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Exchanges

Overstock’s tZERO to Trade Tokens During Wall Street Hours Only

With tZERO now live, CEO Saum Noursalehi shares the firm's next steps in a new interview with CoinDesk.

Business  ·  28 January 2019
Bitcoin

State of Lightning: What’s the Path for Network Adoption in 2019?

The "instant payments" network running atop bitcoin saw fast user adoption levels in 2018. Will the trend continue this year?

Tech  ·  27 January 2019
Bitcoin

Stranger Things: The Upside of Down Bitcoin Prices

The bitcoin price correction of 2018 should actually help force the market as a whole to mature in 2019, writes the CEO of Seed CX.

Markets  ·  26 January 2019
Regulation

Bitcoin ATM Startups Say They’re Booming, Thanks in Part to Venezuela

Bitcoin ATM usage is surging, especially in Latin America, where Venezuelan refugees and others are seeking ad hoc banking solutions.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 January 2019
Investments

Nasdaq Leads $20 Million Funding Round for Blockchain Startup Symbiont

Enterprise blockchain startup Symbiont has closed a $20 million Series-B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures.

Business  ·  23 January 2019
Institutional Investors

What We Learned in 100 Crypto Talks With Institutional Investors

Endowments, family offices, pensions and other institutions are enthusiastic about crypto assets despite an overall pullback in valuations.

Business  ·  22 January 2019
Tron

SF Summit Shows BitTorrent Is Boosting Tron’s Appeal

At Tron's niTROn Summit, CEO Justin Sun sketched out his vision for how BitTorrent's massive user base can leapfrog the crypto adoption problem.

Markets  ·  21 January 2019
Cardano

Proof-of-Stake Could Lead to Crypto Banking. Let’s Avoid That

"Staking as a service" is taking off. We need to think hard about what this means for crypto's evolution, warns Michael J. Casey.

Tech  ·  21 January 2019
Europe

Oceans Apart: Crypto Regulation in the US and EU

The differences between U.S. and EU approaches to crypto asset regulation are even more complicated than they appear, writes Noelle Acheson.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 January 2019
Exchanges

Who’s Left, Joined and Almost Joined Coinbase Since Its $300 Million Raise

A roundup of notable recent departures and hirings at Coinbase, one of the most coveted places to work in the crypto industry.

Markets  ·  18 January 2019
Ethereum

Barclays and Clearmatics Call on Coders to Help Blockchains Talk to Each Other

U.K. bank Barclays and startup Clearmatics will hold a hackathon next month to spur ideas for blockchain interoperability.

Business  ·  17 January 2019
BitGo

Genesis, BitGo Team Up to Ease Crypto Trading for Institutions

BitGo and Genesis Global Trading are targeting Wall Street institutions with a new high-speed crypto trading service.

Business  ·  16 January 2019
Ethereum

The ‘Thirdening’ Approaches: How to Watch Ethereum’s Fork as It Happens

The world’s third largest blockchain by total value, ethereum, is about to upgrade its code. Here's how you can watch the event live.

Tech  ·  15 January 2019
Regulation

All Crypto Is Created Equal? That’s What Regulators Seem to See

Are digital assets equal to digital securities? TokenSoft's Mason Borda argued the two types aren’t so different in terms of how regulators view them today.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 January 2019
Ethereum Classic

The Ethereum Classic Attacker Has Sent a Bigger Message

If a permissionless blockchain doesn’t have a large enough community of users, developers and miners, its vulnerable, writes Michael J. Casey.

Tech  ·  14 January 2019