The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
Stimulus Hopes Send Bitcoin Rallying, Ethereum to Record…
Cryptocurrencies rallied Wednesday, led by gains in the Bitcoin and the Ethereum markets as traders pinned hopes on additional stimulus packages in the United States. The cost to purchase one Bitcoin shot past $36,000 while…
Blockchain Bites: DOGE, Musk, Robinhood, GameStop and Crypto’s…
Three stories 1. Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to #bitcoin and the crypto jumped 20%, to highs last seen on Jan. 19. The two events are not definitely connected. However, just 15 minutes after…
First Mover: Market Signs Look Healthy as Bitcoin…
Bitcoin (BTC) was down for a fourth straight day, though changing hands well above Monday’s low around $30,000. After soaring to a new all-time high around $40,000 last week, prices have tumbled about 13% since Saturday,…
Mark Cuban’s Bitcoin Plan: Run for President if…
Billionaire Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban has shared his idea of what he will do when the price of bitcoin hits $1 million. Cuban says he will run for president but only if some bitcoins…
Crypto Long & Short: Looking Back on a…
The first Crypto Long & Short of 2021 has a different format: Instead of the usual article, I’ve asked some leading industry analysts – from Kaiko, IntoTheBlock, skew.com and Arcane Crypto – to share their…
Verge, XVG price get a helping hand as…
Verge (XVG), the cryptocurrency now infamous for its links to the porn industry, is on the up again — thanks to a classic fiat money scandal. As adult entertainment giant Pornhub confirmed this week, payment…
Here are the top 10 books blockchain thought…
With the continuous lockdowns and travel advisories brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 seems to be a perfect year for discovering and reading new books. As such, Cointelegraph collected a list of non-crypto-related book…
Bitcoin, gold to benefit as Peter Schiff predicts…
Bitcoin (BTC) may get fresh support for a record-breaking year in 2021 thanks to the demise of a familiar foe: the U.S. dollar. As various sources noted this week, the dollar is trading at almost…
Despite New Incentives to Stay, Some of OKEx’s…
The unexpected five-week-long suspension of OKEx’s crypto withdrawal service has left many of its users, largely based in China, disappointed and determined to leave or reduce holdings on the exchange when withdrawals resume sometime this…
Video: Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Poolin’s Alejandro De…
Listen To This Episode: The guest for this episode of Bitcoin In Asia is Alejandro De La Torre, vice president at Poolin. De La Torre and Poolin have launched taprootactivation.com to improve on the communication…
As Red And Blue Debate, Green Printer And…
The nation and world are on the brink, awaiting official Electoral College votes to be cast on December 14, despite convincing conjectural consensus on the champion. But either way, 2020’s highly-contested U.S. presidential election reminds…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Low as $14.8K;…
Bitcoin is gyrating amid rallying global stock markets while ether options traders ramp up open interest as the Ethereum network heads for an ambitious upgrade. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $15,384 as of 21:00 UTC (4…
Second Stimulus Checks: When Direct Payments to Americans…
The outcome of the U.S. presidential election is affecting how fast Americans will receive their second stimulus checks. With Joe Biden named the president-elect, Americans are eager to know how soon they will receive the…
First Mover: Bitcoin Likes Biden (and Fed’s Powell)…
Bitcoin has now doubled its price in 2020, after surging early Thursday to above $14,900 for the first time since 2018. The cryptocurrency appeared to get a lift from the likeliest outcome of this week’s…
CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX donated $5M…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, donated $5.2 million to vice president Joe Biden's presidential campaign. As The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 28, Biden’s presidential campaign received a total of…
Commentary: CoinDesk Covers the 2020 US Election and…
ND (00:00 ET): The majority of the seats we’re following in our top-15 races to watch have been called, and it’s looking like we won’t know the results from the U.S. presidential election until later this week at…
First Mover: Just Another Day for Bitcoin as…
Bitcoin (BTC) was lower, searching for direction as uncertainty over U.S. election results hung over global markets. Prices were down about 2.2% to about $13,700, staying roughly in their range over the past week. With…
Bitcoin Trade Setup on US Election Day; Boom…
A modest price rebound in the Bitcoin market reversed in the hours before the New York opening bell Tuesday. The benchmark cryptocurrency was trading at $13,605 when the sell-off started. A closer look at its…
First Mover: Stimulus Winning as Biden Surges in…
The outcome of next month’s U.S. presidential election may not matter much for bitcoin’s price: Economic stimulus in the trillions of dollars is likely no matter who wins, bolstering the largest cryptocurrency’s appeal as a hedge against inflation. …
6 Stimulus Packages Have Been Proposed to Provide…
Six stimulus packages have been proposed to provide second stimulus checks for Americans. The latest proposal came from the White House on Friday. Several stimulus bills are being discussed as Americans hope to soon receive…
Blockchain Bites: Dorsey Challenges Coinbase, Nasdaq Lists Diginex,…
