Grayscale’s Crypto Products Raised Over $3B Last Quarter, the Most Ever

With bitcoin bouncing back up and approval of the first federally chartered crypto bank, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today's stories:While a 31% rally to $50,000 in two weeks may be challenging to envision, it is far…

Worldcoin’s WLD token slid in European morning hours on Friday after a report of a lawsuit against related company OpenAI emerged.WLD dropped 2.2% in an hour as Reuters reported technology investor Elon Musk had sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract, as per a Thursday filing. Musk accused them of breaching contractual

Feb 25, 2020 at 01:00 UTCCoolBitX staffers. (Courtesy photo)Asian companies are accelerating the crypto industry’s push to make exchanges work more like traditional banks. The crypto wallet and security startup CoolBitX raised $16.7 million in a round led by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings, with participation from the National Development Fund of Taiwan, Korean crypto exchange…

Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO of MyCrypto. In this interview as part of The Breakdown’s end of year coverage, she argues that the level of discourse in crypto matured in 2019, with more focus on things that actually matter. That’s important, because in 2020, she predicts a major fork-in-the-road moment, where the industry…

The owner of Thai crypto exchange Bitkub Online, which plans to sell shares to the public next year, could be valued as high as $3 billion, Bitkub Capital Group CEO Jirayut Srupsrisopa said.Bitkub Capital signaled its intention to sell shares to the public in a 2023 letter to shareholders that didn't give a timeframe. Jirayut

Apr 24, 2020 at 16:21 UTCVIRALITY: How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app? (Credit: Brandon Erlinger-Ford / Unsplash)COVID-19 Tracing Apps Have to Go Viral to Work. That’s a Big AskTo be useful, any COVID-19 tracing app has to go viral.But with concerns about privacy running high, getting…

The South Korea government will invest over $880 million next year in order to boost the development of innovative technologies including blockchain.

Jul 23, 2020 at 19:11 UTCUpdated Jul 23, 2020 at 19:13 UTCBakkt open interest for bitcoin options since June 1Bitcoin options traders have completely deserted Bakkt, with its volume and open interest flatlining at $0 since June 15. The Intercontinental Exchange's subsidiary launched its bitcoin options market in December 2019. Open interest for the exchange’s options…

Eigenlayer, the restaking protocol that has racked up $15.7 billion in deposits, released its token whitepaper Monday, confirming plans for an EIGEN token.According to a blog post written by the Eigen Foundation, the non-profit supporting the protocol, there will be a total supply of about 1.67 billion EIGEN tokens, and 45% of those will go