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Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
Microsoft is pitching blockchain technology as a way to make artificial intelligence less scary for its corporate customers.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
Missed our webinar on crypto exchanges Read the takeaways from CoinDesk Research's chat with Binance US CEO Catherine Coley and FTXs Sam Bankman-Fried.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
The first application on Kadena's public blockchain is a tracking platform for CBD oil.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
NYDIG plans to raise $25 million for an SEC-approved investment fund focused entirely on cash-settled bitcoin futures.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
The widely followed monthly MACD has turned bearish for the first time since May. However, it likely just reflects recent months of price downturn.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
Microsofts collaboration with blockchain gaming startup Enjin has prompted a roughly 50 percent surge in the project's native token over a two-day period.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has no issue with the launch of the Facebook-led Libra project as long as financial rules are followed to the letter.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
With markets mixed but mostly down, we're looking at Deutche Bank's 2030 crypto call, the movement encouraging an annual bitcoin exchange bank run, and Enjins Microsoft-fueled rally

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
Bank of China has issued 20 billion yuan, or about $2.8 billion, in blockchain-based bonds to small businesses.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
The majority of asset managers that bank with State Street are interested in digital assets, but none have asked the global custodian to store them yet.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC wants Telegrams former chief investment advisor to testify and hand over documents related to the company's $1.7 billion 2018 token sale.

Via Coindesk – 9:05 pm December 7, 2019
If stability and liquidity are part of bitcoin's road to becoming a mature asset, 2019 has been a period of arrested development.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Great North Data, a firm that ran bitcoin mining and AI processing data centers in Canada, has filed for bankruptcy owing millions to creditors including government agencies.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
ChromaWay will add Antler's game catalog to its own Chromia blockchain with the acquisition.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
A panel of top U.S. financial regulators urged federal and state officials to monitor risks from digital assets like bitcoin.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle, is stepping down as co-CEO six years after founding the crypto trading and payments startup with Jeremy Allaire.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector.n

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
BlockFi, the cryptocurrency lending service, is expanding into trading with an unusual, zero-fee model.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure added Morgan Creek Digitals Anthony Pomp Pompliano to its board following a $103 million funding round.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Matter Labs released Thursday the testnet of ZK-Sync, a privacy-minded scaling tool meant to help blockchains boost transaction speeds.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Do good work, earn a badger. That's the idea behind a new incentives scheme launched by Microsoft in partnership with blockchain gaming project Enjin.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
A team of Morgan Stanley veterans have launched a crypto derivatives trading platform, claiming it is faster and more secure than some of the markets biggest players. n

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Bitcoin sharp rejection at resistance around $7,800 has weakened the short-term bullish outlook.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Crypto lending firm Unchained Capital has hired Will Cole of the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force as its new chief product officer.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin Tether, and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
IDEX is launching a new DEX built on a layer 2 scalibility protocol made possible through Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Even if XRP were a security, the investors suing Ripple brought their case far too late for it to proceed, the company said in a new filing.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Crypto has to be seen from a macro perspective, Mati Greenspan says.

Via Coindesk – 4:35 am December 6, 2019
Mable Jiang, formerly of Nirvana Capital, will spearhead the venture firm's hunt for new deals in Asia.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
A new bitcoin exchange traded product has just listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX, and it's physically backed by the underlying crypto.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
This time we're talking winners and losers in China's increasingly top-down crypto industry, the implications behind former CFTC chairman Giancarlo's just-announced move to white-shoe law firm Willkie Farr &038 Gallagher, and more.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
SoFi has been granted a BitLicense by NYDFS, allowing it to provide crypto trading services to New Yorkers.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
China's Great Firewall, used by the government to regulate access to foreign internet sites, has blocked one of the most popular sources of ethereum blockchain data.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Nordea Bank has won a court battle in Denmark over its bid to bar employees from buying and selling cryptocurrencies outside of work.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Meet Cwtch, a zcash-fueled messaging app with more decentralization than Telegram or Signal.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
The exchange hired Julian Sawyer, former co-founder and chief operating officer of a U.K. digital bank, to shape the exchanges strategy in the region and manage European hiring.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
State Street Bank has cut over 100 blockchain developer jobs as part of a pivot from transforming its plumbing with DLT to supporting digital assets.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
The case offers a litmus test of sorts Was Griffith's appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum's gospel of global reinvention

