What It’s Like to Be a Woman In China’s Get-Rich-Quick Crypto Culture

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, one of its sovereign wealth funds, has pledged to take “collective accountability” for its failed $275 million investment in collapsed crypto exchange FTX.In a statement released Monday morning, the fund said there was “fraudulent conduct intentionally hidden from investors, including Temasek.”"Although there was no misconduct by the investment team in reaching their…

Brian Forde most recently ran for U.S. Congress in California's 45th district and was the founding Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT. Previously, he was a Senior Tech Advisor in the Obama White House. On the eve of the most important election of our time, we've seen what misinformation gets us. Fear of…

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.Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Yat…

Mar 18, 2020 at 21:32 UTCUpdated Mar 18, 2020 at 21:33 UTCHabit de Monnayeur (Coiner) by Nicolas II de Larmessin, 1695 (via Wiki commons). A "coiner" in the old days was a person who coined money, often counterfeit coins.As the global equities markets continue along their uncertain path, most major stablecoins are holding up to…

opinion To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the nation-state’s demise are greatly exaggerated. The exits of Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and four other firms from the Libra consortium came after France and Germany moved to block the global “stablecoin” cryptocurrency project and after U.S. lawmakers delivered stern warnings to Libra members. This was more than a…

Dec 26, 2019 at 17:00 UTCFrench flag image via ShutterstockFrance’s top financial regulator has published new rules regarding the licensing of digital asset service providers (DASPs) as well as guidelines for applying for the non-mandatory license and informing the AMF about internal cybersecurity practices.The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) or Financial Markets Authority released the…

NEWS Aug 29, 2018 at 14:30 UTC  |  Updated  Aug 29, 2018 at 14:42 UTC Decentralized cloud startup Dfinity just raised $102 million to further its work in developing an "internet computer," TechCrunch reported Wednesday. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz's new a16z Crypto branch and Polychain Capital lead the funding round for the Switzerland-based project, which is…

Jim Cramer, former hedge fund manager and host of CNBC’s Mad Money, Tuesday morning reversed his previously bearish stance on bitcoin (BTC) ahead of what's expected to be U.S. regulatory approval of a spot ETF and as the price rose above $45,000 for the first time in 21 months."This thing, you can't kill it," Cramer

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation. He owns marginal amounts of bitcoin and ether.Crypto exchange Bittrex has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. state of Delaware on Monday, months after announcing it would wind down operations in the country and weeks after being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission…