Square Expands Cash App Bitcoin Service to All 50 US States

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Gelato Gives Developers a New ‘Money Lego’ Tool for DeFi ApplicationsA new decentralized finance (DeFi) “money Lego” will allow app developers to make it possible for users to automate their transactions. Called Gelato, the protocol moved from alpha to a live and audited v1 on Ethereum’s mainnet on July 3. And,…

news Crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from its parent firm Circle, the companies announced Friday. According to a pair of blog posts, Poloniex will now become Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., an “independent international company” backed by an unnamed Asian investment firm. The trading platform will not serve U.S. customers after this year. U.S. residents…

Oct 28, 2020 at 16:54 UTC(Krystian Piątek/Unsplash)“The mempool is a dark forest,” proclaims Ryan Sean Adams, author of the Bankless newsletter. And he goes on to paint a picture of a dangerous place full of predators – arbitrage bots, front-runners and the like:“They hide in the mempool waiting to attack. They monitor any and all…

You’d expect big-name traders to ensure high levels of security and steps in place to protect against phishing attacks and hacks, both of which plague the crypto ecosystem.But not Alameda Research. The beleaguered Sam Bankman-Fried run trading company lost at least $200 million to a variety of common attack vectors that run amok in the

The Avalanche Foundation, whose grants and investments help support the development of the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, is considering buying meme coins as part of a drive that recognizes the distinct niches of the cryptocurrency market after a surge in tokens such as bonk (BONK) almost single-handedly kickstarted activity on the Solana network earlier this month.The

A stream of crypto payments services coming to market give new life to the debate around whether bitcoin can be both a store of value and a payments token.(SonerCdem/Getty Images)Feb 7, 2021 at 10:01 p.m. UTCCrypto Long & Short: Could Scalable Payments for Bitcoin Undermine Its Value?With the wild journey that is bitcoin price swings…

In the great game of the world economy, the final boss victory for crypto would be to rob nation-states of the ability to issue legitimate money – at least, that would be the libertarian win condition.“Everyone who has been around long enough in crypto, if you scratch off the surface, is a closeted but very…

news A new cryptocurrency exchange service is available on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, and its aim is to help refugees traveling across the Simon Bolivar International Bridge. Visitors are now able to use the point-of-sale service with cryptocurrencies to buy goods. The POS is located in Santander, Colombia, just across the border from…

Predicting the price of bitcoin (BTC) has historically been as accurate as looking into a crystal ball, with all sorts of past price predictions that have been way off the mark – some hilariously so.But Matrixport seems to have nailed it this year – or at least gets points for being the closest contender –