The Australian government is investing big in modern technology, Nasdaq saw its first crypto exchange operator listing and revenues are surging for Ethereum miners amid increased network activity. Top shelf Australia modernizesAustralia will commit A$800…
Why Post Debate Stock Market Performance Could Be…
Last night, current United States President Donald J. Trump faced off against former Vice President and challenger Joe Biden in the first of three debates. Data shows, that following each debate, things have turned bad…
Election 2020 Prediction Markets: Bettors Say Trump Lost…
With the first Trump–Biden debate now smoldering behind us, the betting markets have picked their winner. That also means they’ve decided on a loser: President Donald Trump. Tuesday marked the first time the incumbent squared…
US Sanctions Russians Allegedly Using Cryptocurrency to Influence…
The U.S. has sanctioned several Russian nationals, a Ukrainian lawmaker, and their cryptocurrency addresses for interfering with the country’s electoral process. The Russians are allegedly employees of a troll factory that previously targeted presidential candidates.…
3 reasons why Bitcoin suddenly dipped under $10K…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to sub-$10,000 across major exchanges again on Sep. 5, marking two consecutive days of testing the crucial level. Other major cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum’s Ether (ETH), fell by nearly 10%.…
Bitcoin and Litecoin Team up to Shake Porn’s…
Pornhub, the ninth most visited website in the world, today announced they would accept Bitcoin and Litecoin as payment options for its premium service. The site became a pioneer in 2018 when it was the…
Signature Bank Gave Dozens More PPP Loans to…
Signature Bank extended dozens more loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to cryptocurrency businesses than was previously reported. Around $20 million of the $1.9 billion in PPP loans the bank extended was given…
First Mover: Huobi Takes on OKEx in Futures,…
You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team and edited by Bradley Keoun, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never…
Huobi and OKEx Battle for Supremacy in China
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is taking aim at competitor OKEx in China, specifically the business of trading bitcoin futures and other derivatives contracts. The fight opens a new front in a longstanding rivalry. OKEx, which is…
305 Venezuelan Municipalities to Collect Tax in Cryptocurrency…
Venezuela’s national tax harmonization agreement has been signed by the council representing 305 municipalities. They have agreed to use the country’s cryptocurrency, the petro, as the unit of account for tax payments. Taxing in Petro…
Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter,…
The teenager arrested for allegedly masterminding the recent Twitter hack comes from a community that’s been targeting crypto users for years. The group’s attacks have one big thing in common: They take advantage of human…
Blockchain Bites: XRP Sales, INX IPO and Bitcoin…
China’s bitcoin miners are in a rut, Ripple shows signs of sales growth and INX scaled down its IPO vision. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto…
First Mover: Crypto Traders ‘Greedy’ as Goldman Warns…
During a turbulent year when cryptocurrencies have outperformed just about every other major investment category, traders in digital-asset markets are getting even greedier. Bitcoin, the oldest and largest cryptocurrency, sits at an 11-month high of…
Why DeFi on Ethereum Is Like Algorithmic Trading…
Mona El Isa would never go back to traditional finance. The former Goldman Sachs vice president developed the Melon protocol, a vehicle for creating Ethereum-based hedge funds without having to spend the tens of thousands…
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a…
Cryptocurrency traders yawned at one of the year’s biggest news stories for bitcoin, with prices barely budging as the digital-asset industry became a primary victim of this week’s massive hack on Twitter accounts. The notoriously…
Joe Biden Says He Holds “No Bitcoin” Following…
What started as one crypto Twitter account being compromised ultimately became a widespread hack that resulted in some of the most prominent accounts on the platform shilling a Bitcoin scam. This exposed a major security…
Despite Covid-19 Negativity, Crypto Prediction Markets Say Trump…
According to a number of crypto prediction markets and futures, Trump will still win the election in 123 days, but his chances have lessened a great deal. No matter who wins, however, the large sums…
Demand for Charter Cities During Covid-19 Pandemic Grows…
For quite some time now, a number of libertarians, bitcoin evangelists, and blockchain entrepreneurs have been promoting the idea of charter cities and seasteading concepts. One such project, Pronomos Capital, has raised $9 million from…
First Mover: Cardano’s No Ethereum Killer Yet, But…
As Ethereum pushes slowly toward a new type of blockchain technology that some cryptocurrency experts predict could represent the future of decentralized finance, the upstart competitor Cardano is getting ready to go live. And Cardano’s digital token,…
First Mover: Fed Sees No Inflation Through 2021,…
There’s no end in sight to loose monetary policy at the Federal Reserve, and that’s just fine with bitcoin bulls. Officials with the U.S. central bank, led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said Wednesday…
ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’…
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde paints a picture of a central bank in full-on emergency mode after the bank…