UK Crypto Industry Hopes for More Clarity From Planned Stablecoin Rules
The U.K.’s crypto industry is hopeful the nation’s forthcoming stablecoin regulations will clear up “gray areas” for issuers. Last...
Ethereum Layer 2s Could Take Revenue From the Blockchain as They Become More Competitive: Coinbase
Ethereum needs layer 2 blockchains to help deal with its “shortcomings on cost and throughput,” though those same scaling...
Crypto Options Trading on Solana Has Mostly Fizzled. A New DEX Has a Plan to Change That
SALT LAKE CITY – Even for traditional finance pros, talk of “portfolio margining” is the kind of thing that’ll...
More Downside Ahead for Bitcoin, Says Top Valkyrie Analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) is lower by more than 37% this year, again falling below $30,000. However, one researcher sees the...
Analyst Ambitious: These 2 Altcoins on Binance Will Explode!
An altcoin analyst claims that a hot altcoin has yet to see real gains, despite doing 3x in a...
What Is a ‘Recession?’ And Does Bitcoin Care?
Recession – or the ‘R’ word as politicians call it – pops up in everybody’s conversations these days, and...
Janet Yellen Sees No Recession, Calls US Economy ‘Exceptionally Strong’
The U.S. economy is not in a recession because it has not met the complex criteria that would define...
Senate’s Toomey Says He’s Seeking Bipartisan Support for Stablecoin Effort
The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), said he’s seeking common ground with...
French Lawmaker Calls for Crypto Committee as Legal Questions Loom
The French Senate should set up a new committee to probe crypto assets, lawmaker Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk Thursday,...
Step Finance Acquires SolanaFloor to Provide DeFi, NFT Data Insights
Solana-based data platform Step Finance has acquired NFT data insights platform SolanaFloor for an undisclosed amount, the companies said...
GDP Falls Further in Q2, Fueling Recession Discussions
Gross domestic product (GDP) declined at an annualized pace of 0.9% in the second quarter, marking two consecutive quarters...
StanChart-Backed Crypto Trading Firm Zodia Markets Goes Live in UK
Zodia Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage focused on institutions, has gone live with the backing of a banking...
First Mover Asia: Crypto Companies Struggle With Layoffs but Some See Opportunity to Add Talent; BTC, ETH Soar After Fed Rate Hike
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening: Prices: Bitcoin and ether soar after the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. Insights: Crypto...
‘I Don’t Believe in Any Kind of Gotcha Regulation’: CFTC Commissioner Says Following SEC’s Insider Trading Case
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) head Caroline D. Pham told CoinDesk TV Wednesday that the agency should have had...
Will Stablecoins Be Tethered to the Fed? Lawmakers Have Circled That Option
Companies issuing stablecoins would have to deal with the Federal Reserve as the chief oversight agency, according to the...
Chainalysis Courts US Government With New ‘Solutions’ Subsidiary
Chainalysis, the best-known cryptocurrency-investigations firm, is spinning up a government-facing subsidiary in an expansion of the blockchain ...