Bitcoin News Roundup for April 20, 2020

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: $1,797.26 +0.88% Bitcoin (BTC): $56,839.07 +0.34% Ether (ETH): $2,395.07 −0.31% Nikkei 225: 36,657.09 −1.05% Top Stories Bitcoin fell below $57,000

Nov 27, 2019 at 19:00 UTCUpdated Nov 27, 2019 at 18:51 UTCIndia Plans to Issue a National Blockchain FrameworkThe Indian government is preparing a national framework to support the wider deployment of blockchain use cases.Minister of state for electronics and IT (MeitY) Sanjay Dhotre said Wednesday that the government is drafting an approach paper on…

Banks will have to disclose cryptocurrency holdings under new plans floated Thursday, as international regulators partly blamed banking collapses on the sudden popularity of crypto.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which sets norms for lenders in traditional finance (TradFi), has already said banks should issue potentially prohibitive capital for their holdings of unbacked crypto such

As many as 24 cryptocurrency-related entities have come together to form the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association.The building blocks of the industry association were put in place by nine members last year with government approval in 2024 setting the stage for the first formal meeting held on Thursday.Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual

Ethereum developers met Tuesday to compare research on the eventual merge of Eth 1.x and Eth 2.0((IhorM/Shutterstock))Feb 3, 2021 at 12:33 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 3, 2021 at 12:39 p.m. UTCValid Points: CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 Validator Is Officially StakedAfter two months of hard work, time and effort, we’re pleased to say the CoinDesk Ethereum 2.0 validator…

The Hamas terrorist organization and its affiliates have received millions in cryptocurrency donations, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal based on data from forensics firm Elliptic and Tel Aviv software company BitOK.Palestinian Islamic Jihad received $93 million in crypto between August 2021 and June 2023, Elliptic said. Hamas received about $41 million

Feb 28, 2020 at 15:15 UTCUpdated Feb 28, 2020 at 15:27 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Jer123With malicious cryptocurrency miners having proliferated over the internet in the last two years, Microsoft has moved to protect users of its Edge web browser from the effects of the malicious software.In a blog post on Thursday, the tech giant said it had…

Data from Web3 developer platform Alchemy shows while NFT trading volume fell 41% in Q2, nearly six million smart contracts were deployed across EVM-compatible chainsAlthough fewer collectors are trading NFTs, more developers are focusing on building new use cases to bring Web3 technologies mainstreamThe past few months have been rough for non-fungible token (NFT) trading.…

Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Dogecoin's daily transaction volume rose tenfold from the average daily earlier this week to set a lifetime peak following the launch of a new mechanism that now allows the…