Cryptocurrency News
Fidelity Digital Assets Touts Bitcoin Credentials, As Publicly Traded Companies Now Hold Over 600,000 BTC
Bitcoin.com - 15 Oct 2020 05:30
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) says diversifying an investment portfolio with bitcoin is especially essential now when benchmark interest rates globally are near or below zero. The opportunity cost of not allocating to bi...
Bankless society 'inevitable' due to crypto, says Morgan Creek CEO
Coin Telegraph - 15 Oct 2020 14:48
People will be able to "bank themselves" with crypto.
PwC Report Points to Banner Year for Crypto M&A and Fundraising Deals
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 03:00
The value of acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full year 2019, according to a new report by PwC.
Cointelegraph Consulting: Ethereum's on-chain activity surges and bullish sentiment spikes
Coin Telegraph - 15 Oct 2020 23:19
Is Ethereum's recent bullish online sentiment good or bad? Short-term holders are now in the black, is a 'sell zone' approaching?
Fed Chairman Powell to Speak About Digital Currencies Next Week at IMF
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 23:10
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak next week as part of a panel on the future of cross-border payments at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11.5K; Ether Futures Open Interest Flattens
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 22:22
Bitcoin's price is trending up while ether futures open interest has stopped growing in the past month.
Hackers Infiltrated Almost 2,000 Robinhood Accounts, More Than Thought: Report
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 22:06
According to the company's statement at the time of the hacks, the attacks were said to have affected only a "limited" number of clients.
DeFi Audit Firms Seeing 'Overwhelming Demand' Even Amid Token Price Slump
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 22:02
Overbooked audit firms are "rejecting" DeFi projects for code checks as the young sector wallows in its first bear market.
'Shorts will be dead' -- Why Dan Tapiero expects a massive Bitcoin shortage
Coin Telegraph - 15 Oct 2020 22:00
Dan Tapiero believes Bitcoin could face a supply shortage if institutional demand for BTC continues to increase.
Is Crypto Converging With Public Markets?
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 21:00
Between bitcoin treasury holdings growing and crypto-focused SPACs, private crypto markets and public equities markets are closer than ever.
Game theory meets DeFi: Bouncing ideas around tokenomic design
Coin Telegraph - 15 Oct 2020 20:45
"If you look at financial structures in history, everything worked out because of collaboration."
VCs Learned Bitcoin & ICO Lesson The Hard Way - Marc van der Chijs
Crypto News - 15 Oct 2020 20:40
Source: Adobe/jan_S Many venture capitalists (VCs) learned the hard way that just hodling bitcoin (BTC) would have been a better strategy than trying to outperform it, Marc van der Chijs, entrepreneur, crypto-focused ven...
Governments and banks are the only winners with fiat currency, says Max Keiser
Coin Telegraph - 15 Oct 2020 20:02
His doom and gloom comments continue to roll in for global currencies.
Regulatory Crypto Sprint, Extended Mt. Gox, Crypto.com's 5m Users + More News
Crypto News - 15 Oct 2020 19:41
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Regulation news The New York Department of Financial Services announ...
Trump's Security Hawks Call Distributed Ledgers 'Critical' in US-China Tech Arms Race
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 19:39
DLT is among 20 "critical and emerging" technologies in the Trump Administration's new strategy for preserving the U.S.' technological edge.
Nigeria Is Developing Strategies for National Blockchain Adoption
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 18:38
Nigerian authorities are developing a roadmap for the adoption of blockchain technology in public administration and payments on a national scale.
Stellar to Add Support for USDC Stablecoin, Opening Up Dollar-Backed Remittances
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 18:37
The addition of the dollar-backed USDC stablecoin seeks to bolster Stellar's standing as a cross-border payments network.
Blockchain Bites: Filecoin's Mainnet, M&A's Upswing, Tarbert's Environmental Concerns
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 18:34
Crypto M&A deals are on pace to surpass last year, CFTC Chairman Tarbert is "impressed" with Ethereum and Filecoin flies.
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 15, 2020
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 18:00
With bitcoin falling back towards $11K and news out of the Invest: Ethereum Economy conference, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
Mt Gox Rehabilitation Plan Delayed Again to December 15
Bitcoin.com - 15 Oct 2020 18:00
The submission deadline for the Mt Gox civil rehabilitation plan has been extended once again, this time to December 15. The deadline has been pushed back at least three times before, including in the latest case, where ...
Trump Says He Would Increase Stimulus Offer to Reach Deal With House Democrats: Report
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 17:14
There's still a chance a stimulus package can be passed before the presidential election, but those chances are fading, said the U.S. president.
Authorities Arrest 20 Suspected of Ties to Russian Rapper's Alleged Money Laundering Syndicate
Coin Desk - 15 Oct 2020 17:09
Authorities accuse QQAAZZ of mounting a laundering-as-a-service operation for the criminal underworld.