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Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC

With two months to go before the election, the U.S.-regulated platform may now get a sliver of the 2024 political betting bonanza that's been dominated by crypto-based rival P...

Sep 6, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. UTC
Screenshot from Justin Drake appearance at the Ethereum conference Devcoin in 2022. (Devcon/YouTube)
Ethereum Foundation's Main Wallet Down to About $650M, Top Official Says

As recently as March 2022 – when the price of Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), was higher – the foundation's treasury held about $1.3 billion of ETH.

Sep 6, 2024 at 4:31 p.m. UTC
Legacy Payment Processors Charge Adult Sites a Fortune; MyPeach.AI Found a Crypto Solution

Adult entertainment websites usually pay credit card companies through the nose. MyPeach.AI has found a stablecoin-powered workaround.

Sep 6, 2024 at 4:18 p.m. UTC
Ripple Co-Founder Among Kamala Harris' New Corporate Endorsers

Chris Larsen's endorsement comes as Ripple has emerged as one of the biggest donors in the 2024 U.S. elections, though his choice may be at odds with the company CEO's support...

Sep 6, 2024 at 3:56 p.m. UTC
'Blurt' Developer Thinks Crypto Makes for Better Donations to Twitch Streamers

Inside life at the mtnDAO hacker house.

Sep 6, 2024 at 4:40 p.m. UTC
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Promises Changes, Noting It's Become Easier for 'Criminals to Abuse Our Platform'

"Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy," he wrote on Telegram.

Sep 6, 2024 at 1:28 a.m. UTC
Coinbase, Robinhood Upgraded by Barclays Analyst, Citing 'Matured' Business Models

Both stocks opened the day higher after the British bank published its upgrade overnight.

Sep 6, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. UTC

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Protocol Village: Skale Partners With Atari Co-Founder's Moxy; 'MarketingFi' Project Cookie3 Launches Venture Labs

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 5-11.

Sep 6, 2024
Is Bitcoin Losing Its Bullish Momentum?

Is Bitcoin Losing Its Bullish Momentum?

BTC's 200-day SMA is close to losing its bullish momentum. TradingView data shows that the gauge has averaged a daily increase of less than $50 since late August, well below t...

Sep 6, 2024
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CoinDesk Markets Week in Review

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Julien Vallet, CEO of Finst.

Sep 6, 2024
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Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility

The price swing liquidated nearly $50 million of leveraged derivatives positions across all cryptocurrencies in one hour, CoinGlass data shows.

Sep 6, 2024
The Mining Pod With Will Foxley Wide

Galaxy’s $30m Offer to Rhodium, Bitmain’s ASIC Surplus, Bitcoin Mining (in Space!), and…Tokenized Nicotine?

In this week’s news roundup, Will and Colin discuss Rhodium’s option to borrow $30m from Galaxy to help with its Chapter 11 restructuring, as well as a Blockspace investigatio...

Sep 6, 2024
The U.S. released August jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

U.S. Added 142K Jobs in August, Likely Setting Stage for 25 Basis Point Rate Cut

The bitcoin price rose 1% just after the numbers hit, but remains lower by about 5% from one week ago.

Sep 6, 2024







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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MAY 21: A 'Wait Here To Vote' sign is seen in a polling location as cvoters check in to cast ballots on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Among the races on the ballot in Fulton County are Scott McAfee, the Fulton County Superior Court Judge overseeing former president Donald Trump’s election interference criminal trial, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the case. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC

With two months to go before the election, the U.S.-regulated platform may now get a sliver of the 2024 political betting bonanza that's been dominated by crypto-based rival P...

Sep 6, 2024
Kamala Harris (Getty Images / Win McNamee)

Ripple Co-Founder Among Kamala Harris' New Corporate Endorsers

Chris Larsen's endorsement comes as Ripple has emerged as one of the biggest donors in the 2024 U.S. elections, though his choice may be at odds with the company CEO's support...

Sep 6, 2024
Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Prosecutors Tell NY Court They Didn’t Renege on FTX Exec Ryan Salame’s Plea Deal

Salame and his lawyers knew his guilty plea would not resolve the criminal investigation into his partner, Michelle Bond, prosecutors told the judge.

Sep 6, 2024
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Visa and Santander Selected by Brazil’s Central Bank for a Second Phase of CBDC Pilot

In May 2023, the BCB selected 14 participants for the first phase of the pilot.

Sep 5, 2024
Former President Donald Trump made only a brief mention of crypto in an otherwise wide-ranging economic speech. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump Promises to Embrace ‘Industries of the Future’ Including Crypto, AI

If elected, the former U.S. president has said he will install Elon Musk as head of a new government efficiency commission.

Sep 5, 2024
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UK Regulator Says 87% of Crypto Registration Applications Failed to Meet Standards for Approval

The FCA approved only four of the 35 applications it received in the year ended March 31.

Sep 5, 2024