Donald Trump Promises to “Never Allow” Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) if Elected
Former President Donald Trump joins Ron DeSantis as a critic of CBDCs.
EU Provisionally Agrees Tough Crypto Due Diligence Measures to Combat Money Laundering
Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.
The Protocol: MetaMask’s Secret Weapon and Ethereum’s Dencun Debacle
In this issue of CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter on blockchain technology, we bring you Sam Kessler’s scoop on MetaMask’s in-development “intents” feature that could revolutionize how users interact with blockchains. Also: a post-mortem on Ethereum’s unexpectedly ugly Dencun testnet upgrade – and a glimpse of one of the new data blobs.
Coinbase and SEC Dig in With U.S. Judge on Whether Securities Law Applies to Listings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against Coinbase delves into a ton of complexity, but before anything else, a judge has to decide whether transactions in about a dozen tokens traded on the U.S. exchange were securities.
Does Howard Lutnick Know ‘the Truth’ About Tether?
Speaking at Davos, the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO says the stablecoin issuer has the money to back USDT. Maybe it’s time we all started to believe in Tether, despite the “truthers”?
Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Near $1B After Three Days
Grayscale’s GBTC has seen sizable outflows as investors cash following its conversion to a spot ETF.
dYdX Tops Uniswap as Largest DEX by Volume
The decentralized exchange, which last year moved over to the Cosmos blockchain, just saw $757 million of volume over a 24-hour period.
Bitcoin and Ethereum to Lead Altcoins Higher in 2024
The rise of bitcoin and ethereum, and more favorable macro conditions, could be good news for altcoins this year, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Bernstein Says Buy the Dip in Bitcoin Mining Stocks Ahead of BTC Price ‘Inflection’
The broker says it prefers outperform rated mining stocks Riot Platforms (RIOT) and CleanSpark (CLSK).
How Tokenized Assets Can Replace Money
And why universal payments using fractionized assets is unlikely to happen soon.