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FTT Token Surges as FTX Lawyer Says Exchange Could Reopen; Block’s TBD Partners With Yellow Card
FTT Token Surges as FTX Lawyer Says Exchange Could Reopen; Block’s TBD Partners With Yellow Card
FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed spectacularly in November, is considering reopening at some point in the future as it navigates bankruptcy, its attorneys from...
FTT Token Surges as FTX Lawyer Says Exchange Could Reopen; Block’s TBD Partners With Yellow Card

A new research report alleges widespread illicit misuse of the Cash App payments platform. The bigger risk may be centralized, politicized payments services themselves. (Shutterstock)
What Hindenburg Research’s Takedown of Block Says About Money and Crime
Expecting centralized money services to halt crime only helps politicize money and disempower users.
A new research report alleges widespread illicit misuse of the Cash App payments platform. The bigger risk may be centralized, politicized payments services themselves. (Shutterstock)

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer, ARK Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)
ARK Uses 'Wells Dip' to Stock Up Again on Coinbase Shares, Two Days After Selling
Coinbase shares tumbled 16% Thursday after the company disclosed late Wednesday it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cathie Wood, chief executive officer, ARK Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Do Kwon Developments; Jack Dorsey’s Block Tumbles Following Hindenburg’s Report
Do Kwon Developments; Jack Dorsey’s Block Tumbles Following Hindenburg’s Report
A tweet from Montenegro's minister of interior, Filip Adzic, indicates that Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon appears to have been arrested in the country. Separately, Block (...
Do Kwon Developments; Jack Dorsey’s Block Tumbles Following Hindenburg’s Report

Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report
Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report
Shares of Jack Dorsey's fintech payments company Block (SQ) are sinking after being the subject of the latest attack from notable short-seller Hindenburg Research. The company...
Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report

Jack Dorsey (CoinDesk)
Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles 17% After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report
The company accuses Block of "wildly" overstating user counts while understating customer acquisition costs.
Jack Dorsey (CoinDesk)

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
TBD, a division of Jack Dorsey's financial-technology company Block, has launched a new business entity named “c=” that focuses on improving liquidity and routing on the Light...
Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

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Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
The new entity dubbed “c=” aims to improve liquidity and routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The name references the speed of light in Einstein's famous equation E=MC2.
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Block's Cash App (Shutterstock)
Block’s Q4 Bitcoin Revenue Fell 7% Year Over Year to $1.83B
For the full year, Block’s bitcoin revenue declined 29% from 2021 due to the fall in the price of bitcoin, the company said.
Block's Cash App (Shutterstock)

How to Keep Control of Your Crypto
How to Keep Control of Your Crypto
Live from Las Vegas at CES 2023, CoinDesk Web3 & Learn Managing Editor Toby Bochan takes a look at crypto wallets and other self-custody tech designed to make users masters ov...
How to Keep Control of Your Crypto