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Jerry Brito, the founding executive director of the venerable-for-crypto advocacy and research organization Coin Center will step down by the end of the year, he wrote in a post on the group’s website, adding that he’ll be retaining a board seat.Read More

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Ocean’s DATUM is since this weekend putting transaction selection back into the hands of hashers, benefiting Bitcoin’s censorship resistance.Read More

Decentralized AI gives us a path to trusting the agents that will soon populate our digital lives, says Marko Stokic, head of AI at Oasis.Read More

A look at the lived experience of going through hyperinflation in Lebanon.Read More

On-chain data shows minimal retail involvement in the current crypto rally, hinting at potential further price increases.Read More

Kamala Harris has done nothing to confirm she will support or protect the industry so far, while her political opponent is going above and beyond for it.Read More

MicroStrategy could soon have bigger bitcoin pockets than Grayscale.Read More

The restaking protocol will unlock 1.67 billion tokens at 9 p.m. PST on Monday.Read More

Investors tend to focus on monetary policy from the major central banks and Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland have each cut rates three times this year. Lower borrowing costs going forward should boost the price outlook for crypto, says Scott Garliss.Read More

Memecoin-related tools are helping the crypto industry cater to more mainstream users than other crypto uses, according to B, a Floki core developer.Read More

Fund tokenization is one of the frontiers of bringing real-world assets to blockchain rails in pursuit of greater efficiency, lower costs and faster settlements.Read More

Kamala Harris only leads by one percentage point, but is set to carry most of the swing states.Read More

Lux Thiagarajah and Richard Usher will be joining the business on Tuesday October 1st.Read More

Internet Computer and Filecoin posted the steepest losses, down more than 6%.Read More

A new industry-funded poll underlines the rising role of crypto in the thinking of likely voters in the 2024 U.S. elections – and the mention of digital assets by the presidential candidates of both major parties suggests the campaigns are aware of that.Read More

This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation.Read More

Overbought conditions also surely played a role in bitcoin’s Monday decline.Read More

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 30, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Read More

The U.S. data, due Tuesday, has triggered 10% price drops in the first week of the past three months, 10x Research said.Read More

The review which will occur over the coming months could also pave the way for dedicated exchange traded funds.Read More

Late last year, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was reported to be considering listing its shares on Kosdaq.Read More

Ether funds registered $87 million in net inflows to break a five-week losing streak while bitcoin products added $1 billion.Read More

BTC is close to ending September up 9%, its best since 2013, ahead of a seasonally bullish October.Read More

Crypto Finance Asset Management AG has been renamed as Matrixport Asset Management AG (MAM).Read More

BTC has registered its first three-week winning trend since February.Read More

The former minister called on Beijing to study the industry in light of Republican candidate Donald Trump’s comments on crypto.Read More

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has been released from prison, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP).Read More

Mango DAO, Mango Labs and Blockworks Foundation agreed to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.Read More

Swan Bitcoin has filed suit against a group of former employees and consultants, alleging that they “hatched and executed a ‘rain and hellfire’ plan” to steal its lucrative bitcoin mining business with the help of Tether, Swan Bitcoin’s one-time ally and fundraising partner.Read More

When Bitcoin is dominated by major institutions (and Bitcoiners are asking for approval from presidential candidates) we are in danger of creating centralized decentralized finance, something Bitcoin’s founders never intended, says Jason Dehni, CEO of Credbull.Read More

Seven days after hitting the market, the T-REX 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (MSTU) has become one of the most successful new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the market after attracting over $72 million.Read More

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A $10 billion surge in stablecoin minting over the past weeks has flooded the crypto market with liquidity, Thielen noted.Read More

Sorare was charged with violating the Gambling Act 2005 in the regulator’s first move against a blockchain-based platform.Read More

A short summary of the recent decision regarding the Tornado Cash case.Read More

LTC was also a top performer, gaining 2.7%Read More

“The new inflow of cash could indirectly push up the price of bitcoin, particularly in the long term perspective,” one analyst said.Read More

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 27, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Read More

FLOKI tokens could see a price jump as the project’s closeness to GraFun boosts its fundamentals.Read More

BlackRock’s latest report shows that bitcoin has a very low correlation to U.S. equities on a trailing 6-month basis.Read More

