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Dormant Bitcoin Wallet From 2013 Springs to Life With $8M Transfer

[Sep 9 6:30 PM] On Monday, as bitcoin began bouncing back from its recent dip to $52,546 just three days earlier, a dormant bitcoin wallet suddenly sprang to life. For the first time since Nov. 20, 2013, the wallet moved 146.43 BTC, a stash now valued at just over…

Kalshi's U.S. Election Markets Delayed Until Friday at Earliest

[Sep 9 6:14 PM] The judge in the prediction market's court case against the CFTC has called a hearing Thursday over the regulator's motion for a two-week delay.

Tether's $100M Investment in LatAm Agriculture Firm May Be a Tokenization Play

[Sep 9 5:10 PM] Adecoagro is a founder and partial owner in an Argentina-based agricultural commodities tokenization platform Agrotoken.

Coinbase Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Regulator Risk Concerns, Judge Rules

[Sep 9 4:21 PM] A U.S. judge denied in part last week Coinbase's request to dismiss a class action lawsuit from shareholders accusing the exchange of misleading them about its chances of being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Polymarket’s Traffic and Trading Volume Soar, $137.3M in September’s First 9 Days

[Sep 9 3:32 PM] In just over a week, the blockchain-powered prediction market platform Polymarket has generated an impressive $137.3 million in trading volume, already outpacing the total volume recorded during June and all prior months this year. Last Friday…

Michael Saylor Says Republicans Have More 'Progressive’ View on Crypto, Democrats ‘Drifting to the Middle’

[Sep 9 3:18 PM] Republicans are way ahead of Democrats regarding their opinion of crypto and bitcoin {{BTC}}, said MicroStrategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.

Crypto Fund Outflows Were Most Since March Last Week as Bitcoin ETFs Bled

[Sep 9 2:18 PM] Bitcoin lost over 8% of its value during the week, falling below $54,000 on Sept. 6 having traded around $59,000 on Sept. 2.

Restaking Protocol Ether.fi Selects Scroll as Layer-2 Network for Settlement

[Sep 9 2:00 PM] Restaking protocol Ether.fi selected layer-2 network Scroll as the settlement layer for products like its Cash card.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: AVAX Surges 12.8%, Pushing Index Higher

[Sep 9 1:32 PM] The CoinDesk 20 jumped 4.2% over the weekend with all but one asset in the green.

Ether.Fi to Launch Visa 'Cash' Card on Scroll Network

[Sep 9 1:02 PM] The credit card from Ether.fi will reward 3% cash-back and let users borrow money against their crypto collateral.

Proof of Workforce and Careers In Government Partner to Integrate Bitcoin into Public Sector Jobs

[Sep 9 1:00 PM] The Proof of Workforce Foundation (POWF) and Careers In Government Inc. (CIG) have launched a strategic partnership aimed at integrating Bitcoin into public sector employment practices, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. This…

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Reclaims $55K Ahead of Tuesday's Harris-Trump Debate

[Sep 9 12:01 PM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 9, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Australian Bitcoin ETF to Implement Proof of Reserves with Hoseki

[Sep 9 12:00 PM] Monochrome Asset Management announced its Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) will implement proof-of-reserves verification through a new partnership with Hoseki. This makes IBTC the first Australian spot Bitcoin ETF to adopt such transparency…

A 0.50% Fed Rate Cut Could Raise Alarm for Bitcoin, 10X Research Warns

[Sep 9 11:21 AM] The Fed is expected to begin its much-anticipating rate-cutting cycle from next week.

Binance Unit Tokocrypto Is Third Crypto Exchange to Score Full License in Indonesia

[Sep 9 11:14 AM] Crypto Exchange Binance subsidiary Tokocrypto has obtained a full license as a Physical Crypto Asset Trader from Indonesia's Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, known as Bappebti.

BCB Group's Chief Compliance Officer to Exit in Latest Senior Management Departure

[Sep 9 10:30 AM] Natasha Powell is leaving the crypto firm. She will continue to support the group as a non-exec director of BCB Payments.

Japan's Largest Power Company TEPCO is Mining Bitcoin Using Renewables

[Sep 9 9:43 AM] Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan's largest electricity provider, has begun mining Bitcoin through its subsidiary Agile Energy X using excess renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted, as per reports from Asahi. With over 27 million…

Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet

[Sep 9 9:30 AM] Snapshot X, the new governance protocol, makes use of storage proofs – a cryptographic feature that StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, has helped innovate and embraced.

WazirX Hacker Moves $11M Stolen Ether to Tornado Cash

[Sep 9 9:25 AM] The hacker, widely suspected to be an entity from North Korea, moved $6 million in stolen funds for the first time last week.

Bitcoin Could Hit $90K by Year End if Trump Becomes President Again: Bernstein

[Sep 9 8:54 AM] If Kamala Harris wins, bitcoin could drop to as low as $30K, the report said.

Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC Order Book Liquidity Says Yes

[Sep 9 8:33 AM] Low liquidity, represented by market depth, is often seen at market bottoms, Hyblock Capital said.

Crypto Exchange Woo X Introduces Copy Trading, With a Twist

[Sep 9 7:00 AM] The exchange’s version of social trading comes with a countertrade feature as well as more transparent and equitable profit sharing.

Bitcoin 'Grossly Undervalued' at Current Prices, Traders Say Ahead of CPI, Trump-Harris Debate Week

[Sep 9 4:47 AM] The asset and broader crypto market tend to move on the release of U.S. economic figures and political developments.

Latam Insights: Venezuelan Opposition Leader Proposes Bitcoin Reserve; Maduro Wants to Retake the Crypto Path

[Sep 9 3:30 AM] Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado proposes creating a bitcoin reserve, Venezuelan…

U.S. Election Betting Delay Would Be 'Devastating' to Kalshi, Firm Says

[Sep 9 1:12 AM] Kalshi "has staked its future on this litigation and these markets," the prediction market platform said, pushing back against CFTC's emergency motion.

Vitalik Buterin Responds to Rumored Sales, Reaffirms Commitment to Ethereum and Charitable Causes

[Sep 8 1:30 PM] After some activity was noticed from wallets linked to Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, he took to the social media platform X to clarify the situation. He stated that all his token sales were meant to “support various…

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Proposes Establishing a Bitcoin Reserve

[Sep 7 8:35 PM] Maria Corina Machado, head of the political coalition that contests the victory of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, has proposed establishing a bitcoin reserve for the country. Machado stated that bitcoin represented a lifeline for many Venezuelans…

CFTC Pleads With Judge to Block Kalshi Election Contracts for 14 Days

[Sep 7 4:38 AM] The agency says it can't make "an informed decision" about whether to appeal the judge's decision in Kalshi's favor until it knows her rationale.

Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC

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'Blurt' Developer Thinks Crypto Makes for Better Donations to Twitch Streamers

[Sep 6 4:40 PM] An inside look at the big and small projects being developed at the mtnDAO hacker house in Salt Lake City.