First Crypto Firm IPO on London Stock Exchange Raises $32.5 Million

May 20, 2020 at 11:54 UTCUpdated May 20, 2020 at 11:55 UTCFirst Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine, But for How Long?Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" has undergone its first adjustment since last week's halving, dropping the figure by 6%.Mining difficulty is part of an automatic procedure that takes place on the Bitcoin blockchain every 2,016 data blocks, or…

Industry stakeholders have largely welcomed new norms for the crypto sector proposed by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Wednesday – but are uncertain how the rules will look in effect.The regulator's 18 policy recommendations for the global crypto industry cover a range of issues including market abuse, conflict of interest and consumer…

In March, derivatives trading volumes surged by 86.5% to a record high of $6.18 trillion.The share of crypto derivatives in total market activity slipped to 67.8% in March, the sixth consecutive monthly decline, according to CCData.Crypto derivatives trading became bigger than ever in March, but its share in the total market activity declined for the

Sep 18, 2020 at 21:45 UTCUpdated Sep 18, 2020 at 21:50 UTCHarvest time (Robert Wiedemann/Unsplash)New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum AssetsKava Labs has launched its first application: a yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for bitcoin (BTC) and other non-Ethereum assets. The product, called Harvest and built on the Kava…

Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.French bank BNP Paribas (BNP) is promoting the use of China's digital yuan by linking wallets to bank accounts, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday.BNP Paribas' corporate clients will be able to connect to China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), or "e-CNY" as…

A relatively illiquid market and likely overleveraged trading positions pushed Tellor’s TRB token prices up over 250% in 24 hours on Saturday, only for the cryptocurrency to tumble and fall 70% since a lifetime peak set on Sunday.Tellor is a so-called oracle protocol that uses blockchain-based tools to fetch and share data among different networks.

24H Low$265.5724H High$278.81PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Fee$0.061300About MoneroMonero is a privacy focused currency created in 2014. A participant on the Bitcointalk forum going by the username “Thankful_for_today” forked Bytecoin to create Monero, which was later maintained by the decentralized developer community. Monero is fungible, meaning that involvement in previous transactions does not affect the value…

May 28, 2020 at 19:00 UTCrustamxakim/Shutterstock.comThe Geopolitical Implications of a Too-Strong Dollar, Feat. Brent JohnsonA macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google…

Inconsistency in the way data providers count trades across exchanges has overstated the yen's importance as a trading pair, CoinDesk research finds.