Bitcoin News Roundup for March 5, 2020

The probability of Hashdex's spot-bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) application getting the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval could be higher than others among the 12 spot-bitcoin applicants due to its apparently different approach to the application, according to some analysts.During an Oct. 13 meeting with the SEC, the firm argued that its application is

Bitcoin (BTC) is unlikely to get bid up after the May 2020 mining-reward halving, based on the way the cryptocurrency’s options are valued.The top cryptocurrency is currently trading around $8,800, representing an 20 percent gain on a year-to-date basis.Meanwhile, the options market is reporting the probability of prices holding above the $8,000 mark by the…

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.(CoinDesk archives)The European Central Bank (ECB) has applied for a trademark on the phrase “digital euro,” according to a Bloomberg report.Bloomberg confirmed that ECB lawyers at the German firm Bock Legal applied for the European Union Intellectual Property Office's "digital euro" trademark on Sept. 22. It has not yet been…

Binance is “working as collaboratively as we can” with the Nigerian government to secure the release of its jailed financial crimes investigations chief, Tigran Gambaryan, the exchange’s chief compliance officer Noah Perlman said Wednesday.Gambaryan, a former IRS special agent who pivoted to Binance in 2021, pleaded not guilty this week to committing money laundering, tax

news Cadence, an ethereum-powered marketplace for commercial debt, is out of its test phase. The startup, which recently secured a place on the Bloomberg terminal for its pools of commercial loans, is now open to all institutional and accredited investors. Such users can now contribute funds to packages of short-term loans that help businesses cover payroll, inventory and other…

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 PricesTop StoriesHedera’s native HBAR token surged by over 107% on Tuesday, then slipped 25%, as investors believed that BlackRock was involved in a fund tokenization project on

$409 million stolen in the third quarter, 40% less than in the year-earlier period. The majority of stolen funds can be attributed to the hacks of WazirX and BingX, with $235 million and $52 million being stolen respectively. DeFi remains an unparalleled opportunity for blackhat hackers, Immunefi said. 11:52 Bitcoin ETFs Are Still 'Wildly Successful':

Oct 28, 2020 at 19:33 UTCUpdated Oct 28, 2020 at 19:39 UTCAvanti CEO Caitlin Long(Ali Powell/CoinDesk archives)Blockchain pioneer Caitlin Long is now the CEO of her own special purpose depository institution (SPDI) in Wyoming. Avanti Financial’s banking charter was approved unanimously by the Wyoming State Banking Board on Wednesday, becoming the second newly chartered bank in…

Jenny JohnsonPresident and CEOFranklin TempletonJenny will discuss developing crypto-linked investment products in a bear market, the mood among her clients and her lon...Jenny JohnsonPresident and CEOFranklin TempletonJenny will discuss developing crypto-linked investment products in a bear market, the mood among her clients and her lon...Krisztian Sandor is a reporter on the U.S. markets team focusing…