Thursday’s bullish trading range marks an end of the recent consolidation and a resumption of the rebound from lows under $53,000.Read More

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, could be released on Friday, two days ahead of his scheduled release date of September 29th (Sunday), according to an interpretation of the law.Read More

TIA has outperformed the CoinDesk 20 Index by a wide margin.Read More

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler reiterated his stance that bitcoin is “not a security” but doubled down on his stated position that regulatory clarity exists for the crypto space in an interview with CNBC on Thursday.Read More

Bitcoin rose by 3%, trading above $65K with U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs seeing one of their largest inflow days at $365 million,Read More

Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov have been charged for their involvement in operating money laundering services that catered to cybercriminals using cryptocurrencies, U.S. authorities announced on Thursday.Read More

The colossal campaign spending from the cryptocurrency industry is showing up in dominant fashion in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, where its political action committees have devoted $40 million to support Republican Bernie Moreno’s opposition of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the crypto-skeptical chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm will proceed to trial, a New York judge ruled during a telephonic hearing on Thursday.Read More

Brian Trunzo, Global Head of Business Development at Polygon Labs, argues that DePINs represent an opportunity to build new useful services, while redistributing control and value to end-users.Read More

A lack of interoperability poses an existential threat to central bank digital currencies, as it does to Web3 itself, says Temujin Louie, CEO of Wanchain.Read More

Why Proof of Reserves is a critical piece of infrastructure for any custodial services built on top of Bitcoin.Read More

Bitcoin is back to levels not seen in nearly two months as it pushed past the $65,000 mark during U.S. late morning hours on Thursday.Read More

PCE, an alternative measure of inflation, is starting to ease up, setting the stage for easier money policies from the Fed. If so, that’s good news for risk assets like bitcoin and ether, says Scott Garliss.Read More

G Clay Miller, one of the organizers of the Crypto4Harris group, outlines why he believes that a Harris Administration would be better for digital assets than a Trump presidency.Read More

The Boltz BTCPay Plugin enables merchants using BTCPay Server to accept Lightning payments non-custodially and transfer these funds to the Liquid sidechain.Read More

Arthur Hayes’s family office Maelstrom awarded Bitcoin developer Jon Atack a 1-year grant to work full-time on Bitcoin Core and BIPs. The no-strings funding aims to strengthen Bitcoin’s open source ecosystem.Read More

Alby Go is an easy-to-use open-source Bitcoin wallet that serves as an interface for your Lightning node or Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) wallet service.Read More

PayPal has announced a new feature allowing U.S. business accounts to buy, hold, sell, and transfer supported cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, expanding its crypto offerings for merchants.Read More

A look at a prolific post by the infamous Mircea Popescu, positing with a rare clairvoyance the possible paths that Bitcoin could take in its road into the future.Read More

Israel’s promoting a new plan to abolish 200 shekel banknotes, forbid possession of physical gold & silver, and use AI for enforcement, while Gaza’s state of cash deteriorates. By Efrat Fenigson.Read More

Non-profit organisation, Brink published its annual report, detailing over $1 million in donations to open source developers in 2023. The report highlighted achievements from Brink-sponsored contributors improving Bitcoin’s protocol.Read More

Ben Arc and the talented team of developers behind LNbits are helping users do more with Lightning.Read More

The CIO of Bitcoin asset manager Bitwise claims the “most powerful people in finance” are buying Bitcoin and crypto. He says nearly 70% of top financial advisors at a recent summit owned Bitcoin and crypto personally.Read More

A look at the history of major Bitcoin forks.Read More

Donald Trump floated using crypto to pay off the US’ $35 trillion debt, part of his embrace of Bitcoin amid the 2024 race. Kamala Harris also pledged to boost “digital assets” signaling crypto’s growing bipartisan appeal.Read More

The SEC has approved the listing and trading of options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, marking a significant milestone for Bitcoin integration in traditional finance.Read More

Can Historical Election Trends Predict Bitcoin’s Next Move?Read More

MicroStrategy purchased an additional $489 million of Bitcoin, swelling its corporate Bitcoin treasury to over 252,000 BTC worth nearly $10 billion. The company’s Bitcoin strategy aims to boost returns and hedge against inflation.Read More

