Fireblocks Adds Support for Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud
27.6.2023
Cryptocurrency custody technology provider Fireblocks has started offering support for cloud service providers Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud, Thales and Securosus, the company announced Tuesday
EU Seals Deal on Crypto Bank-Capital Rules
27.6.2023
Lawmakers have previously favored ‘prohibitive’ capital requirements to keep unbacked crypto assets out of the banking system
Circle’s Allaire Says Bitcoin ETFs Likely to be Approved: Bloomberg
27.6.2023
Allaire spoke with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China
Crypto Exchange OKX Goes Live With ‘Nitro Spreads,’ Allowing One-Click Basis Trading
27.6.2023
Basis traders attempt to earn returns by trading the difference in an asset’s price on two separate markets