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…
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…