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Shares of cryptocurrency-related companies were sharply lower Monday following bitcoin's (BTC) swift overnight drop.MicroStrategy (MSTR), which holds nearly 175,000 BTC in its treasury, is lower by 6%, while crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) was down over 5%.Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miners Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Hut 8 (HUT) and CleanSpark (CLSK) suffered even steeper losses

Nov 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTCChainalysis Wants to Help the Feds Sell Millions in Forfeited BitcoinChainalysis is preparing to help its government clients sell the same trove of forfeited cryptocurrencies the blockchain tracing company often assists in tracking down.On Thursday, Chainalysis unveiled a program for storing and selling forfeited crypto in partnership with confiscated…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Canadian crypto exchanges WonderFi (WNDR), Coinsquare and CoinSmart have revealed plans to merge, creating what would…

Solana (SOL) co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and his layer 1 network remained in the conversation in 2023 despite long odds and plenty of doubters. While Solana hasn't yet realized its vision of becoming the "Nasdaq on the blockchain," its strong community of developers has largely refused to quit: only a handful of teams moved to other

Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board, detailed the roadmap for the successful inclusion of a “digital euro” on Friday.The ECB is examining whether to introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for retail payments, Panetta said in a speech at the Elcano Royal Institute, Madrid.If payment trends in the…

Feb 13, 2020 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Feb 13, 2020 at 15:08 UTCDTCC Fintech Symposium 2017. Credit: CoinDesk/Michael del CastilloThe Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) wants the financial sector to form a consortium alongside regulators to reduce risks associated with blockchain. In a white paper published Wednesday, the New York-based post-trade financial services firm said…

news Venezuela’s president has ordered that his pet cryptocurrency, the petro, must be used in funding an ongoing social housing initiative. According to a news announcement on the government’s website Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro mandated that the oil-backed petro token must be used for constructing new homes under the Great Housing Mission Venezuela – a project set…

XRP fell 10% as renewed regulatory uncertainty overshadowed ETF optimism. XRP's call-put skew shows fears of an extended price drop. XRP's (XRP) options market shows a greater risk of an extended price decline than renewed gains as renewed regulatory uncertainty overshadows Bitwise's ETF filing and weighs over the cryptocurrency's price. On Monday, asset manager Bitwise

Crypto trading platform Bitget plans to expand into the Middle East and hire up to 60 new members of staff, the company said on Thursday.The company said it has already opened an office in downtown Dubai to support the expansion, and will explore opportunities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It also foresees…