Bitcoin

Biden’s $1.9T Relief Package Proposal Fails to Stir Bitcoin Market

Omkar GodboleJan 15, 2021

The U.S. dollar's rise on the news may be playing spoilsport to the bitcoin bulls.

Bitcoin

First Mover: Biden’s $1.9T Plan Shows ‘Blue Wave’ Bitcoiners Saw Coming

Bradley Keoun Omkar Godbole Sebastian SinclairJan 15, 2021

The Federal Reserve might need to print money to help finance Biden's coronavirus relief proposal, to keep Treasury bond interest rates from climbing.

Ripple

Ripple Tech to Power New Malaysia-Bangladesh Remittance Corridor

Sebastian SinclairJan 15, 2021

Malaysia's Mobile Money and Bangladesh's bKash will leverage RippleNet for wallet-to-wallet transactions.

DeFi

MahaDAO’s Algorithmic ‘Valuecoin’ Goes Live on Ethereum

William FoxleyJan 15, 2021

ARTH tries to maintain its value over time compared to other stablecoins that lose value as the dollar is inflated.

Polkadot

Some Asian Traders Are Using Polkadot to Predict Bitcoin’s Future

Muyao ShenJan 14, 2021

DOT reached its all-time high of $13.22 just six days after bitcoin’s price reached a new all-time high.

Bitcoin

Tether’s Bank Says It Invests Some Customer Funds in Bitcoin

Nikhilesh DeJan 14, 2021

Deltec Bank & Trust announced it had invested customer funds in bitcoin since the cryptocurrency's price was around $9,300.

ETPs

Bitcoin ETP Trading at Levels Seen by Top European ETFs: FT

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 15, 2021

Only one major ETF was trading at volumes slightly higher than the BTCetc ETP in the first 11 days of January, says the FT.

U.S. Treasury Department

FinCEN Extends Comment Period for Controversial Crypto Wallet Rule

Nikhilesh De Kevin ReynoldsJan 14, 2021

Critics of the rule said it would be technically impossible for some projects to comply because smart contracts and author-decentralized tools do not have name or address information to provide.

Podcasts

The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held

Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 14, 2021

From “backed by nothing” to “China mining control,” a complete look at the best response to every category of bitcoin FUD out there.

Podcasts

Crypto, Washington and the Internet Age, With Christopher Giancarlo and Marvin Ammori

Jan 15, 2021

An insiders look at how new, disruptive technology and government interact.

Mortgages
Mortgages

JPMorgan Provides $100M Financing Facility for Blockchain Mortgage Platform Figure

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 15, 2021

The facility covers both conforming and jumbo mortgages – loans in excess of the traditional lending restrictions.

Financial Advisers
Financial Advisers

Advisers Allocating Crypto in Clients’ Portfolios Rose 49% Last Year: Survey

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 15, 2021

The number of advisers allocating to crypto in client portfolios rose from 6.3% to 9.4% in 2020.

Privacy Coins
Privacy Coins

Bittrex Won’t Disclose Why It Withdrew Support for Dash, Zcash, Monero

Benjamin PowersJan 15, 2021

As of today, zcash, monero and dash won’t be included among Bittrex’s tradable assets.

Podcasts
Podcasts

The Bitcoin Opportunity Is Right Here in America

Jan 14, 2021

Passions run high as Tyrone Ross shares his thoughts on the bitcoin mania, opportunities and narratives.

Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It

Colin HarperJan 14, 2021

These new features don’t grab headlines every day, but the improvements they make to the Bitcoin network’s privacy, tooling and complex transaction logic are building a stronger foundation.

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Podcasts

Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 15, 2021

With the price of BTC bouncing off $40K and the Fed in no rush to issue its own token, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.

Crime

Bitcoin Worth $1.2M Seized From India Hacker

Tanzeel Akhtar

"Shreeki" allegedly hacked government portals, bitcoin exchanges and poker sites.

Crime

Liquidators of South African Bitcoin Trading Club Request Greater Probe Powers

Sebastian Sinclair

Placed under provisional liquidation last month, Mirror Trading had claimed to be able to offer returns of 10% a month using bots to trade clients' bitcoin.

Crime

EU Parliament Receives Petition Seeking to Establish Crypto Crime Victims’ Fund

Sebastian Sinclair

The petition asks the EU to take a tiny fee on crypto transactions to be pooled into a fund for victims of fraud and hacks.

DeFi

Lido Protocol Does Eth 2.0 Staking but With a DeFi Twist

Brady Dale

There's a new yield farm for those backing Ethereum 2.0.

Bitcoin Mining

Galaxy Digital to Start Mining for Bitcoin on Its Own, Provide Financial Services to Miners

Zack Voell

Fidelity's former director of mining, Amanda Fabiano, is leading the mining operations.

Opinion

What Crypto Can Expect From Gary Gensler at the SEC

Jeff Bandman

A ex-CFTC official on how Biden's rumored pick to head the SEC might treat crypto-related issues.

Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips, Data Shows

Zack Voell

Analysts and mining pools say selling pressure from mining wallets hasn't contributed to recent corrections in bitcoin's price.

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $40K Again While Ether Volume Is Erupting This Year

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin’s price is on a rising trend for the first time this week.

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Bitcoin Mining

Coinbase Invests in New US Crypto Mining Pool Titan

Zack Voell

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Extremism

Alt-Right Groups Received $500K in BTC Month Before Capitol Riot: Chainalysis

Danny Nelson

Chainalysis declined to directly link the donation to the Jan. 6 storming but said the timing "warrants suspicion."

CBDCs

Jerome Powell on CBDCs: ‘We Don’t Feel a Need to Be First’

Nathan DiCamillo

He estimated it will take “years rather than months” before the Fed releases a CBDC.

Regulation

Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Head Stepping Down, Anchorage to Become First National ‘Digital Asset Bank’

Daniel Kuhn

Brian Brooks finalized the controversial Fair Access to Banking rule in what could be his last act in office.

Decentralization

Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns

Anna Baydakova

Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the level of decentralization.

Coinbase

Coinbase Wants to List Your Crypto Asset

Zack Seward

"Our directive is to list every compliant asset possible," the exchange wrote Thursday.

Privacy

Privacy Coin Firo Launches ‘Privacy by Default’ Protocol on Mainnet

Benjamin Powers

Lelantus introduces “on-by-default” privacy while also allowing partial redemptions of Firo’s burn-and-redeem model.

Music Industry

Latest Music Act to Launch a Social Token: Portugal. The Man

Zack Seward

The Grammy Award–winning band is turning to Rally to join the ranks of musicians launching fan engagement tokens.

Podcasts

Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 14, 2021

With bitcoin bouncing back up and approval of the first federally chartered crypto bank, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.