Arizona Bitcoin Trader Gets Jail Sentence for Money Laundering

feature Spanish megabank Santander Group is expanding its use of Ripple’s technology. The bank is building a “payment corridor” that would let customers in Latin America send money to the U.S. instantly for free via One Pay FX, a mobile app that uses Ripple’s xCurrent software, officials told CoinDesk. Currently, only customers in the U.K.…

How a Hacker Launched a Decentralized Network to Track Internet CensorshipThe Takeaway Political and social upheaval around the world can lead to internet censorship and interference by powerful actors. The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is allowing people around the world to monitor internet censorship and interference in their countries in a decentralized manner…

Both the headline and core rates of inflation fell modestly in AprilApril retail sales data was also showed some softnessUnder pressure of late on ideas that interest rates were likely to stay higher for longer, bitcoin rose more than 1% on the news.08:42Bitcoin Ecosystem Developments in 2023 as BTC Hits Fresh 2023 High01:10Bitcoin Extends Rally

Astria, a blockchain project describing itself as the "first decentralized shared sequencing layer," has launched the main network for its alpha release. The project is among those aiming to decentralize blockchain "sequencers" – the component of a layer-2 network that compiles transactions happening on the secondary network, in order to record them on a main

This article originally appeared in First Mover , CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day . Latest Prices CoinDesk 20 Index: 1,937.99 -6.61% Bitcoin (BTC): $61,262.66 -3.99% Ether (ETH): $2,459.36 -6.58% Nikkei 225: 37,808.76 -2.18% Top Stories Bitcoin reclaimed $61,000 after

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn't have the authority to "conduct a public interest review" that led it to block Kalshiex from listing political prediction markets in the U.S., a federal judge said in a formal opinion Thursday.. Judge Jia Cobb, of the District of Columbia, published her long-anticipated opinion nearly a week after

On Friday, leading crypto options exchange Deribit will settle bitcoin and ether options contracts worth $9.5 billion and $5.7 billion, respectively.Deribit’s Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk that many options are set to expire in-the-money (ITM), which could inject upward pressure or volatility into the market.Dealer hedging could also breed volatility around $70,000, FRNT’s David Brickell said.The

news Hxro, the startup behind the crypto-denominated game of skill, chance, and social engineering – MoonRekt – announced that players will be able to spend bitcoin to play the game. From 600 early-stage users, MoonRekt has grown to more than 37,000 registered players – albeit if some were enticed with free HXRO, tokens native to…

May 29, 2020 at 21:22 UTCSource: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Slides, Stocks Tread Water on Trump China CommentsBitcoin declined for the first time in three days as traders in digital-asset markets and more traditional stocks considered the implications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest broadsides against China on the coronavirus and Hong Kong. …