Kaiko Research: Monthly Market Report April 2021

Sep 24, 2020 at 19:50 UTCUpdated Sep 24, 2020 at 19:52 UTCStartup Aleo Wants to Help You Use the Internet Without Sacrificing Data PrivacyPrivacy tech company Aleo has launched a data privacy-oriented blockchain and developer kit to make writing zero-knowledge proofs in web applications easy and scalable.The startup is releasing its first round of software…

Mar 13, 2020 at 13:45 UTCUpdated Mar 13, 2020 at 14:10 UTCCrypto Payments Firm Halts Operations Citing Singapore’s New Regulatory RegimeCryptocurrency payments provider Coinpip has shut down, but possibly only temporarily. The Singapore-based firm announced on its website that it has "suspended operations" while it looks at becoming licensed by the country's financial regulators after…

BCH fell 20% last week, its biggest loss in three months, as Mt. Gox announced creditor repayments. Slippage surged across centralized exchanges, signaling poor liquidity as prices fell. Bitcoin cash (BCH), a cryptocurrency created by a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain in 2017, fell 20% last week, its biggest slide since April, according to

Hardware wallet maker Ledger announced that it is integrating with Coinbase, allowing Ledger users to buy digital assets using the crypto exchange's Coinbase Pay as an on-ramp.Bringing Coinbase Pay into the Ledger Live app is supposed to benefit Ledger users, according to a press release seen by CoinDesk, making it easier for users to receive

Crypto miners, whose shares are most levered to bitcoin prices, surged on Wednesday after the price of the largest cryptocurrency hit an all-time high, trading above $66,000 for the first time.Canada-based bitcoin miner Hive Blockchain Technologies (HIVE), which mines in cooler temperature regions and uses low-cost, renewable energy for its operations, was the best performer…

Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.Cipher Mining (CIFR) announced the purchase of 11,000 bitcoin mining rigs from Canaan Inc. (CAN) after reaching 6 exahash/second (EH/s) of computing power, the firm said Tuesday.The new Canaan model A1346 rigs will boost its computing power to 7.2 EH/s when installed, with energization expected by…

Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team.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…

can privacy and security startups survive the financial upheavals of COVID-19? (Credit: Startaê Team/Unsplash)Buoyed by scandals including Facebook and Cambridge Analytica and the perennial reports of breaches at companies including Equifax and Marriott, the data privacy industry has expanded significantly over the last few years. The information privacy and security industry was worth an estimated $124…

news Portugal’s most popular football club has become the first of its kind to accept cryptocurrency payments after announcing its partnership with the UTRUST payment platform. S.L. Benfica is the first major football club in Europe to allow the purchase of its merchandise in cryptocurrency. This allows fans to pay using UTRUST token (UTK) in…