Bitcoin Worth $1.2M Seized From India Hacker

Ai Weiwei and Kevin Abosch is looking to blockchain to start a conversation on the value of human life.

Crypto asset manager Grayscale has hired former Invesco Head of Americas John Hoffman to lead its distribution and partnerships team, six weeks before a decision is set to come out on whether the company will be allowed to launch a spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded-fund (ETF).Hoffman – an ETF veteran – spent over 17 years at

On days like this, it's easy to scoff at bitcoin (BTC) – specifically, the claim that the original cryptocurrency is a store of value, the digital equivalent of gold. BTC tumbled along with the broader financial markets Monday and briefly dipped below $50,000, its lowest level since February, before retracing some of its losses. Early

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved stock exchange rule changes that permit the listing of options tied to spot bitcoin ETFs, broadening the investment ecosystem around products that've received billions of dollars of inflows this year. According to two memos from the SEC published Friday afternoon, NYSE will be allowed to list and

Ether spot ETFs net inflows are likely to be 30%-35% of bitcoin equivalents, the report said. Citi said this gives a range of $4.7 billion-$5.4 billion of potential net inflows into ether ETFs over six months. Flows could underwhelm due to a lack of staking and bitcoin’s first-mover advantage, the bank said. Spot ether (ETH)

Jan 23, 2020 at 14:47 UTCUpdated Jan 23, 2020 at 15:42 UTCThis story is part of CoinDesk’s 2020 election series exploring questions of information integrity, the rights of digital citizens, the power of centralized platforms, and the future of money.The 2020 presidential campaign is largely focused on President Trump, the progressive versus centrist wing of…

Jan 13, 2020 at 17:55 UTCUpdated Jan 13, 2020 at 18:26 UTCOn today's episode...Whether you’re a first time listener or you’ve heard every episode, we’d like to know what you think about the show. What do you like? What you don’t like? What you think we’ve totally missed but should be talking about every day or…

Avail, a closely watched blockchain data-availability (DA) project, confirmed details of an upcoming drop, after screenshots of the eligibility criteria leaked out last week on the social-media platform X.According to a blog post from the Avail team, 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.” Recipients are widespread

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit behind the NEAR blockchain, announced on Thursday that a new feature designed to make it easier to seamlessly transact between networks is live on mainnet – adding to a growing trend of projects working on a design concept known as "chain abstraction." The feature, Chain Signatures, was introduced in testnet in