PayPal Talks to Buy Crypto Firm BitGo Have Ended: Report

Search engine giant Google has revealed that it will begin allowing cryptocurrency exchange advertisements in the U.S. and Japan, starting in October. In a new update to its advertising policies, Google emphasized that the ads would be allowed for "regulated" trading sites, explaining: "The Google Ads policy on Financial products and services will be updated…

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto and not the author of the Bitcoin white paper, as was determined by Justice James Mellor, who handed down that judgment after the COPA v Wright trial wrapped up.Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc.

(Priscilla Gyamfi/Unsplash)Bitcoin’s Stolen RevolutionEvan Shapiro is CEO and co-founder of O(1) Labs, the team behind Coda Protocol, a lightweight chain that affords all participants fully P2P, permissionless access from any device. Who controls Bitcoin? A hint: It’s not you. And it’s a far cry from the decentralized utopia many claim it to be. Systems of…

Jun 8, 2020 at 21:40 UTCUpdated Jun 9, 2020 at 00:08 UTCBrave CEO Brendan Eich (Credit: Pantera Summit 2019)Brave Browser’s Affiliate Link Controversy, ExplainedNo one is easier to criticize than a Boy Scout. The browser maker Brave, which launched around protecting online privacy, was called out this weekend when users noticed that typing in the…

Bitcoin jumped past $25.700, a more than 1.3% gain, in the hour after the iShares unit of fund management powerhouse BlackRock (BLK) filed paperwork Thursday afternoon with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the formation of a spot bitcoin (BTC) ETF.Bitcoin dipped below $25,000 just a day earlier for the first time in…

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 Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin trades around $64,000 early Monday as the crypto market erased last week's losses. BTC surged to $65,400 during Asia trading hours Monday, its highest price

Feb 12, 2020 at 09:00 UTCTether logo. Credit: ShutterstockStablecoin issuer Tether is partnering with blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis to bolster its anti-money laundering tools.The companies announced Wednesday that Tether would apply Chainalysis' "Know Your Transaction" tool for token issuers, allowing the stablecoin firm to monitor activity and "quickly understand the risk profile of each token…

Trading volume across crypto derivatives listed on the Panama-based Deribit exchange remained brisk last month even as the global activity cooled.Deribit's derivatives market volume rose to $42 billion in August, a 17% increase versus July, bucking the global downtrend that saw worldwide derivatives volumes decline 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion, the exchange said in the

Nov 16, 2020 at 10:13 a.m. UTCThe SEC wants the public to weigh in on how cryptocurrencies fit into qualified custodian regulations.(Caleb Fisher/Unsplash)The SEC Is Still Working Out What ‘Qualified Custodian’ Means for CryptoThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again asking about qualified custodians and how crypto custody fits into this regulatory…