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A large chunk of the gains had retraced by mid morning, however. (CoinDesk archives)Jan 28, 2021 at 4:40 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 28, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. UTCWho Let the DOGE Out? Meme-Based Cryptocurrency Soars 250% to Record HighDogecoin (DOGE) surged over 250% Thursday morning to above $0.027, giving the meme-based cryptocurrency a total market value…

Disclosures show Trump has between $1 million-$5 million in Ether, and made over $7 million in an NFT licensing deal. Trump recently said he plans to launch another NFT collection. Donald Trump holds between $1 million -$5 million in Ether (ETH), and has significant income from non-fungible tokens (NFT) licensing fees, according to election disclosures

news Vanbex, a Canadian blockchain company mired in a criminal investigation and several lawsuits, has sold its intellectual property to Toronto-based crypto brokerage Hyperion for an undisclosed price. “This acquisition allows the value of the products and the business models they represent to continue under Hyperion’s banner,” Lisa Cheng, co-founder of Vanbex, said in a press release issued Wednesday…

Filecoin: Understanding the Complex Crypto System Meant to Rival AWSFilecoin might be the most complex thing the blockchain industry has ever brought to market. The Web 3.0 data-storage project, funded by a $257 million initial coin offering that closed in September 2017, has been building out its technology ever since.  While Filecoin has been quieter…

Dec 30, 2019 at 17:00 UTCOn today’s holiday episode, we’ll define and demystify the blockchain concepts of “Hot Wallets” and “Cold Storage”Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating…

Jan 8, 2021 at 6:54 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 8, 2021 at 7:17 p.m. UTCBitcoin Is ‘Less Risky the Higher It Goes,’ Says Investor Bill Miller on CNBCMutual fund titan Bill Miller is talking bitcoin again.“One of the things that’s interesting about bitcoin is that it gets less risky the higher it goes,” Miller told CNBC…

The Michigan Secretary of State has formally barred cryptocurrencies from being used as donations to political campaigns, according to a letter published last Thursday. Michigan state legislature candidate William Baker, who lost his race in the Nov. 6 election, asked how cryptocurrencies' value may be recorded for political donations, as well as how they may…

news Singaporean citizen Ho Jun Jia, 29, also known as Matthew Ho, was indicted for stealing over $5 million worth of cloud computing services to mine cryptocurrencies, according to a grand jury indictment from the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington. Ho was arrested in Singapore and is being charged with wire fraud, access device fraud,…

Bitcoin (BTC) neared the $44,000 level early Thursday and reversed some losses, which were caused by the sudden drop in U.S. stocks on Wednesday.The S&P 500 index closed 1.42% lower, impacting riskier assets such as bitcoin. Some analysts pointed out that a correction was overdue as market indications were in overbought territory and the expiry