Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 18, 2021

CoinDesk held its annual Consensus conference in Austin, Texas last week, where we heard from lawmakers and regulators, developers, company execs and all sorts of other people in and around this sector. One topic of discussion: the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act. Its passage through the House sent a surge of

Video game marketplace Steam removed an alleged crypto miner from its platform Monday amid user complaints.

NEWS Oct 5, 2018 at 12:00 UTC  |  Updated  Oct 5, 2018 at 12:02 UTC Has Yale University just plunged into the turbulent waters of the cryptocurrency markets? That's a big yes, according to an anonymous source cited in a Bloomberg report Friday. While yet to be officially confirmed, the Ivy League institution is said to have invested in…

Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream expects to unveil its long-awaited Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miner – a culmination of years of engineering work – around the third quarter of 2024, according to Blockstream CEO and co-founder Adam Back during the company’s first ever media briefing on Tuesday.The company acquired Israeli mining hardware manufacturer Spondoolies in 2021,…

Jul 14, 2020 at 05:42 UTCUpdated Jul 14, 2020 at 06:42 UTCThe IRS's Taxpayer Advocate Service says a group of letters the agency sent to taxpayers last year may have violated its own code. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)IRS Violated ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’ With 2019 Crypto Letters: WatchdogCryptocurrency users in the U.S. remember July 26, 2019, as…

The 1993-released DOOM game is now available and stored on the Dogecoin network, thanks to a relatively new protocol that lets developers wholly store large amounts of data on a blockchain.“Ð is for Doginals! Ð is for DOOM on Dogecoin,” developer @minidogeart, who put the game on Dogecoin, posted at launch. “Now inscribed on Dogecoin

Nov 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTCToken Projects Are Not Happy With KuCoin’s Handling of $280M HackThe latest face-saving communique from Seychelles-domiciled crypto exchange KuCoin – hacked almost two months ago for over $280 million – is that 84% of the affected assets have been recovered. Some victims will be glad the situation seems to be…

Today’s newsletter centers around Bitcoin’s fourth halving is set to occur tomorrow. There has been plenty of coverage and price predictions. Mick Roche from Zodia Markets provides a straightforward explanation of how the Bitcoin halving works, why it matters, and how it could potentially impact bitcoin’s price. Then, Bryan Courchesne from DAIM answers questions he

news Blockstack’s Stacks (STX) token can now be traded on the Binance and HashKey Pro exchanges, the company said Wednesday. The advance is set to expand investors’ access to STX – especially in Asia, where HashKey Pro is based and Binance is well-known. Muneeb Ali, Blockstack’s CEO, called Asia a “priority region” in a company…