Does Bitcoin’s Rally Vindicate the ‘Inflation Hedge’ Thesis – or Is Risk Back on the Menu?

The bill proposes to recognise cryptocurrency as property for purposes of taxation.Feb 17, 2021 at 3:53 p.m. UTCRussia’s Crypto Tax Bill Passes First Reading at State DumaRussia’s State Duma, the country’s lower house of government, has approved new legislation for the taxation of cryptocurrency in its first reading, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday.The bill proposes to…

Jul 16, 2020 at 11:22 UTCWaves’ corporate arm is planning on working with Microsoft’s Russian subsidiary in part to create an asset tokenization platform for company equipment. Waves Enterprise said Wednesday they had signed a five-year memorandum with Microsoft Russia to work jointly on corporate blockchain solutions.Waves is a Moscow-based tokenization platform; Waves Enterprise was…

May 25, 2020 at 14:44 UTCUpdated May 25, 2020 at 14:52 UTCCraig Wright (Image via CoinDesk archives)Craig Wright Called ‘Fraud’ in Message Signed With Bitcoin Addresses He Claims to OwnThe credibility of Craig Wright – the Australian tech entrepreneur who controversially claims to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto – has taken another blow. After…

news Decentralized finance (DeFi) meets decentralized governance. That’s the idea behind StakerDAO, a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in existing proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains. Introduced Wednesday by Tezos Capital CEO Jonas Lamis, the new DAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given network. “StakerDAO is…

Feb 18, 2020 at 14:15 UTCUpdated Feb 18, 2020 at 15:23 UTCIllustration by Cheryl ThuesdayPreston Byrne: Peirce’s Safe Harbor Proposal Would Be Hilarious if It Weren’t so SeriousPreston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk's new opinion section, is an attorney at Byrne & Storm, where he advises cryptocurrency miners, decentralized protocol developers, custom software development shops,…

To a large degree, crypto’s primary value proposition is that it gives users more control over their lives. Over their money, data and social connections. This is because crypto is a fundamental rewrite of how internet services are built: Instead of the client/server relationship that defined the pre-blockchain era, there is now a way for

news Hxro, the startup behind the crypto-denominated game of skill, chance, and social engineering – MoonRekt – announced that players will be able to spend bitcoin to play the game. From 600 early-stage users, MoonRekt has grown to more than 37,000 registered players – albeit if some were enticed with free HXRO, tokens native to…

The ETF is planned to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker "BIT.U.” Jan 13, 2021 at 10:51 a.m. UTCWinklevoss’ Gemini Would Back New Bitcoin ETF Application in CanadaA prospectus for a new bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been filed with the Ontario Securities Commission in Canada.Arxnovum Investments Inc filed documents…

Ongoing tensions in the Middle East could spill over to the crypto markets and cause a short-term decline in riskier assets such as bitcoin (BTC), several traders who spoke to CoinDesk opined.The conflict between the Palestinian political and militant organization Hamas and Israel extended to its fourth day on Tuesday.“The global market worries that the