Blockchain.com Takes Step Towards IPO With New Executive Appointments - CoinDesk, sec, Crypto, circle

Blockchain.com Takes Step Towards IPO With New Executive Appointments

The cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com has taken new steps toward a potential initial public offering (IPO) by appointing two seasoned executives with financial and operational expertise.Blockchain.com hired Justin Evans, who

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After 'Insiders' Pocket $87M - CoinDesk, libra, solana, one, memecoin, milei, Crypto, trump

Javier Milei Backtracks on $4.4B Memecoin After 'Insiders' Pocket $87M

Argentina's president Javier Milei has backtracked on a tweet promoting a memecoin called Libra, which rose to a $4.4 billion market cap before plunging by more than 95%.In a now-deleted tweet, Milei initially wrote: "This is a private project dedica

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing 'Potential Resolution' Prospects - CoinDesk, second, Crypto, sec, crypto

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing 'Potential Resolution' Prospects

Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hinted at a potential settlement with Coinbase in a late Friday court filing, citing the regulator's new crypto task force.The SEC asked a federal appeals court to extend its deadline to respo

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France - CoinDesk, Crypto, second

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France

Crypto exchange Bybit is no longer illegally operating in France in the eyes of the country's financial regulator, its CEO said Friday.The exchange was on France's regulatory blacklist for more than two years, Ben Zhou, the CEO of Bybit, said in an X

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids - CoinDesk, rally, Crypto, trump, 2024, bitcoin

Bitcoin Looks to Break Long Streak of Weekend Skids

Bitcoin managed to put in a modest rally early in the U.S. trading session on Friday, but the move was quickly snuffed out. Are bulls lightening up positions ahead of the weekend?They could be forgiven for doing so.In his Friday note, Standard Chart

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average - CoinDesk, bull, Crypto

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average

Historical trends tied to a key indicator suggest that bitcoin has plenty of upside left as renewed inflation in the U.S. threatens to challenge the current uptrend.The 200-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin's price, which smooths out short

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says - CoinDesk, Crypto, bitcoin, zoom

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says

Nasdaq-listed Zoom Communications (ZM), a stock market high-flyer during the pandemic boom that's faced tougher times since, should embrace a bitcoin strategy to shake up sluggish stock performace and provide value to shareholders, said Eric Semler,

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Advisor - CoinDesk, jito, meta, Crypto, solana

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Advisor

MetaDAO's push to revolutionize governance via markets-based decision-making is getting a boost from the creator of its creed: Robin Hanson.The crypto group on Thursday hired Hanson – a George Mason University economics professor who created the noti

Why Congress Needs to Act on Digital Assets – Reps. French Hill and Bryan Steil - CoinDesk, bitcoin, Crypto, america, trump, sec

Why Congress Needs to Act on Digital Assets – Reps. French Hill and Bryan Steil

Last November, the American people clearly spoke. They support President Trump and the agenda he campaigned on: A “Golden Age” in America. A key component of President Trump’s agenda is leveraging the U.S.’s leadership in advanced technology and econ

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme - CoinDesk, Crypto, one, crypto

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

The co-founders of Hashflare, a crypto mining ponzi scheme that stole $577 million from hundreds of thousands of investors around the world, both pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 4

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto - CoinDesk, crypto, Crypto

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (SFC) plans on lifting a ban that prevented institutions trading crypto in response to the upsurge in global participation in the market, it said on Thursday. Non-profit organizations like charities, univer

Coinbase in Talks for Return to India 2 Years After Exit: Report  - CoinDesk, fiu, Crypto

Coinbase in Talks for Return to India 2 Years After Exit: Report

Crypto exchange Coinbase is holding talks with Indian authorities in an effort to secure approval to return to the country it quit in 2023, Tech Crunch reported on Wednesday.The exchange is in talks with regulators including the Financial Intelligen

Eric Semler's X Account Hacked, Promotes Solana-Based Token - CoinDesk, token, bitcoin, one, Crypto, solana

Eric Semler's X Account Hacked, Promotes Solana-Based Token

The X account of Semler Scientific chairman Eric Semler has seemingly been compromised, with various posts from it pointing to the supposed creation of a Solana-based token under the same trading symbol that the firm trades under at Nasdaq.The accoun

Ripple, Galaxy Execs Loaned $160M to Moonpay So That They Could Support TRUMP Memecoin Launch - CoinDesk, Crypto, million, galaxy, token, trump

Ripple, Galaxy Execs Loaned $160M to Moonpay So That They Could Support TRUMP Memecoin Launch

Loans from Galaxy and Ripple played a pivotal role in helping crypto exchange MoonPay handle the demand stemming from the launch of Donald Trump’s official memecoin after its Jan.18 issuance, a new podcast reveals.TRUMP launched days before the Presi

Bitcoin's Coinbase Premium Indicator Shows Overseas BTC Buyers Taking the Lead Ahead of CPI Release - CoinDesk, bitcoin, btc, Crypto

Bitcoin's Coinbase Premium Indicator Shows Overseas BTC Buyers Taking the Lead Ahead of CPI Release

Bitcoin's Coinbase premium indicator, which measures the spread between BTC's dollar-denominated price on the Coinbase exchange and tether-denominated price on Binance, has flipped negative for the first time since the Feb. 3 crash, according to dat

Crypto Investors Lost Over $500M in Memecoin Rug Pulls and Scams in 2024 - CoinDesk, million, rug, Crypto, 2024, wiz, zero, one

Crypto Investors Lost Over $500M in Memecoin Rug Pulls and Scams in 2024

More than $500 million was lost to memecoin rug pulls and scams in 2024, according to a report by crypto intelligence platform Merkle Science.The most prolific scams involved social engineering, which is a technique that relies on impersonation and m

RWA Tokenization Is Going to Trillions Much Faster Than You Think - CoinDesk, Crypto, new, world, america, apollo

RWA Tokenization Is Going to Trillions Much Faster Than You Think

What if I told you that the experts are wrong? Over the years several prestigious consulting firms and financial institutions have put out forecasts about the growth of tokenization by the end of the decade. It’s interesting how between all that “exp

Democratized, Depoliticized and Decentralized AI, by the People, for the People - CoinDesk, Crypto, one, ai, zero

Democratized, Depoliticized and Decentralized AI, by the People, for the People

We are entering a new epoch where the ability to use and to work with artificial and synthetic intelligence is a human right.Access to intelligence – the prerogative to innovate, work with, and benefit from higher levels of synthetic intelligence – b

Ether May Be Ready for a Bull Run as Price Action Mirrors August Bottom - CoinDesk, eth, Crypto

Ether May Be Ready for a Bull Run as Price Action Mirrors August Bottom

Ether's price action is mirroring a pattern seen during the early August bottom, hinting at a renewed bull run ahead.Ether has faced a steep decline of 32%, dropping to $2,770 since mid-December and has lagged significantly behind its larger rival,

Ethereum Faces 'Intense' Competition From Other Networks: JPMorgan  - CoinDesk, ethereum, Crypto, bank, layer, uniswap, dydx, solana

Ethereum Faces 'Intense' Competition From Other Networks: JPMorgan

Ether has underperformed other cryptocurrencies in recent months as the Ethereum blockchain has faced "intense" competition from other networks, Wall Street bank JPMorgan said in a research report on Wednesday.The token lacks a compelling narrative