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Developers may punt a network feature two years down the road to avoid complicating ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake PoS.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
A newly-discovered exploit could hijack banking and wallet apps on your Android phone.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
DeFi services provider Zerion has raised $2 million from Placeholder, Blockchain and others to build out its team.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
A new and hard-to-detect macOS malware variant has been discovered lurking on a fake cryptocurrency trading site.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Japan's MUFG Bank and Recruit Holdings were said to be launching a digital currency as part of a new payments venture. MUFG has now put that claim in doubt.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
If digital gold means assets where investors park money during financial market turmoil, then bitcoin doesn't fit the bill as well as it used to.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Bitcoin's recent $780 pullback lacks volume support from sellers and may be short-lived.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
OneConnect Financial, the blockchain and AI subsidiary of Chinas top insurance company Ping An Insurance, has set the terms for its planned NYSE listing.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
It is unclear who will helm Bakkt after CEO Kelly Loeffler joins the U.S. Senate on Jan. 1.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
Litecoins price plunge in recent months has whittled away the profitability of mining the cryptocurrency, leading to a shakeout among operators.

Via Coindesk – 8:50 pm December 4, 2019
With markets recovering, we take a look at Bitcoins' recent behavior and wonder whether it's still a safe haven Later, we're joined by Galen Moore for quick discussion on alleged bitcoin market manipulation…

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
Australian blockchain startup Power Ledger will pilot a peer-to-peer solar energy trading platform alongside an Indian utility firm and a government agency.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
Kakao's in-development wallet for its klay cryptocurrency will support dapps and tokens based on the firm's blockchain tech. The bad news is the launch has been delayed.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
Sri Lanka's Central Bank wants to use a blockchain system for local banks' know-your-customer protocols.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
This time we're talking crypto and traditional market, an ethereum developer in hot water after alleged sanction busting, and a look at this years biggest exchange hacks.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
Huobi China has joined a blockchain consortium backed by a powerful state-sponsored entity.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
Christopher Giancarlo has joined law firm Willkie Farr &038 Gallagher as its new senior counsel, where the former CFTC chief intends to continue advocating for a digital dollar and other policies.

Via Coindesk – 4:05 am December 3, 2019
A judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice has enough evidence to move a case against ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to trial.

Via Coindesk – 1:35 pm December 2, 2019
Technical analysis, or the art of divining future price movements from historical data, divides opinion in the crypto world. So does does it offer real insight into the markets

Via Coindesk – 1:35 pm December 2, 2019
New code for mining pools could fix problems associated with transaction censorship and more, say its supporters.

Via Coindesk – 1:35 pm December 2, 2019
Bitcoin has erased more than 45 percent of last week's rally, but a bullish chart pattern is still valid.

Via Coindesk – 1:35 pm December 2, 2019
Dutch crypto startups are crying foul as local regulators look to implement the EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive ahead of a Jan. 10 deadline.

Via Coindesk – 1:35 pm December 2, 2019
Vertcoin, a crypto project that sets out to keep mining power decentralized, has suffered its second 51-percent attack in a year.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
IBM has won a patent for a blockchain system which tracks packages in case they're stolen by drones.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
From next year, banks in Germany will be allowed to offer the sale and storage of cryptocurrencies under new legislation.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
IDAX says its unnamed global CEO has gone missing and asked customers to stop using its services.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
Bitcoin looks poised to post the biggest monthly loss of 2019, despite the recent recovery from six-month lows.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
The Bank of Russia has backed a potential ban on cryptocurrency payments, according to a state news agency.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
A prior report that Tagomi had been acquired by Coinbase was incorrect, according to spokespeople at both companies.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
Huobi Russia now accepts ruble deposits and will soon have its own exchange token listing service for the Russian market.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
Eric Weinstein of Thiel Capital talks with Leigh Cuen about the philosophy behind the crypto markets.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
Cisco sees a way for blockchain to help secure messages transmitted through telecommunications networks, according to a patent.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
After attending a blockchain conference in North Korea in April, a developer at the Ethereum Foundation has been arrested in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
Crypto custodian Bakkts chief executive Kelly Loeffler has reportedly been picked by Governor Brian Kemp to serve in the U.S. Senate until the special election in November 2020.

