CoinDeskBlockchain HTC’s Latest Blockchain Phone Can Run a Full Bitcoin Nodecoindesk.com - David Pan Taiwanese electronics manufacturer HTC has launched its latest blockchain phone, the Exodus 1s, which enables users to support the bitcoin …
CoinDeskBusiness SEC’s Court Hearing on Telegram Token Delayed Till Next Yearcoindesk.com - Anna Baydakova Telegram will have to wait to make its case to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its “gram” token is not a security. According to …
CoinDeskMarkets Crypto Derivatives: On Misleading Measurementscoindesk.com - Noelle Acheson Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The …
CoinDeskBusiness Fidelity Digital Assets Opens to All Qualified Investorscoindesk.com - David Pan Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) is “now engaged in a full rollout” of its custody and trading services, expanding from the limited trial users …
CoinDeskBitcoin With 18 Million Bitcoins Mined, How Hard Is That 21 Million Limit?coindesk.com - Christine Kim In a matter of hours, the 18 millionth bitcoin will have been mined and the world’s first cryptocurrency will draw one step closer to its hard-coded …
CoinDeskBusiness FATF Joins BIS In Calling Stablecoins ‘Global Risk,’ Citing Money Laundering Concernscoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De Stablecoins pose a money laundering and terrorist financing risk to the world, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Friday. In documents …
CoinDeskTechnology Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integrationcoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De The Kik messaging platform has been bought by MediaLab, a holding company which operates Whisper and a number of other apps, the company announced …
CoinDeskTrading Circle to Spin Out Poloniex Exchange Less Than 2 Years After $400 Million Takeovercoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De Crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from its parent firm Circle, the companies announced Friday. According to a pair of blog posts, Poloniex will …
CoinDeskBusiness Digital Securities Exchange Taps R3’s Blockchain for Post-Trade Activitiescoindesk.com - William Foxley Digital securities startup Archax has inked a deal to use blockchain firm R3’s Corda Enterprise solution for handling post-trade activities on its …
CoinDeskBusiness Fake Tor Browser Has Been Spying, Stealing Bitcoin ‘For Years’coindesk.com - Daniel Palmer Hackers have been distributing a compromised version of the official Tor Browser that’s packed with malicious tools used to both spy on users and …
CoinDeskBitcoin Looming Death Cross Suggests Bitcoin May Be Nearing Price Bottomcoindesk.com - Omkar Godbole • Bitcoin’s 50- and 200-day moving averages (MAs)look set to produce a death cross in the next week or two. Historical data shows the cryptocurrency …
CoinDeskBinance Binance Hikes Leverage to 125x for Launch of Bitcoin-Tether Futurescoindesk.com - William Foxley Binance’s futures exchange is raising leverage to 125x with the launch of bitcoin (BTC)/tether (USDT) contracts today. The cryptocurrency exchange …
CoinDeskBusiness Bitcoin Has Failed But Global Stablecoins a Threat, Say BIS and G7coindesk.com - William Foxley Bitcoin and other early cryptocurrencies have failed as an “attractive means of payment or store of value,” says a new report from the G7 and Bank of …
CoinDeskBitcoin What to Make of the SEC’s Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejectioncoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De • The SEC rejected the latest bitcoin ETF proposal last week, though it wasn’t entirely unexpected. • The decision clarified the SEC’s concerns, which …
CoinDeskCryptocurrency Tourists in Popular Japanese Region Could Soon Use a Local Cryptocurrencycoindesk.com - Richard Meyer Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) and an Osaka-based railway company are issuing a local cryptocurrency for use in a popular tourist area in …
CoinDeskTrading Crypto Exchange Upbit’s Operator Eyes Blockchain in OTC Securities Tradingcoindesk.com - Richard Meyer Dunamu, the operator of the Upbit crypto exchange, is releasing a new app this month in South Korea for trading unlisted securities with a plan to …
CoinDeskBusiness Cambodia’s Central Bank Testing Digital Wallet to Ease Cross Border Paymentscoindesk.com - Danny Nelson Cambodia’s Central Bank wants to slash the cost of cross-border payments and is studying how its in-house digital wallet, the Hyperledger …
CoinDeskBusiness Huobi Plans to Open Fiat Gateway with Lira-Tether Pairing in Turkeycoindesk.com - David Pan Global crypto exchange Huobi plans to roll out a fiat gateway in Turkey that could increase access to more than 250 cryptocurrencies for local …
CoinDeskSocial Media WATCH: How JET8 Is Injecting Crypto Into the Social Media Value Chaincoindesk.com - Daniel Kuhn Jet8 is taking a new approach to social media and data ownership using blockchain. Chief strategy officer Joshua Thomson sat down with CoinDesk to …
CoinDeskBusiness Facebook’s Libra Just Got Its First Major Supporter in Congresscoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De Amid a sea of scorn, one U.S. Senator is praising Libra. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wrote a letter to Libra Association member Anchorage, a South …
CoinDeskMark Zuckerberg What Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Said in His Defense of ‘Free Expression’coindesk.com - Brady Dale , Nikhilesh De , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended free expression in a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday. “[The internet] allows people to share things …
CoinDeskJapan WATCH: Our On Tap Meetup In Tokyo United Japanese Blockchain Fans With the Global Makerscoindesk.com - John Biggs What do you get when you give a bunch of crypto fans a bunch of beer and pizza? If you answered “an amazing meetup featuring devs and explorers from …
CoinDeskBusiness Libra Shows Central Banks’ Failure on Cross-Border Payments: Riksbankcoindesk.com - Ian Allison Facebook’s Libra has been a wake-up call for central bankers. Now one such official – Gabriel Soderberg of Sweden’s Riksbank – says cross-border …
CoinDeskSecurities Telegram Responds to SEC: Gram Tokens Are Not Securitiescoindesk.com - Nikhilesh De Telegram is pushing back against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The messaging platform filed a response to the securities …
CoinDeskBruno Le Maire France’s Le Maire Attacks Facebook’s ‘Political’ Ambitions With Libracoindesk.com - William Foxley France’s economic and finance minister says Libra is “unacceptable,” calling it an intrusion into the state’s political sovereignty. Writing in a …
CoinDeskBusiness Blockchain-Shy Bank of America Quietly Pilots Ripple Technologycoindesk.com - Nathan DiCamillo Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the U.S., has quietly tested out Ripple’s distributed ledger technology – and may be planning to do more …
CoinDeskBusiness Shellfish Plant Is Putting Scallops on IBM’s Food Tracking Blockchaincoindesk.com - Nathan DiCamillo A seafood plant is working with IBM to track the provenance of fresh scallops using blockchain technology. The Raw Seafoods plant in Fall River, …
CoinDeskBitcoin Bitcoin Price May Test $7,750 as Selling Pressure Growscoindesk.com - Sebastian Sinclair • Bitcoin’s bearish daily candle close (UTC) on October 16 has increased the likelihood of further price drops. • The monthly chart has similarities to …
CoinDeskSaffron CFTC Takes Action Against Crypto Options ‘Ponzi Scheme’coindesk.com - Daniel Palmer A purported cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investment firm is in hot water with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and stands …
