‘Keep NEO One!’ Investors Protest a Proposal to Make Crypto Coins Divisible

news A number of apps in Microsoft’s app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a script for mining the monero cryptocurrency that has proved popular with cyber criminals. In a blog post on the discovery, Symantec said it had reported the…

news Due to mounting regulatory pressures in the United States, the crypto company Circle is moving the majority of its exchange operations offshore. Circle announced Monday it received a full Digital Assets Business Act license in Bermuda for its crypto exchange Poloniex. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told CoinDesk that 70 percent of Poloniex users hail…

Thursday's huge price swings in the two largest cryptocurrencies, bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum's ether (ETH), prompted more than $400 million of open trades to get liquidated, the most since the August crash.The wild session comes at a time when BTC and ETH prices have been surging amid Wall Street's burgeoning interest in crypto. Both cryptos

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 inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesThe crypto market began the week in the green as traders cheered BlackRock's foray into asset tokenization and the beginning of the global central bank easing

Dec 8, 2020 at 9:46 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Steadies at $18.7K; Big Ether Options Position Around $1,120 Isn’t BullishVolume doldrums and December sluggishness caused bitcoin to slip steadily below $19,000; ether options above spot are highest at $1,120 strike price.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $18,705 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m.…

Mar 5, 2020 at 19:10 UTCUpdated Mar 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTCBitcoin prices, March 5, 2020.The price of bitcoin (BTC) broke above $9,000 on a bullish run at 9:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. EST). The world’s leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization is up 4 percent in the past 24 hours, with a high reaching $9,150 on…

Jul 16, 2020 at 19:02 UTCUpdated Jul 16, 2020 at 19:07 UTCAlchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan (Credit: Pantera Summit 2019)Blockchain infrastructure firm Alchemy announced the launch of its new product, Alchemy Monitor, on Thursday. In an email to CoinDesk, the firm said the tool would help blockchain developers easily access information associated with user behavior and…

NEWS Oct 29, 2018 at 13:00 UTC Singapore Power Group, the country's energy utilities provider, has launched a blockchain-powered marketplace for renewable energy certificates (RECs). The company announced in a press release Monday that the platform is "designed and built in-house" and enables organizations to trade in RECs – tradable certificates that represent energy generated…

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