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Advocates at Stand With Crypto Seek to Turn Crypto Enthusiasts Into Swing-State Voters
[Aug 28 4:34 PM] Stand With Crypto is the political cheerleading arm of the crypto industry's increasingly high-powered effort to insert itself into the 2024 election, and it's starting a multi-state tour on Sept. 4 with the hope of translating its 1.3 million…
Bitcoin Bounce Fizzles as Nvidia's Slide Ahead of Earnings Adds to Risk-Off Mood
[Aug 28 3:58 PM] Ether's year-to-date gain has narrowed to less than 10% in crypto's latest price tumble.
Binance CEO Teng Rejects Allegations the Exchange Froze All Palestinians' Funds
[Aug 28 3:56 PM] The crypto exchange complies with anti-money laundering legislation, he said.
Coinflip Expands Cryptocurrency ATM Services to Mexico
[Aug 28 3:30 PM] Coinflip has officially launched its digital currency kiosks, otherwise known as automated teller machines (ATMs), in Mexico, marking its second expansion in North America. The latest expansion follows the company’s entry into the Canadian…
Remembering Hal Finney: A Decade Since His Passing, His Legacy in Bitcoin Lives On
[Aug 28 3:22 PM] Today marks the tenth anniversary of the passing of Hal Finney, a renowned cryptographer and computer scientist who played a pivotal role in the early days of Bitcoin. Finney, who passed away in 2014 due to complications from ALS, is celebrated for…
Blur, Tensor Tokens Dip After NFT Marketplace OpenSea Receives SEC Wells Notice
[Aug 28 3:10 PM] The SEC alleged in the Wells notice that NFTs sold on OpenSea are securities, the OpenSea CEO said earlier Wednesday.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Set to Appear in French Court After Weekend Arrest
[Aug 28 2:38 PM] The head of the popular social-media and messaging platform was arrested on Saturday as part of an investigation into money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and non-cooperation with law enforcement crimes.
OpenSea Gets 'Wells Notice' From SEC, Which Calls NFTs Sold on Platform 'Securities'
[Aug 28 2:12 PM] "We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists," says CEO of OpenSea
Ether Spot ETF Flows Have Underwhelmed Versus Bitcoin: JPMorgan
[Aug 28 1:55 PM] Spot ether exchange-traded funds have seen net outflows of $0.5B since their launch, the report said.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Tumbles 3.2%, With RNDR the Only Asset to Advance
[Aug 28 1:34 PM] RNDR was the lone gainer while MATIC and NEAR suffered steep losses of 8.9% and 7.5% respectively.
Investment Firm Lemniscap Raises $70M Fund Targeting Early Stage Web3 Projects
[Aug 28 1:00 PM] Lemniscap is targeting zero-knowledge infrastructure, consumer applications and decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN).
WazirX Asks Singapore Court for 6 Months to Restructure Liabilities as CoinSwitch Weighs Legal Action
[Aug 28 12:13 PM] Indian rival CoinSwitch said it is likely to sue the hacked crypto exchange, where $9.6 million worth of deposits were held.
Bitcoin ETFs Saw the Largest Outflow in Over Three Weeks
[Aug 28 12:06 PM] U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $127 million in net outflows on Tuesday, marking the largest single-day withdrawal since Aug. 6. The outflow ended an eight-day streak of positive inflows totalling $756 million.On Tuesday…
First Mover Americas: TON Blockchain Resumes After 6-Hour Outage
[Aug 28 12:05 PM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug. 28, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Institutional Investors Continue to Increase Digital Asset Allocation: Economist Report
[Aug 28 12:00 PM] The report, commissioned by OKX, shows that a growing number of institutional investors are examining new digital asset products for their portfolio
Hong Kong Markets Authority Opens Its Tokenization Sandbox and Major Institutions Dive In
[Aug 28 11:39 AM] HSBC bank completed three proof of concepts in Hong Kong's Ensemble sandbox.
Cardano Blockchain Heads for 'Chang Hard Fork,' Biggest Upgrade in Two Years
[Aug 28 11:00 AM] The main feature of the upgrade is to give Cardano the ability to introduce on-chain governance features.
Australians Lost $122M Worth of Crypto to Scams in 12 Months: Police
[Aug 28 7:16 AM] Australia's national police agency has warned that Australians lost at least Australian dollars 180 million of cryptocurrency ($122 million) in investment scams in just 12 months, "urging all to be extra aware of the proliferation and…
Toncoin Trims Losses, Beats Bitcoin and Ether, as TON Blockchain Comes Back Online
[Aug 28 6:54 AM] Toncoin's TON performed better than the CoinDesk 20 as the protocol announced its blockchain had restarted.
TON Resumes Block Production After Nearly Six Hour Outage
[Aug 28 2:00 AM] The network has gone to the DOGS as it struggles to catch up with the popularity of a new TON memcoin.
Bitcoin Price Falls Below $59K Amid Broad Market Rout; Ether Slumps Almost 10%
[Aug 27 10:56 PM] Bitcoin's price fell to $58,900 while other major cryptocurrencies fell more than 4% late Wednesday.
Space and Time Secures $20 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance AI and Blockchain
[Aug 27 10:30 PM] Space and Time (SxT) Labs has announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Framework Ventures and supported by several prominent investors. SxT Labs disclosed that the funding aims to accelerate the company’s…
Maker, Now Rebranded to Sky, Draws Ire From DeFi Community on Controversial Stablecoin Change
[Aug 27 9:20 PM] MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said the feature won't be live when the USDS token goes live and the old DAI token will remain in circulation unchanged.
BlackRock Lists Ethereum ETF on Brazilian Stock Exchange
[Aug 27 8:42 PM] The company earlier this year listed its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the South American country.
Tether CEO Criticizes Durov’s Arrest, States Europe Is ‘Falling Into Dark Ages’
[Aug 27 8:05 PM] Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, one of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency industry, has criticized the arrest of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov. On social media, Ardoino stated this development was concerning for society as a whole and…
French President Emmanuel Macron Dismisses ‘False Information’ on Pavel Durov’s Arrest; ‘It Is in No Way a Political Decision’
Bitcoin Slides Below $62K as Consolidation Drags on, but Traders Eye Possible Parabolic Rally
[Aug 27 5:49 PM]
Blockchain Data Warehouse Space and Time Raises $20M Series A to Accelerate Development of AI Tools
[Aug 27 4:58 PM] The funding round, which takes SxT's total backing to $50 million, was led by Framework Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital and Hivemind Capital.
Trump Unlikely to Drop Out of ABC Debate With Harris Despite Threats: Polymarket Traders
[Aug 27 4:20 PM] The mics likely won't be muted, the market believes.