Is Grayscale Takeover Bait Amid Bitcoin ETF Battle?
Experts said newcomers in the bitcoin investing game could be enticed by Grayscale, the incumbent with a huge lead.
Ethereum Interoperability Hub Polymer Raises $23M Series A Funding From Marquee Investors
The funding round was co-led by Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and Distributed Global and included contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Placeholder and Digital Currency Group.
Coinbase Falls After JPMorgan Downgrades Stock to Underweight on Disappointing Bitcoin ETF Catalyst
The bitcoin ETF catalyst that pushed the ecosystem out of its crypto winter last year will disappoint investors in 2024, the report said.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slips Below $39K
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Jan. 23, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Crypto Custody Specialist Taurus Brings Tokenized Securities to Retail Customers in Switzerland
From left to right: Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder and CSO; Oren-Olivier Puder, Co-Founder and Chairman; Sébastien Dessimoz, Co-Founder and Managing Partner (Taurus)
Avalanche Foundation Puts Rules on Plans to Buy Meme Coins
The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Questions Meta’s Ongoing Crypto Efforts
A letter sent to the tech giant said it still has five active patents related to cryptocurrencies, despite the firm saying that it has no digital assets-related works ongoing.
Bug That Took Down 8% of Ethereum’s Validators Sparks Worries About Even Bigger Outage
The lion’s share of Ethereum’s validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.
SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that a hacker took over its X account through a “SIM swap” attack that seized control of a cell phone associated with the account. That allowed the outsider to falsely tweet on January 9 that the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a day before the agency actually did so.