California Judge Orders Accused Hacker to Pay Bail in Crypto

news Pending bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt has acquired the Digital Asset Custody Company (DACC), secured insurance for assets it will hold in cold storage and revealed a partnership with BNY Mellon. Adam White, the former Coinbase executive turned Bakkt COO, wrote in a blog post Monday that it acquired DACC to continue developing a secure…

Dec 28, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 28, 2020 at 4:38 p.m. UTCWeekly price action for shares of Riot Blockchain Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Blockchain Passes $1B in Market CapNasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain (RIOT) reached a $1.08 billion market capitalization Monday after surging nearly 13% in early trading hours.Shares of the Castle…

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest sold Coinbase (COIN) shares for a third straight day Wednesday as the crypto exchange's share price remained near a 19-month high.The sale of 180,422 shares would have brought in $24.3 million at the closing price of $134.63. They rose as high as $147.86 on Tuesday. The sales took place from the

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Ethereum just had one of those moments where the big story is what didn't go wrong.A bug in Ethereum's Nethermind client software – used by validators of the blockchain to interact with the network – knocked out a chunk of the chain's key operators on Sunday.It was a manageable incident, but the episode revived a

Neo 3.0 is coming, potentially bringing big changes to the protocol's economic model. But investors aren't happy.

Jan 22, 2020 at 12:17 UTCThurgood Marshall Courthouse, New York. Credit: ShutterstockThe Blockchain Association, a U.S. advocacy group uniting the industry’s leading startups like Coinbase, Circle, 0x, Ripple and others, has filed an amicus curiae brief in the ongoing SEC vs. Telegram case.It’s the second industry’s motion in as many days to support Telegram's fight…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Bradley Keoun is the managing editor of CoinDesk's Markets team. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies. Sage D. Young is a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as…

Galaxy's net income rose 40% from the previous quarter to $422 million.The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs was a catalyst for the increase in counterparty engagement.The firm could pursue both mining and AI hosting over time, Canaccord said.Galaxy Digital (GLXY) is evolving its business in a thoughtful and methodical way and, while the regulatory backdrop