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Could these cryptocurrencies dethrone Bitcoin in 2024?
15.5.2024
The cryptocurrency market brims with numerous cryptocurrencies, each being significant in its own way. New crypto coins are mined frequently, creating tough competition for survival among the newbies. Eventually, cryptocurrency lovers find themselves seated at the edge of their seats and pondering...
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
15.5.2024
Attorneys for former FTX executive Ryan Salame are asking for 18 months in prison, citing his cooperation with authorities and remorse
Vanguard, Avowedly Anti-Crypto, Names Bitcoin-Friendly Ex-BlackRock Exec as CEO
15.5.2024
Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form
15.5.2024
The popularity of new blockchain “restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in decentralized finance
Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
14.5.2024
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31
Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K
14.5.2024
Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a "crippling gambling addiction."
The Hard Truths and Worrying Consequences of the Tornado Cash Verdict
14.5.2024
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews
14.5.2024
After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative
A Bunch Of Slept-On Games Are About To Hit Game Pass
14.5.2024
May is shaping up to be a very, very good month for Xbox Game Pass—with some sleeper hits, like magic FPS Immortals of Aveum, and new games, like Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, arriving soon. And I bet Xbox is happy to have some good news to share right now, following the last few months.Read more
The Crypto Industry’s Influence on U.S. Elections is Bigger Than Ever, Industry Insiders Say
14.5.2024
The crypto industry is throwing its weight around in Washington in hopes of influencing the upcoming U.S. elections, spending an unprecedented amount of money to get crypto-friendly candidates elected and educate lawmakers – all in hopes of finally getting a friendly regulatory framework for crypto...
CoinShares posts record revenue in Q1, backed by markets, Bitcoin ETFs
14.5.2024
CoinShares’ revenue, gains, and other income reached 43.9 million pounds ($55 million) in the first quarter of 2024, a 216% increase year-over-year
DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
14.5.2024
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers
'Liquid Vesting' Is Oxymoronic Blockchain Feature That Lets Early Investors Sell Without Waiting
14.5.2024
A new feature from Colony Lab, a developer and project incubator in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, called "liquid vesting," lets users sell their tokens before their vesting period is over
State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
14.5.2024
The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing shows. The shares are worth nearly $100 million
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket
14.5.2024
The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding close to $75 million
Crypto Exchange Listing and Delisting Announcements: May 13, 2024
14.5.2024
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto exchanges that we found last week and today.
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'CryptoDad' Giancarlo Joins Paxos Board
14.5.2024
Paxos has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, a former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who has been a public advocate for the cryptocurrency sector, to its board of directors, the company told CoinDesk
RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual
14.5.2024
The aims to broaden access to the $1 trillion reinsurance industry, making it more efficient and transparent with blockchain technology
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dips Below $62K Ahead of U.S. Inflation Figures
14.5.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 14, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
14.5.2024
Alexey Pertsev was found guilty of money laundering $1.2 billion worth of crypto