Bitcoin News Roundup for June 15, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the window for comments on three ether spot exchange traded fund (ETF) proposals.The ETF efforts tied to Grayscale Investments, Fidelity and Bitwise will be subjected to a three-week comment period, according to notices posted Tuesday by the agency "to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from

Bitcoin fell below $63,000 early during the U.S. session Friday amid a broader crypto sell-off."It will take some time" until bitcoin recovers to $73,000, Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz said at the Bitcoin Investor Day in LondonETF inflows will return once GBTC selling is completed due to favorable macro conditions, Coinbase analysts said.Volatility in crypto markets

Dec 23, 2020 at 6:34 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 23, 2020 at 6:41 p.m. UTCCamila Russo on Building The Defiant and the Future of DeFiTalk about good timing: In 2017, Camila Russo was on the prowl for a worthy book project. What would be a good subject? What hasn’t been covered? At the time she was a…

Ripple's head of information security is leaving the company. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Sujay Jaladi is departing the San Francisco-based firm, which is best known for its role in developing XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Jaladi is joining Harbor, a startup that provides a compliance platform for issuers of private securities housed as…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Credora, a provider of institutional credit infrastructure that straddles centralized and decentralized finance (DeFi), has raised $6…

One of the most controversial proposals to hit Bitcoin in years – a move that would have made it harder to mint NFTs and tokens atop the blockchain – has been abruptly terminated without any action being taken, leading to claims of censorship by the lead proponent for the change.The developer known publicly as Luke

Lyra’s decentralized BTC options marketplace sees a 20% probability of prices rising above $70,000 by the end of April.Lyra recently listed options with an April 26 expiry, allowing traders to speculate on price trends ahead of and following Bitcoin’s reward halving due in mid-April.There is a one-in-five chance of bitcoin (BTC) crossing $70,000 by the

news In a wide-ranging interview, we speak with author Jimmy Song about his new book, The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future. Written by a collective of crypto thinkers, the book, according to its publisher, “tells the story of what’s wrong with money today, and why Bitcoin was invented to…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: Bitcoin, which was trading near $29.2, has resisted the influences of recent macroeconomic events, but may find its missing catalyst in a possible spot BTC ETF, says Mao Shixing, co-founder and CEO of custodian Cobo.Insights: Even as bitcoin shrugs off macroeconomic events, at least one indicator is pointing up, writes…