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Figure’s Mike Cagney: How to Build a Business in Blockchain
Jul 21, 2020 at 13:19 UTCUpdated Jul 29, 2020 at 15:30 UTCFigure’s Mike Cagney: How to Build a Business in BlockchainLex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain…
Tether
LinearLogto1h12h1d1w1m3m1yAverage Transaction Fee (24h)Tether was one of the first cryptocurrencies to peg its market value to a fiat currency. Launched in July 2014, Tether, originally called “Realcoin”, valued each token at…
Kleiman Bitcoin Case Heads to Trial as Motion for Sanctions Against Craig Wright Is Denied
Jun 25, 2020 at 10:29 UTCUpdated Jun 25, 2020 at 14:09 UTCCraig S Wright (CoinDesk Archives/modified using Photomosh)Divisive crypto industry businessman Craig Wright is heading to a jury trial in a case that revolves around billions of…
Mastercoin
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to…
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Markets Are Growing Up. Bitcoin Mining Is, Too
May 11, 2020 at 00:47 UTCUpdated May 11, 2020 at 16:00 UTCCrypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Markets Are Growing Up. Bitcoin Mining Is, TooWhen Paul Tudor Jones II says he’s long bitcoin, investors pay attention. Even if they…
Cardano ‘Dwarfs’ Tezos After Shelley Hard Fork, Says Security Auditor
According to a leading blockchain security auditing firm, Cardano will become the second biggest proof-of-stake platform behind Ethereum, dwarfing Tezos. Quantstamp, a company that has been auditing Cardano’s (ADA) code base for the…
Price Analysis 8/3: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, ADA, CRO, BNB, LINK
The strong recovery in Bitcoin and altcoins from their weekend lows suggests that the traders are aggressively buying each dip. August 2 the total crypto market capitalization dropped from about $359 billion to $310 billion within a few…
Unite to Succeed: Swiss Stablecoin Association Hopes to Break the Ice
The new World Stablecoin Association hopes to create a united front for the sector to tackle regulatory concerns and drive collaboration. The recent formation of the World Stablecoin Association in Switzerland was done with the goal of…
Hackers Steal Over $1.3M from European Crypto Trading Platform
2gether’s servers were attacked by unknown actors who managed to steal over $1.39 million from crypto-investment accounts. A European cryptocurrency trading platform called 2gether was recently targeted by an unknown group of…
State-Run Bank in Switzerland to Launch Crypto Services
Swiss cantonal bank Basler Kantonalbank becomes the first bank in Switzerland to announce its crypto plans. Basler Kantonalbank, or BKB, a government-owned commercial bank in Switzerland, is planning to launch cryptocurrency services…
