Ethereum Classic Tops $2 Billion to Set 3-Month Price High

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1856.9, up 0.9% (+16.27) since yesterday's close. Twelve of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (+3.9%) and BCH (+2.2%). Laggards: MATIC (-1.4%) and ETH (-1.3%). The CoinDesk 20

opinion UPDATE (April 18 20:30 UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from Bittrex at the bottom. Shirin Emami is the executive deputy superintendent for banking at the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bittrex purportedly aims to get the facts straight about the denial of its license applications by the New…

Bitcoin ETFs saw outflows of $242.6 million on Tuesday amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. BTC fell to a low of $60,300, erasing almost all of its gains since the Fed's rate cut last month. Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. saw outflows of $242.6 million on Tuesday in their worst day

When Elon Musk semi-ironically endorsed dogecoin during the last bull run, most people saw it as a joke: a high-profile business guy playing with the funny money. Nobody is laughing anymore. These days, there are real institutions — from the Avalanche Foundation to Franklin Templeton — willing to say that meme coins are a legitimate

President Joe Biden made a call to the Nigerian president on Tuesday to share his thanks for the release of detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. Biden also spoke of the agreement between the nations to cooperate on law-enforcement matters, including illicit financial and cryptocurrency issues. U.S. President Joe Biden called Bola Tinubu, the President of

Nov 3, 2020 at 16:18 UTCUpdated Nov 3, 2020 at 16:40 UTC(SunnyGraph/Shutterstock)Miners’ income from processing transactions on the Ethereum blockchain more than halved in October as the mania for decentralized finance (DeFi) cooled.Ethereum users paid $57.49 million in transaction fees in October – down 65% from September's record monthly tally of $166.39 million, according to…

If you were in New York last week for the Mainnet conference and asked anyone you met to name the most admired companies in the cryptocurrency category, they’d likely mention an exchange. If you took a 10-minute cab ride to Wall Street and asked the same question about traditional finance, the answer would probably be

Sep 23, 2020 at 13:30 UTCPresident Nicolas Maduro (StringerAL/Shutterstock)Venezuela’s government has given cryptocurrency miners mixed news this week. Firstly, the government department responsible for regulating cryptos has legalized the mining industry, local industry news site CriptoNoticias reported Tuesday.The new decree was published in the Official Gazette on Monday and authorized by by Joselit Ramirez, head…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin fell below $67,000 during the European morning, extending a drop from $72,000 that commenced on Friday. The decline follows $65 million in cumulative outflows from