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Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells 'Epic' First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M

The pool mined the first block after last week's halving, winning an "epic" sat in the process.

Apr 25, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. UTC
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A Deep-Dive into Somnia's Quest for the United Metaverse of Web3

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Apr 19, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
Bitcoin Dips to $63K as Rate Cut Hopes Dim Following Disappointing U.S. Inflation Report

Increasing concerns about sticky inflation hit risk assets across all markets, cryptos included.

Apr 25, 2024 at 2:27 p.m. UTC
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Snaps 71-Day Inflow Streak, Data Show

Inflows have slowed this month, taking the wind out of the bitcoin bull run.

Apr 25, 2024 at 6:53 a.m. UTC
Franklin Templeton Upgrades $380M Tokenized Treasury Fund to Enable Peer-to-Peer Transfers

The new feature helps to expand the utility of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund's BENJI token and make it more interconnected with the digital asset ecosystem.

Apr 25, 2024 at 4:57 p.m. UTC
Kara Swisher Downplays Crypto's Significance: 'It's Not the Center of Everything'

The author of "Burn Book" says argued that the cryptocurrency sector has been caught up in a "huge hype cycle" with a considerable amount of "scammery" involved.

Apr 25, 2024 at 4:32 p.m. UTC
Morgan Stanley May Soon Allow Brokers to Pitch Bitcoin ETFs to Customers: Report

The move may bring fresh energy and capital into the spot ETFs.

Apr 25, 2024 at 7:03 a.m. UTC

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Crypto Update | Positive Regulatory Developments for Crypto

The latest price moves and insights with Helene Braun and Laurence Latimer, Founder and CEO of Dinara.

Apr 25, 2024
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The US vs. Crypto: Jake Chervinsky on Crypto's Legal and Regulatory Status

Despite legal battles over Coinbase, Uniswap, Ethereum, and others, Jake Chervinsky from Variant Fund believes that crypto still has a future in the United States.

Apr 24, 2024
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Why The Bitcoin Halving Matters With Alex Gladstein and Diverter

We’re re-posting one of our best Bitcoin mining shows with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a liberty maximalist, in honor of the Bitcoin mining hal...

Apr 23, 2024
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Rootstock | Bringing the Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin

Rootstock Chief Scientist, Sergio Demian Lerner, regards the upcoming Bitcoin halving is a moment of celebration for the community and highlights the importance of transaction...

Apr 12, 2024
Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and meme coin creator “More Light,” in Mexico City in February, 2024.

Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus

The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also on the fight card.

Apr 3, 2024
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The Rise of the Ownership Economy With Sandy Kaul

Franklin Templeton SVP Sandy Kaul shares how to transform the financial industry and democratize access to alternative investments by empowering individuals to benefit from th...

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SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Consensys Sues SEC Over ‘Unlawful Seizure Of Authority’ Over Ethereum

By offering their MetaMask wallet software, the SEC says Consensys is acting as an unregistered securities broker.

Apr 25, 2024
Jebara Igbara was sentenced to 7 years in prison. (Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash)

Jebara Igbara, AKA 'Jay Mazini,' Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Crypto-Related Fraud

Igbara perpetrated multiple fraud schemes and scammed investors of at least $8 million.

Apr 25, 2024
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Stablecoin Bill Could Be Ready for the U.S. House Soon Says Top Democrat Maxine Waters: Bloomberg

Waters has previously called a version of the stablecoin bill “deeply problematic and bad for America."

Apr 25, 2024
Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, Terraform Labs, are hoping to get a federal judge to decide the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't made its securities-fraud case. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms

Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.

Apr 24, 2024
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Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested and Charged With Money Laundering

Prosecutors are alleging Samourai Wallet laundered over $100 million in criminal proceeds.

Apr 24, 2024
CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Apologizes Ahead of Sentencing, 161 Others Send Letters of Support

Zhao is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30 after he and Binance settled charges with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in November 2023.

Apr 24, 2024