ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing
20.3.2020
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two
Woman Arrested for Stealing $480,000 From Crypto Exchange She Co-Founded
20.3.2020
One of Bitcipher Labs’ co-founders confessed to stealing 63.5 BTC after quitting the exchange
Money Printers Might Help Bitcoin & Its Derivatives Market - Deribit CCO
20.3.2020
Anti-crisis measures taken by governments and central banks around the world might indirectly help bitcoin (BTC) and its derivatives market, according to Luuk Strijers, CCO of major crypto derivatives exchange Deribit.
"Printing money and lowering rates by governments might actually turn...
Reports of Senators Selling Stocks After Closed-Door COVID-19 Briefing Emerge
20.3.2020
The novel Coronavirus has shaken the world, developed and emerging nations alike, claiming more than 10,000 lives and infecting more than 250,000 people in at least 182 countries. The world hasn’t seen a pandemic of this scale for decades, and unsurprisingly, the impact on the economic aspects...
MakerDAO Raises USD 2m in MKR Debt Auction + More News
20.3.2020
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USD 2 million in DAI has been raised in the MakerDAO MKR debt auction. The debt auction was launched with a goal...
The Puell Multiple Is Turning Bullish on Bitcoin
20.3.2020
You might not have heard of the Puell Multiple but right now it appears to show bitcoin is undervalued
‘Skyweaver’ Didn’t Plan for a Captive Audience of Millions but It Sure Helps
20.3.2020
Skyweaver is among a crop of blockchain-based games looking to prove the value of digital scarcity in the gaming industry
Brave New World: Browser Challenging Google for the Future of Privacy
20.3.2020
With an increasing number of people looking to make use of privacy-focused web tools, Brave’s daily user count recently surged past the 4 million mark
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 20, 2020
20.3.2020
CoinDesk goes to Africa in a new podcast and America's biggest Ether mine turns to COVID-19 research. It's the CoinDesk Markets Daily podcast
Tether Stablecoin Launches on Its Seventh Blockchain
20.3.2020
The world's largest stablecoin by market value is now live on the Bitcoin Cash network via the Simple Ledger Protocol
Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don’t Know Google
20.3.2020
Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious
Market Update: Bulls Return, 120 Million Tethers Minted, Bitcoin Halving Looms
20.3.2020
On March 20, cryptocurrencies jumped in value erasing some of the losses that took place over the course of the market carnage last week. The entire cryptoconomy gained a quick $39 billion during Thursday and Friday’s trading sessions and global trade volume has spiked significantly as well....