MARKETS DAILY HOLIDAYS: DeFi?

When we founded Blockchain Association five years ago it was an open question whether or not the digital assets industry could make effective use of a trade association to argue its priorities in front of Congress and other federal regulatory agencies.Kristin Smith is the CEO of the Blockchain Association.Some of the most persistent questions in

news A highly anticipated upgrade to ethereum is gearing up for its first dry run, and the test network of choice will be an unfamiliar name to many. Launched today, the Görli blockchain will be the proving ground for Prysm, software created by Prysmatic Labs that will feature the first of three phases of deployment of the upgrade,…

Yat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Yat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Cam Thompson is a news reporter at CoinDesk.Yat SiuCo-Founder…

A mixture of bearish price-chart patterns and ill-understood news items combined to cause bitcoin's biggest price plunge since March, in a demonstration to market newcomers of the cryptocurrency's notorious volatility.    Fear, uncertainty and doubt, or FUD, is hitting the bitcoin market. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)Jan 22, 2021 at 2:18 p.m. UTCFirst Mover: Bitcoin Newbies…

Jun 30, 2020 at 16:28 UTCUpdated Jun 30, 2020 at 16:44 UTCBundestag, Berlin, Germany (Ricardo Gomez Angel/Unsplash)Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization ConcernsSo many users are dependent on Ethereum client Geth that a bug could temporarily freeze the network – something blockchains aren’t supposed to do, ever. In light of this,…

Sep 28, 2020 at 20:16 UTCUpdated Sep 28, 2020 at 20:17 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.9K; Ether Options Signal Short-Term VolatilityAn early rally Monday almost pushed bitcoin over $11,000; the ether options market expects volatility in the short term.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,874 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. EDT). Gaining…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Modular blockchain Astria has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to develop its shared sequencer network.The…

Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment. (THINK A/Shutterstock)Jan 13, 2021 at 7:55 p.m. UTCFinCEN’s Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US ConstitutionIn the late afternoon on the Friday before Christmas, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a regulation introducing data collection and…

Euphoric sentiment, institutional buying demand, and historical gains linked to bitcoin’s (BTC) halving event are putting the asset on track to cross its lifetime highs of $69,000 in March, some traders say.Bitcoin halving has always been associated with bull rallies, with the asset’s prices increasing by several hundred percent in the months following previous events.