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Regulatory Roundup: Bitcoin Futures Fund Approved, India’s RBI-Backed Digital Currency
9.12.2019
In this regulatory roundup, we cover the U.S. SEC approving a bitcoin futures fund, the new IRS tax form targeting crypto owners, and several more steps taken by the U.S. government toward crypto regulation. We also cover India’s central bank digital currency plan, South Korea’s crypto...
Tron and Poloniex Relationship Scrutinized After Digibyte Delisting
6.12.2019
The crypto firm Circle recently revealed that it was spinning off the trading platform Poloniex and has since warned customers to withdraw assets or they may be sent to state governments. Following the announcement, the founder of the crypto network Digibyte (DGB), Jared Tate, explained he...
Banks Are Cutting 75,700 Jobs Worldwide
4.12.2019
Banks worldwide have announced major job cuts this year. Globally, 75,700 jobs are reportedly being eliminated, with the most recent announcement coming from Italy’s largest bank. Unicredit has become the latest major bank to unveil layoff plans, joining Deutsche Bank, Santander, Commerzbank...
Libra Testnet Fails to Impress as New Legislation Looms
25.11.2019
A November 15 blog post by Libra project developers detailing testnet developments has apparently failed to impress government regulators and influential voices in the space alike. CEO of blockchain company R3, David Rutter, commented at a London conference last week that “what they did...
Localethereum Becomes Localcryptos and Adds BTC Trading
23.11.2019
P2P trading site Localethereum has rebranded to Localcryptos, allowing users to buy and sell both ETH and BTC without KYC. The platform has been providing peer to peer trading services for ethereum since 2017, but in a surprise announcement this week, the website revealed its new home...
R3 CEO: Facebook’s Announcement of Libra Was ‘Ridiculously Stupid’
22.11.2019
R3 CEO David Rutter has ridiculed the way Facebook introduced its yet-to-be-released Libra stablecoin
Introducing the New CoinDesk.com
17.11.2019
We’ve done a complete rebuild of our website. Our goal is to better integrate the journalism, data streams and events into one cohesive story
Just Launched: New Liquidity Metric To Combat “Volume Inflation” Problem
12.11.2019
Launch announcement includes improved pricing algorithm and several new products to empower users in the cryptocurrency space We just made a series of very important announcements at our inaugural conference in Singapore! With these announcements, we aim to continue raising […]
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Announcement About the Closure of Dash Latam in Latin America and Venezuela
5.11.2019
Former Dash Latam provincial representatives in Venezuela and Latin America, have decided to continue with their work of supporting Dash in the local communities. They will be offering support and advice to the traders, who were left in the middle of nowhere after the closure of the organization’s...
Maker’s Stability Fee Drops to 5.5% After Multi-Collateral Dai Announcement
3.11.2019
According to the CEO of the Maker Foundation, Rune Christensen, Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) will launch on November 18. On October 28, Maker’s stability fee was reduced by a ‘whale’ with roughly 94% of the voting power. Also Read: French Ministry of Education Publishes Bitcoin...
The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects
31.10.2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates. Of course, the reality...
Mining Giant Bitmain Confidentially Files for U.S.-Based IPO
30.10.2019
According to reports, bitcoin mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies confidentially filed for a U.S.-based initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The news follows the alleged removal of cofounder and executive director Micree Zhan and the recent announcement...
Bank of Lithuania Issues Guidelines on Security Token Offerings
26.10.2019
Recognizing that businesses are seeking alternative ways to raise capital other than bank lending, the Bank of Lithuania has issued new guidelines on security token offerings. The goal is to clarify applicable rules without introducing more regulations. Also read: Mario Draghi Leaves European...
Mario Draghi Leaves European Central Bank Without Ever Raising Interest Rates
24.10.2019
Preparing for a change at the top, the European Central Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold and at their all-time lows. Mario Draghi, who had his last monetary policy meeting as president of the ECB, is leaving after an eight-year term during which key rates were never raised. At...
Netlify Build Plugins Announcement
22.10.2019
Netlify just dropped a new thing: Build Plugins. (It's in beta, so you have to request access for now.) Here's my crack at explaining it, which is heavily informed from David Well's announcement video.
You might think of Netlify as that service that makes it easy to sling up some static files from...
Variable Fonts Link Dump!
21.9.2019
There's been a ton of great stuff flying around about variable fonts lately (our tag has loads of stuff as well). I thought I'd round up all the new stuff I hadn't seen before.
Google fonts has a beta of hosted variable fonts and the announcement demo is on CodePen.
Speaking of Google Fonts...
Reuters: Facebook Met British Authorities Prior to Libra’s Official Announcement
18.9.2019
This spring, Facebook reportedly met with U.K. officials in a bid to get their support for Libra before its public announcement
Cryptoverse Laments Binance.US KYC Announcement, Lack of Token List
9.9.2019
Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been left bemused by the latest news from soon-to-launched American Binance branch Binance.US.
The cryptocurrency exchange posted news of Binance.US’s launch on September 7, explaining that the company would be following KYC (know-your-customer) protocol,...
BNB Jumps on New Binance Project, Venus, Announcement
19.8.2019
Source: Binance, Instagram
Binance coin (BNB), the native token of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, jumped by more than 3% in two hours following the announcement that the company "plans to initiate an open blockchain project, Venus."
At pixel time (07:20 UTC), BNB trades at c. USD 28.92....
Bitcoiners Brace for More Performance Art and Another ‘Satoshi Reveal’
17.8.2019
On Friday, a variety of paid press releases were published stemming from a company called Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings, a firm that claims a big “reveal” is coming on Sunday, August 18. According to the announcement, Satoshi Nakamoto will divulge his “real-life...