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Diogenes Casares' new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange.

The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk's daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Bitcoin’s USD value surged to its peak in nearly four weeks, marking the highest point since the launch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Jan. 11, 2024. On Thursday, bitcoin’s price climbed over 4% agai...

The Solana meme coin sector has witnessed a major move as Myro, a coin named after the Solana founder’s dog, experienced a 15% drop in value. This article will provide an analysis of MYRO’s current price trends and l...

Decentralized social marketplace Friendzone is hopping on the Polygon blockchain for a Feb. 26 launch, and eyeing a move to Polygon zkEVM down the line. The app is said to combine the emotional aspects of traditional soc...

The Montenegro Court of Appeal has set aside the decision to extradite the co-founder of Terraform Labs Do Kwon saying the original order was "affected by significant violations." The court decided to revoke the extradit...

Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has emphasized the potential of blockchain technology to save American consumers billions of dollars in its latest “State of Crypto Report,” released on Wednesday. Accordi...

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeing an increase in illicit crypto use according to a Thursday report. The department's 2024 National Risk Assessments on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financi...

Crypto exchange Kraken was granted a virtual asset service provider (VASP) registration from the Dutch Central Bank today. Kraken announced the acquisition of its fourth European VASP license, which will make its service...

The Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), due to take effect this year, is the European Union's comprehensive crypto law. The legislation promises legal certainty, compliance challenges and global implications. MiC...

Bridgetower Middle East, established by Bridgetower Capital and Deus X Capital, launched a digital asset platform in Abu Dhabi to cater to institutional investors in the UAE and Middle East. Arabian Business reported the...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its ruling on the Invesco Galaxy ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), and has now been pushed to potentially July 2024 after opening the proposal to pub...

The broader altcoin market also showed signs of rebounding from oversold levels, one analyst noted.

Ethiopia is growing popular for Bitcoin mining after China ejected the industry from its borders in 2021. Following the ban, China's biggest players scattered across the globe searching for new locations that would respe...

Just as the internet advanced with the evolution of the Domain Name System (DNS) - which turns domain names into IP addresses - the crypto sector is undergoing a similar transition with the implementation of on-chain dom...

Bitcoin Price Prediction As Bitcoin (BTC/USD) ascends to the 10th spot among the world’s most valuable assets, its current trajectory highlights a significant moment in the evolution of digital currencies. Trading at a...

On February 7, the Ukrainian parliament approved the first reading of a bill to enforce stricter regulations for mobilizing recruits into the military. It also proposed freezing bank accounts for those attempting to evad...

Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at Vaneck, revealed that there is speculation around the cause of the latest Solana outage, which stopped its blockchain by five hours. Sigel explained that the bug that cre...

Ethereum developers have set a mainnet launch date for the Dencun upgrade, which will introduce several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), including proto-danksharding, which is expected to drive down transaction cos...

The bank's survey of over 4,000 traders found that 78% of the participants do not plan to trade cryptocurrencies, while just 12% plan to do so in the next five years.

After the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) declared its intention to launch an urgent inquiry into the power consumption of cryptocurrency mining within the nation, two blockchain advocacy organizations have ...

The US government raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the ongoing criminal cases of FTX and Celsius Network founders Sam Bankman-Fried and Alex Mashinsky on February 6. The area of concern surrounds ...