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SEC Commissioner Peirce Confirms Guidance on Crypto Tokens Is Coming

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to clarify when securities laws might apply to crypto token sales, an official confirmed Friday.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 February 2019

Security Token Startup Polymath Locks up 75 Million Tokens

Polymath, a platform for launching security tokens, is flexing its treasury-management muscles by locking up 75 million of its own POLY tokens.

Markets  ·  25 January 2019
ConsenSys

ConsenSys Confirms Layoffs, Projecting 13% of Staff at Startups to Be Cut

In a statement shared Thursday, ConsenSys announced that it is letting go 13 percent of its staff.

Markets  ·  6 December 2018
Ethereum

Lubin Won’t Rule Out Layoffs Amid ‘Refocusing’ at ConsenSys

A strategic shift is in the works at ConsenSys, the sprawling venture studio dedicated to building ethereum-based businesses and products.

Markets  ·  5 December 2018
Coinbase

Coinbase’s Former Fraud Lead Has Left to Join Tech Firm Twilio

One of Coinbase's longest-servicing employees, risk operations manager Rees Atlas, has left the Silicon Valley cryptocurrency exchange for Twilio.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Bitcoin

ICE Founder: ‘We’re Kind of Agnostic’ on Bitcoin’s Price

ICE founder and chairman Jeffrey Sprecher and Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler took to the stage during CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest event on Tuesday.

Markets  ·  27 November 2018
Bitcoin

Below $5K: Bitcoin Drops $500 to Set New 2018 Low

The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year.

Markets  ·  19 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Charts Suggest Price Bounce May Be Coming

If past events are a guide, bitcoin could in for a recovery rally, following the formation of a "long-legged doji" on the charts Thursday.

Markets  ·  16 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Sell-Off Slows As RSI Hits Four-Year Low

Bitcoin is looking oversold after a drop to 13-month lows Wednesday and could defend immediate support at $5,000 in the next few days.

Markets  ·  15 November 2018
Markets

Crypto Traders Now See No Winner in Bitcoin Cash Fork

Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV are now valued the same in advanced trading.

Markets  ·  14 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Charts ‘Death Cross’ In First Since 2014

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price woes may not be over just yet, as a specific "death cross" indicator is about to reoccur for the first time in four years.

Markets  ·  14 November 2018
Marketing

Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (And That’s OK)

A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can't be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage.

Markets  ·  12 November 2018