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Elwood is in talks to sell part of the business, focusing more on the portfolio management and risk management services and less on the trading side, according to sources.The current reorganization of hedge fund manager Alan Howard's portfolio of crypto investments has resulted in changes at Elwood, a source told CoinDesk.02:13Key Events You Shouldn't Miss

Crypto markets could face macro and technical headwinds in the near term, Coinbase says.Liquidity could be impacted by quarter-end rebalancing.The world’s largest cryptocurrency is expected to trade in a narrow range until next month’s halving event.Despite bitcoin (BTC) hitting a new all-time high, cryptocurrency markets are faced with some macro headwinds and negative technical factors

The EOS blockchain may soon see what appears to be the first stablecoin on its platform if a startup's plan comes to fruition.

Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team have asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to let them introduce proof of "inconsistent statements" from former FTX executives – and prosecution witnesses – Gary Wang and Nishad Singh.The defense team zeroed in on what Wang and Singh said about stablecoin conversions and the "allow negative" feature that let Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research borrow

A landmark court ruling drove XRP prices to nearly double over the past 24 hours before receding in early Asian hours on Friday, with XRP shorts losing the most money so far this year.Data from Coinglass shows XRP-tracked futures traders racked up a total of $58 million in losses as a U.S. judge ruled the…

news The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Russia-based analytics firm ICORating for failure to disclose payments for positive reviews to various projects. Today the SEC announced a $268,998 settlement with ICORating for projects rated from December 2017 through July 2018. According to the SEC, projects rated by ICORating during that time raised…

A Chinese self-regulatory association is working to assist government agencies in cracking down on illegal initial coin offerings (ICOs). The China National Internet Finance Association (NIFA), a self-regulatory organization founded by the People's Bank of China (PBoC), has added a "token sales" category to its platform that allows the public to report on potentially illegal financial…

Yaroslav Shtadchenko was hired by Bitsonar in mid-2018 to consult on marketing and website development. (Yaroslav Shtadchenko)Crypto Firm Bitsonar had Signs of a ‘Deliberate Fraud’, Ex Employee Claims in FBI ReportYaroslav Shtadchenko, former project manager at now defunct crypto fund Bitsonar, has formally accused his former employer of fraud. As previously reported, Bitsonar is an…

Dec 20, 2019 at 12:10 UTCUpdated Dec 20, 2019 at 12:54 UTCBitcoin is on track to end 2019 on a positive note and significantly outperform traditional assets like gold and stocks. The number one cryptocurrency is currently trading at $7,125, representing a 93 percent gain on a year-to-date basis, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. Prices…