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A possible Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Criminal mastermind Paul Le Roux told the judge that upon his release he plans to “start a business selling and ...

The world is awash in COVID-19 contact tracing apps but few seem to be delivering on their promises.

One of the newer entrants to the DeFi space, Curve, is riding the wave of demand for the freshly issued Compound governance token, COMP.

During the last three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created a system of monetary avarice, as the central bank can literally do whatever it wants with zero oversight. The American public recently witnessed the Fed�...

Soure: Adobe/AlekseyIvanov The Spanish parliament is set to vote on a new crypto exchange regulation law in the "second half of 2020" - after the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announce...

A leading independent financial analysis shares thoughts on the "Robinhood rally," Fed policy and why Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is already here.

A co-founder of the celebrity-backed Centra Tech crypto scam has pleaded guilty to his role in the $25 million fraudulent ICO.

Today's stablecoin market mirrors the "wildcat banking" era of the mid-1800s, when banks printed their own dollars. Like then, federal intervention is likely.

It's costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.

Ethereum price is set for a major breakout and hitting as high as $330 next shouldn't be ruled out.

The Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CDBC), detailing its plans in a new job posting.

The CEO of Panda Group and the founder of Colombia’s Panda Exchange and physical Panda BTM terminals, Arley Lozano, recently revealed a new product called app.pandabtm.io. The new service is a virtual automated teller ...

Miners now face the fourth-most difficult two-week mining period in Bitcoin's history, even though it's only been a little over a month since the halving.

The pre-adjustment predictions last week seem to have underestimated this Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment, as it went higher than expected. The third Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment after the halving saw ...

With their economy crumbling from hyperinflation, Venezuelans are finding new workarounds to get hold of digital dollars.

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Blockchain news The South Korean government has anno...

The Advertising Standards Authority and the Internet Advertising Office joined forces to launch a system to remove scam ads.

Stocks keep crypto down while Africa gets Lightning Nodes. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.

One of the greatest challenges for digital content creators is the ability to maintain copyright over their works, and blockchain tech can help them.

How much do you know about tokenization and how it could transform finance in the future? Find out for yourself in our fun quiz.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve sees no issues with the massive expansion of the Fed's balance sheet and believes that inflation will struggle to stay above the target.

Expect digital assets investing to mirror fixed income investing and become more specialized and complex over time, says our columnist.