Canada’s Einstein Exchange No Longer Has Bulk of Users’ Claimed CA$16M: Receiver

When a highly-anticipated non-fungible token (NFT) project seems off, skeptical users will often head to Twitter to voice concerns and attempt to investigate further. The accusations often become more intense and spread quickly when they involve a prominent Web3 influencer.On the eve of her NFT drop on Wednesday, pseudonymous digital artist and researcher Elena was…

After a week of controversy around its new seed-recovery service, French wallet-maker Ledger has been on a PR offensive, including a Twitter Spaces event with Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier on Tuesday afternoon and appearance by the same executive on CoinDesk TV Wednesday morning.The message? Ledger has listened to its critics and is prepared to make…

Rosy predictions for bitcoin spot ETFs are paying off, with billions of inflows into the vehicles, helping to push the BTC price this week to a new all-time high above the old record around $69,000. The vindicated prognosticators may argue there's now ample proof that if normies have an easy way of investing in crypto

news Investment management company Invesco is launching a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange today. For the effort, Invesco has partnered with London-based Elwood Asset Management, an investment firm specializing in digital assets, to launch the product called the “Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain UCITS ETF.” Elwood announced the news Monday, saying the ETF…

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November met economist forecasts, with headline inflation slipping to 3.1% versus 3.2% a month earlier.Monthly headline CPI was higher by 0.1%, in line with expectations and up from 0.0% in October. The core CPI – which strips out volatile food and energy items – rose 0.3% on a monthly

Nov 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTCChainalysis Wants to Help the Feds Sell Millions in Forfeited BitcoinChainalysis is preparing to help its government clients sell the same trove of forfeited cryptocurrencies the blockchain tracing company often assists in tracking down.On Thursday, Chainalysis unveiled a program for storing and selling forfeited crypto in partnership with confiscated…

news Venezuela’s president has ordered that his pet cryptocurrency, the petro, must be used in funding an ongoing social housing initiative. According to a news announcement on the government’s website Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro mandated that the oil-backed petro token must be used for constructing new homes under the Great Housing Mission Venezuela – a project set…

Sep 26, 2020 at 00:11 UTCUpdated Sep 26, 2020 at 00:17 UTCThe Bahamas' Sand Dollar central bank digital currency will begin a "gradual national" debut on October 20. (Kim Schuster/Flickr)The Bahamas confirmed it will cross the central bank digital currency (CBDC) finish line next month.In a late Friday tweet, the Central Bank of the Bahamas…

Dec 19, 2019 at 17:45 UTCMakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen image via CoinDesk archivesDragonfly Capital, Paradigm Buy $27.5M Stake in Governing MakerDAO’s FutureVenture funds Dragonfly Capital and Paradigm have acquired $27.5 million worth of MKR tokens and plan to take part in the Maker Protocol's governance system.Announced Thursday by the Maker Foundation, the $27.5 million raised…