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Urbit Courts DAOs, Crypto Teams in Quest to Make Internet P2P Again

A wildly ambitious project to reinvent the entire internet computing stack is finally shipping usable apps after a decade-plus of laying groundwork. Can it overcome a “janky” UX?

ByMarc Hochstein Daniel Kuhn

Sep 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Celsius Shareholders File to Stake Their Claim for Bankruptcy Payouts

A motion filed by lawyers says the Celsius bankruptcy is “all about the customers” and “without regard for the equity holders.”

ByIan Allison

Sep 23, 2022 at 11:01 a.m. UTC

‘Dream Idols’ Launches Into the Metaverse

Troubled Data Center Compute North Struggled With Crypto Winter. Then Its Relationship With a Major Lender Soured

The company was financed by Generate Capital, which seized the data-center operator’s assets.

ByEliza Gkritsi Aoyon Ashraf

Sep 23, 2022 at 5:45 p.m. UTC

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Sued Over Patent Infringement

Lawsuit alleges that Coinbase infringed on patents related to its blockchain infrastructure.

ByMichael Bellusci

Sep 23, 2022 at 9:14 p.m. UTC

Yesterday at 2:15 PM UTC

Urbit Is Web3, Weird and Wonderful and I Don’t Care Who Made It

Yesterday at 2:00 PM UTC

Urbit Courts DAOs, Crypto Teams in Quest to Make Internet P2P Again

Sep 24, 2022

California 'BitLicense' Bill Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Sep 24, 2022

Tyler Hobbs' Fidenza NFT Project Gets $1M Pump Over 48 hours

Sep 23, 2022

CFO of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager Resigns

Sep 23, 2022

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops Below $19K Amid Ongoing Volatility

Sep 23, 2022

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Sued Over Patent Infringement

Sep 23, 2022

Crypto Is Capitol Hill’s Last ‘Bipartisan Issue,’ Coinbase Exec Says

Sep 23, 2022

Brazilian Federal Police Raids 6 Crypto Exchanges in Money Laundering Investigation

Sep 23, 2022

Troubled Data Center Compute North Struggled With Crypto Winter. Then Its Relationship With a Major Lender Soured

Sep 23, 2022

Bitcoin Miner Cipher Looks to Sell Up to $250M in Stock

Sep 23, 2022

Canadian Digital Asset Brokerages Coinsquare and CoinSmart to Merge

Sep 23, 2022

Real Estate Token ERN Will Allow Holders to Vote on Investments, Without Offering Ownership

Sep 23, 2022

DARPA to Research Risks of Crypto to National Security in Partnership With Inca Digital

Sep 23, 2022

FTX Ventures, DCG Back $9.6M Funding for Decentralized Database Solution Kwil

Sep 23, 2022

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Signs $100M Equity Deal With B. Riley

Sep 23, 2022

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hanging Tough as Stocks Slide

Sep 23, 2022

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Downgraded at BTIG on Headwinds From Compute North’s Bankruptcy

Sep 23, 2022

Italy's AC Milan Launches NFT Game With MonkeyLeague

Sep 23, 2022

Celsius Shareholders File to Stake Their Claim for Bankruptcy Payouts

Sep 23, 2022

Binance Hired Compliance SVP From Rival Crypto Exchange Kraken

Sep 23, 2022

Metaverse Infrastructure Firm Hadean Raises $30M From Fortnite Developer, Others

Sep 23, 2022

Washington State Joins Celsius Bankruptcy Case as Interested Party

Sep 23, 2022

Ethereum Merge Vastly Increased Stakefish’s Profile, but 25% of Its Employees Are Gone Anyway

Sep 23, 2022

US IRS Can Issue Summons to Bank Serving Crypto Broker SFOX Customers in Search of Tax Evaders

Sep 23, 2022

First Mover Asia: As the Fed Hikes Rates, Ether, USDC Lending Yield Pays Less Than T-Bills; Bitcoin Rises, Holds Over $19K

Sep 22, 2022

Ethereum Miners’ $319M Crypto Hoard Hangs Over Market After Merge

Sep 22, 2022

The ETH Merge Did Little to Energize a Tepid NFT Market

Sep 22, 2022

CFTC Penalizes Blockchain Protocol $250K, Files Action Against Successor DAO

Sep 22, 2022

NFT Marketplace TravelX Launches With Tickets From Low-Cost Argentinian Airline Flybondi

Sep 22, 2022

Push to Enhance CFTC’s Crypto Watchdog Role Gets a Boost in US Congress

Sep 22, 2022

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds Over $19K, Continues Wild Ride

Sep 22, 2022

Compute North Files for Bankruptcy as Crypto-Mining Data Center Owes up to $500M

Sep 22, 2022

Cardano’s Vasil Upgrade Marks an Important Milestone in the Blockchain’s Evolution

Sep 22, 2022

Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub

Sep 22, 2022

Utah Man Charged With 7 Felonies in Connection to Alleged $1.7M Crypto Mining Scam

Sep 22, 2022

Celsius Network Might Be Planning to Turn Its Debt Into Crypto ‘IOU’ Tokens

Sep 22, 2022

INX Debuts Trading Platform for SEC-Registered Security Tokens and Cryptocurrencies

Sep 22, 2022

Alameda Research, Jump Crypto Lead $37M Funding for 3Commas Automated Crypto Trading Platform

Sep 22, 2022

UK Introduces Law to Seize, Freeze and Recover Crypto

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Sep 24, 2022

The Breakdown, With NLW

The 'New Weird' and the Terror of the In-Between

Why the market is acting so freaked out.

Sep 24, 2022

Markets Daily Crypto Roundup

Crypto Update: OFAC Backtracks, but Tornado Cash Sanctions Already Set a Terrifying Precedent

With bitcoin sliding on Friday after gaining 5.1% on Thursday, but overall, remaining resilient under tough market conditions, plus a look at the implications of OFACs overreach, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with its latest news roundup.

Sep 23, 2022

CoinDesk’s Money Reimagined

Blockchains, Climate Change and the Trading of Carbon Credits

The excitement around the new Web3 Stack, the ReFi ecosystem and carbon system for a healthier climate.

Sep 23, 2022

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Introducing ‘Women Who Web3’ – CoinDesk’s Newest Podcast

The CoinDesk Podcast network’s latest addition attempts to bridge the gender disparities within the Web3 community as well as celebrate and promote women within the space.

Sep 21, 2022