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Binance's CZ Will Spend Less Than a Year in Prison, Polymarket Traders Bet

Also, the CFTC wants to bar Americans from betting on elections – even though it's already illegal in most U.S. states.

Apr 29, 2024 at 2:15 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
MicroStrategy Q1 Operating Loss of $53.1M After Bitcoin Holdings Impairment Charge of $191.6M

To this point, the company has not adopted fair value accounting for its bitcoin stack, resulting in the first quarter write-down despite a major rally in prices.

Apr 29, 2024 at 8:33 p.m. UTC
Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Keonne Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $1M Bond

Rodriguez, 35, will remain on house arrest in Pennsylvania until his trial.

Apr 29, 2024 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Chart Veteran Who Predicted Bitcoin’s 2018 Collapse Says the Bull Market May Be Over

Brandt's latest view is based on a statistics concept called "exponential decay."

Apr 29, 2024 at 7:17 a.m. UTC
Press Briefing With ChinaAMC Executive Ahead of Tuesday Launch of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs

Zhu Haokang is head of digital asset management and family wealth at one of the ETF providers, ChinaAMC, and expects initial subscriptions into the products will surpass those...

Apr 29, 2024 at 6:40 p.m. UTC
Bitcoin, Ether Nurse Losses as U.S. Stagflation Fears Grip Market

The crypto market is balancing the threat of stagflation against a potential liquidity injection from the Treasury General Account (TGA), and the launch of Hong Kong's bitcoin...

Apr 29, 2024 at 4:32 a.m. UTC

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Consensys’s Lawsuit Against The SEC: Will It End Gensler's ‘Unlawful Power Grab’?

With its lawsuit, Consensys aims to settle the question of whether staking turned ether into a security, and to hopefully put an end to what it calls the SEC’s “regulatory ove...

Apr 26, 2024
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The $2.1 Million ‘Epic’ Bitcoin Satoshi

Charlie and Will go through this week’s headlines, including the $2.1 million ‘Epic Satoshi’ mined by ViaBTC during the Bitcoin halving, then auctioned off to the highest bidd...

Apr 26, 2024
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Markets Daily: CoinDesk Markets Week in Review

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.

Apr 26, 2024
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Runes | A Degenerate Casino on the Bitcoin Blockchain Creative

Runes and Ordinals ‘Artist’ Creator, Casey Rodarmor has just invented two of the most dramatically impactful protocols in the blockchain industry's history and embraces crypto...

Apr 25, 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...

Apr 10, 2024

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CROP 16:9 samurai, samourai wallet,  "Seven Samurai" image from Japan's oldest film magazine Kinema Junpo. (Wikimedia Commons)

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Keonne Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $1M Bond

Rodriguez, 35, will remain on house arrest in Pennsylvania until his trial.

Apr 29, 2024
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk archives)

Why the DOJ May Have Recommended a Three-Year Sentence for CZ

The DOJ appears to be confident that a judge will agree with their position on Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's misdeeds – and an appeals court will too.

Apr 29, 2024
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao in 2018 (CoinDesk archives)

CZ Sentencing Letters Paint Former Binance CEO as Devoted Family Man, Friend

161 letters from CZ’s friends and loved ones poured into the court ahead of his sentencing on Tuesday.

Apr 29, 2024
(16:9 CROP) American Flag (Unsplash)

Wasabi Wallet-Developer Blocks U.S. Citizens and Residents After Samourai Wallet Arrests

U.S citizens residing abroad are also banned from using the service

Apr 29, 2024
South African President and African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

South Africa’s Election Won’t Interfere With Crypto Policy: Industry Watchers

South Africa's general elections are set for May 29, and crypto observers are paying close attention to its crypto licensing regime that's expected to clear dozens of firms.

Apr 29, 2024
Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)

Australian Securities Exchange Could Approve Spot-Bitcoin ETFs Before 2024-End: Bloomberg

Bloomberg's report cited "people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the information is private."

Apr 29, 2024