EU Launches Estimated €400M Blockchain, AI Fund to Avoid Lagging US, China

Feb 12, 2020 at 18:30 UTCUpdated Feb 12, 2020 at 18:34 UTCLaboratoria students at a Celo design-a-thon in Mexico City. (Photo courtesy of C Labs)Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token ProjectCelo is the new black. Investors from Silicon Valley to Switzerland are whispering about it. The team behind that project, C Labs, is…

Jun 14, 2020 at 22:17 UTCUpdated Jun 14, 2020 at 22:18 UTCCrypto Long & Short: Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, But They’re Still AccountableOne underappreciated feature of crypto markets is the lack of centralization. I mean, people know crypto assets are decentralized and trade on exchanges all over the world. But what’s often overlooked is…

An engaged NFT community that holds the original ‘doge’ meme is working with local governments to install an actual statue that pays homage to Kabuso, the dog that inspired the meme.The statue will be unveiled on Nov. 2 in Sakura, Japan, on Kabuso’s birthday in collaboration with the City of Sakura, community members told CoinDesk.

BlackRock has added Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Citadel, UBS and ABN AMRO as authorized participants for the iShares Bitcoin Trust.This brings the total number of APs to nine as they join Jane Street Capital, JPMorgan, Macquarie and Virtu Americas.Popular ETFs tend to have over a dozen APs.14:59Some Diversity Initiatives in Crypto Are 'Optics': Atlanta Blockchain Center

The Basel Committee, a global standard-setter for banks, has said it plans to consult on potential revisions to its criteria for stablecoins on Thursday.The news came after the committee took stock of its review of elements of the prudential standard for banks' exposure to crypto that it published in December last year.Regulators have been looking

Videos/ Recent Videos/ The Breakdown: Why U.S.' $2 Trillion Stimulus, Unlimited QE Will Expose Monetary System’s FlawsMar 25, 2020The U.S. government approved a $2 trillion stimulus package after the Federal Reserve pledged “unlimited” quantitative easing to stabilize the economy. CoinDesk’s chief content officer Michael Casey and head of research Noelle Acheson discuss how the ripple…

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. Coinbase, which has previously offered the trading of Solana, Cardano and XRP, also added Pepe on Wednesday. The move comes one week after crypto-friendly Donald Trump's win in the presidential election and the promises

news More than 10 million Paxos Standard stablecoins were minted in the 18 hours after the New York Attorney General’s bombshell allegations about rival issuer Tether. Chad Cascarilla, CEO of Paxos, which issues the Paxos Standard token, said the company saw a surge in demand overnight. “There was a lot of minting that happened yesterday…

Dec 11, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTCData indicates bitcoin "whales" have been making profits throughout 2020.(Bryan Goff/Unsplash)Bitcoin Whales Buy High, Sell Low; Retail Investors Chase Rallies: DataNewly released data from crypto exchange OKEx gives one possible explanation of how larger holders of bitcoin – or “whales” – were able to influence prices as bitcoin rallied…