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The Death of Compromise, and a Way Forward for Crypto
18.10.2023
Kim Greenberg of CoinDesk Indices finds a lesson for crypto in LEGO
U.S. Sen. Warren Leads Lawmakers to Push Administration on Crypto-Backed Terrorism
18.10.2023
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led more than a hundred lawmakers in demanding top officials share their plans for heading off crypto-financed terrorism
Sam Bankman-Fried Witness Contrasts His Public Comments With FTX's Dangerous Secrets
18.10.2023
Former FTX lobbyist Eliora Katz appeared to mostly be on the stand to allow prosecutors to bring attention to Bankman-Fried's tweets and House testimony, and how they differed from the secret reality that led to the crypto exchange's demise
Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum
18.10.2023
The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate "smart contracts," that theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token
Digital Euro Project Moves to 'Preparation' Phase
18.10.2023
The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday
U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas
18.10.2023
The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza
It’s Time for a Purpose-Built Disclosure Framework for Crypto
18.10.2023
Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds
18.10.2023
Crypto insiders feel they've been burned before in the cauldron of New York’s BitLicense, but they fell that California’s implementation leaves some room for hope
Bitcoin Financial Services Firm Unchained Looks to Attract Wealthy Clients With New Advisory Service
18.10.2023
The service will offer a network of "bitcoin-competent" financial planners to help HNWIs build distribution and utilization strategies and address potential tax and inheritance issues, Unchained said
U.S. Crypto Regulatory Fog Keeps Standard Chartered Rooted in UAE, Asia
18.10.2023
Standard Chartered chose Dubai to launch crypto services from. However, reading between the lines, almost anywhere is preferable to the U.S. – that’s the message coming from banks and large institutions
Floki Developers Propose Staking and Utility Token Plans
18.10.2023
The move could help amp up investor interest in FLOKI tokens, which form part of the Floki DAO ecosystem
Investment Manager Methodic Unveils Ether Staking Fund Offering Exposure to ETH Price and Yield
18.10.2023
The Methodic CoinDesk ETH Staking Fund offers institutional exposure to spot ETH price and staking yields
Ether.Fi Rolls Out Liquid Staking Token eETH, That Can be Restaked on EigenLayer
18.10.2023
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol ether.fi has rolled out a liquid staking token that allows users to generate rewards through ether (ETH) staking and automatically restake rewards on EigenLayer
DLT Securities Rules Are Here to Stay, EU Official Says
18.10.2023
New European laws took effect in April, but fears over its limited scale may have inhibited take-up
First Mover Americas: GBTC Discount Continues to Narrow; Reddit’s Crypto Tokens Plummet
18.10.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 18, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Korean Giant SK Telecom Releases Crypto Wallet With CryptoQuant as Partner
18.10.2023
The wallet will feature on-chain data analysis tools that may inform users' market decisions
EU Privacy Watchdog Takes Aim at ‘Excessive Centralization’ of Digital Euro
18.10.2023
The central bank digital currency has met significant opposition from lawmakers worried over excessive state snooping
(One Part of) SBF's Defense Strategy Starts Paying Off
18.10.2023
All three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” members have now testified against the FTX founder, and all three have presented similarly on the witness stand: clearly rehearsed, adamant that the FTX founder was in charge and careful not to stray too far from their well-practiced narratives. They...
Bitcoin Nears $29K as Fidelity ETF Amendment Bumps Bullish Sentiment
18.10.2023
Some analysts said the amendments show the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding active discussions with related parties
Coinbase Trading Volume Slows Further as Crypto Winter Continues: Berenberg
18.10.2023
“We continue to view COIN’s consumer take rate as being at risk of compression due to competition for market share within a lower volume crypto space,” the bank said