Proof of Workforce and Santa Monica’s vice mayor will present a case study on the city’s innovative Bitcoin Office at the CMRTA Annual Conference. The office, the first of its kind in the U.S., aims to educate on Bitcoin and support economic recovery.Read More

Around 250 BTC from Bitcoin’s early days were transferred after 15 years of inactivity, revealing the huge rewards reaped by early miners. The $16 million worth of “Satoshi era” coins highlights the conviction of pioneering hodlers.Read More

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC) emphasized the need for the United States to decisively lead on crypto policy in a bipartisan manner.Read More

These mining giants join forces to release the U3S21EXPH, a next-generation ASIC miner featuring advanced liquid-to-chip cooling technology.Read More

A look back at the start of hardware wallets in the Bitcoin space.Read More

Germany’s two large banks, Commerzbank and DZ Bank, are launching Bitcoin and crypto trading services amid growing demand.Read More

Former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump becomes the first US president to publicly transact with Bitcoin.Read More

Louisiana has become one of the first U.S. states to accept Bitcoin for government payments, offering residents more flexible options for transactions.Read More

A quick look at the so-called “sidechain” Fractal Bitcoin.Read More

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 50 basis points today, marking the first significant cut in over four years.Read More

The tournament, held during the Santa Monica Peer to Pier Bitcoin festival, will feature semi-pro and amateur divisions, awarding a $5,000 prize pool paid in bitcoin.Read More

River launched a transparency tool proving it holds over $800 million worth of Bitcoin in full reserve custody. The U.S. exchange aims to rebuild trust after failures like FTX with its new River Proof of Reserves.Read More

BlackRock released a new report explaining why Bitcoin is a unique portfolio diversifier detached from other assets. The world’s largest asset manager continues embracing Bitcoin as adoption gains mainstream acceptance.Read More

Defense attorneys for Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill continue to argue that the developers didn’t operate a money transmitting business with Samourai, and Rodriguez requests modifications to his bail conditions.Read More

Residents of Pennsylvania, a key US swing state in the upcoming US Presidential election, come out in support of a pro-Bitcoin and pro-crypto future for the United States.Read More

A call for sensible and measured Bitcoin regulation by the Nigerian government.Read More

The Human Rights Foundation has announced its latest round of grants, totaling 1 billion satoshis worth over $590,000.Read More

Bitcoin stable channels supported by the Lightning Network could introduce a novel peer-to-peer payment infrastructure to rival stablecoinsRead More

Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, will begin offering OTC bitcoin and crypto options trading for institutional clients in Q4 2024. DBS is the first major Asian bank providing sophisticated Bitcoin derivatives amid rising allocation demand.Read More

Arthur Hayes’s family office Maelstrom awarded the first grant from its Bitcoin developer program to contributor Rkrux. The funding will support Rkrux working full-time on contributing to Bitcoin Core as an open source project.Read More

MicroStrategy will use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and to acquire additional bitcoin.Read More

Using technologies like Nostr and Chaumian ecash, the Financial Anarchist challenges the status quo, aiming to reclaim economic sovereignty and disrupt centralized financial power through Bitcoin.Read More

Wisconsin is ready to move past partisanship with the unifying force of Bitcoin and crypto ahead of the 2024 election.Read More

Bhutan’s growing Bitcoin empire revealed, with over $780 million in BTC acquired through extensive mining operations powered by the nation’s renewable energy resources.Read More

An argument for why tax treatment of bitcoin is a massive disincentive for its use in commerce.Read More

The open-source Bitcoin education platform founded in El Salvador moves two members of its in-house talent — one a native Salvadoran — into supervisory positions.Read More

The shutdown of a Bitcoin mining facility in Norway caused a 20% increase in electricity bills for the town’s residents. The loss of the mining operation’s revenue forced the local power company to raise rates to offset costs.Read More

The Motor City and State of Michigan see opportunity in creating a business-friendly environment for the Bitcoin and crypto industry, welcoming the Stand With Crypto Alliance.Read More

Bitcoin touches $60,000 ahead of a potential interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, signaling market optimism amid falling reported inflation data.Read More

Bitcoin’s Path Forward: Insights into Price Targets, Support, and Resistance ZonesRead More