Global Protests Reveal Bitcoin’s Limitations

Sep 26, 2020 at 13:00 UTC(AlexSava/iStock via Getty Images Plus)Why the Stock Market is Poised for Its Worst September Since 2011Last week saw the third-biggest outflow from stock funds in history, and the dollar is the strongest it’s been since April. Here’s what’s going on. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern…

NEWS Oct 23, 2018 at 01:59 UTC Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is investing in the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by way of its venture wing. Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Temasek Holdings – which is operated by the government of Singapore – has made a strategic investment in Binance and will work with the exchange…

Oct 21, 2020 at 12:54 UTCUpdated Oct 21, 2020 at 13:37 UTCBitcoin prices blew through $12K and are now approaching a new 2020 high. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)First Mover: PayPal Rushes in and Bitcoin Breaches $12K, While USDC Gains on TetherBitcoin blew past $12,000 to its highest price in two months, bringing into view the…

The Federal Reserve might need to print money to help finance Biden's coronavirus relief proposal, to keep Treasury-bond interest rates from climbing. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking Thursday in a virtual chat hosted by the Princeton University Bendheim Center for Finance. (Bloomberg News)Jan 15, 2021 at 2:35 p.m. UTCFirst Mover: Biden’s $1.9T Plan Shows…

We all remember where we were “when it happened”: I was in a dark cabin, waking up on a flight from Los Angeles to Dhaka to reunite with my family. A fellow Bangladeshi sat nearby, and our phones were abuzz with notifications. We exchanged wide-eyed glances, not yet daring to believe the magnitude of what

Fatemeh Fannizadeh, a lawyer specializing in the crypto industry at Geneva Legal, knows personally how the long arm of the U.S. financial laws can often sweep up innocent individuals. Born in Iran, raised in Switzerland, and now a resident of New York City, Fannizadeh said she has sometimes run into problems with banks and other

Lightning nodes are making money – albeit not much – displaying the potential for a growing fee market on the layer two tech.

OPINION Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly,  a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. The most commonly cited number for comparing the worth of different crypto projects is market…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: The post-debt ceiling rally in the crypto market has ended, with bitcoin and ether declining in East Asia. What's the next narrative for crypto?Insights: The latest Commitment of Traders reports shows a rebound in open long positions among asset managers.Looking for the Next Pricing NarrativeYesterday’s post-debt ceiling deal rally has…