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
The crypto market's fragmented and decentralized structure can make it more vulnerable to manipulation, writes CoinDesk Researchs Galen Moore.n

Via Coindesk – 6:35 pm December 1, 2019
The hosts are talking network effects, ad-hoc audits and more with early Bitcoin developer and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee.

Via Coindesk – 6:55 am November 29, 2019
Chainalysis chief economist sits down with Daniel Kuhn to talk about how to cut crypto use in the cybercrime ghetto.

Via Coindesk – 6:55 am November 29, 2019
3iQ has listed the preliminary prospectus for its bitcoin fund as the next step toward an initial public offering IPO, likely on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Via Coindesk – 2:35 pm November 28, 2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve is again expanding its balance sheet prominent experts believe that could bode well for bitcoin in the long run.

Via Coindesk – 1:05 pm November 28, 2019
Around one third of the top 120 exchanges are weak when it comes to know-your-customer KYC verification, while two-thirds lack strong KYC policies, the firm said.

Via Coindesk – 1:05 pm November 28, 2019
Bitcoin's price recovery is gathering steam and $7,800 could be the next stop for the bulls.

Via Coindesk – 1:05 pm November 28, 2019
Coinbase has patented a system which would automatically identify accounts violating AML rules.

Via Coindesk – 10:10 am November 28, 2019
Bitcoin has been sliding amid a lack of capital inflows, raising questions about the future for bitcoin in the long-term.

Via Coindesk – 10:10 am November 28, 2019
A digital currency could ensure that citizens remain able to use central bank money even if cash is eventually no longer used, according to Benot Cur.

Via Coindesk – 1:00 am November 28, 2019
These seven major hacks remind us not your keys, not your crypto.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
Ghana is joining the ranks of nations eyeing the launch of a central bank digital currency, and is already in talks over a pilot project.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
Bitcoin needs to break above resistance at $7,380 to confirm a short-term bull reversal and invite stronger buying pressure.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
HODLers can play Santa this year by gifting their crypto bags to others on Bitcoin Tuesday, a play on the holiday drive known as Giving Tuesday.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
342,000 ether have been taken from the wallets of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, the firm's CEO says.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
Zooming out the lens a bit, there are at least three plausible reasons to think this sell-off may be just a hiccup for bitcoin.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
Simon Malls has partnered with Bitstop, installing 5 new bitcoin ATMs in 3 states.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
The Swiss Federal Council has adopted a revised proposal to remove legal hurdles still holding up blockchain innovation, and will pass the legislation to the parliament.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
A veteran of megabank UBS is launching a startup to enter the increasingly crowded field of platforms for issuing digital securities on a blockchain.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
HSBC plans to track $20 billion in private-placement assets on its Digital Vault, allowing investors real-time access to their records.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
On todays episode, were talking markets reaction to UpBit exchange hack, crypto liquidity, and VeChains November rally.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
BloXroute Labs' Blockchain Distribution Network cut ethereum block propagation time in half, according to a test by Akomba Labs.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
The Indian government is drafting a paper outlining a new national blockchain framework, a minister wrote Wednesday.

Via Coindesk – 10:05 pm November 27, 2019
Amid civil unrest, bitcoin is helping some Lebanese get by. Emphasis on the word helping. Traditional social ties are as important as technology.

Via Coindesk – 6:20 am November 27, 2019
On todays episode, were talking bitcoin's bearish juncture, tokenization troubles, and new allegations filed against stablecoin Tether

Via Coindesk – 6:20 am November 27, 2019
The 2019 holiday shopping season is a prime time for using and earning cryptocurrency.

Via Coindesk – 6:20 am November 27, 2019
Former PBoC head Xiaochuan Zhou says the digital yuan will enable retail payments first, but might need a different technical design for cross-border payments.

Via Coindesk – 6:20 am November 27, 2019
A federal judge denied a bitcoin user's petition to stop the IRS from gathering data about his cryptocurrency holdings from the Bitstamp exchange.