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Dec 2, 2019 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Dec 2, 2019 at 08:35 UTCThe death cross. Just say it out loud. It doesn't sound good. And it's not. In fact it's quite bad.For most of October, analysts in the bitcoin market were warning that the death cross was coming – using what's known in the trading business…

news Law enforcement officials in Spain are arguing that a recent effort to break up a criminal organization — which utilized bitcoin ATMs — has exposed a gap in European anti-money laundering statutes An international case led by Europol and Spain’s Civil Guard earlier this year uncovered the regulatory loopholes in crypto-related crimes in new…

Cryptocurrencies sold off once again early in the U.S. trading session on Wednesday with bitcoin (BTC) diving below $56,000. BTC climbed during the Asian and European trading hours from a low of $56,000 after last night's U.S. presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, briefly topping $57,000 following the U.S. CPI inflation report. The

Colombia's central bank, Banco de la República, has partnered with blockchain firm Ripple to explore the use of blockchain technology.According to Ripple, Banco de la República, in conjunction with the Ministry for the Information and Communications Technologies (MinTIC), will pilot Ripple's CBDC platform to improve its high-value payments system. The initiative is part of a…

CoinDesk Indices (CDI) presents its bi-weekly market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) and the broad CoinDesk Market Index (CMI)This week's performance of the CoinDesk 20 was mixed as 8 of the 20 index members closed higher yesterday compared with last Friday’s close. There was a

news Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has captured the imaginations of experienced blockchainers but how can you explain it to people who don’t know much about technology? Thankfully, Facebook posted a few easy-to-follow videos about the Libra ecosystem and even the new Calibra wallet. First up we see a short demo of the Calibra app running on…

Feb 11, 2020 at 12:45 UTCBinance's peer-to-peer trading facility has added support for the Russian ruble as the exchange continues to build out its business in the major market.The Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange announced Tuesday that users would be able to trade rubles directly with bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), tether (USDT) and binance coin (BNB) without…

news Demand for alternative cryptocurrencies has seen their performance rise over the last 24 hours despite bitcoin’s (BTC) failure to take another leg up. It raises the question as to whether the “alt season”, a period where alternative crypto sees considerable growth regardless of BTC’s performance, is finally here. Ether (ETH) and XRP (XRP) rose…

Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Non-fungible token (NFT) collection Pudgy Penguins has announced the completion of its $9 million seed funding round led by 1kx. The company plans to use the new capital to scale its intellectual property and team.The funding round comes over a year after the Pudgy Penguins project voted…