Author: CoinDesk

Kraken became the first crypto exchange to win a U.S. banking license this week. Here’s why that matters.

CoinDesk is the leading news publication covering the digital transformation of money in the 21st century.  Our mission is to inform, educate and connect the global community of investors, innovators and users of cryptocurrencies, blockchains and other decentralized technologies. That includes everyone from sophisticated professionals to curious newcomers.  Founded in 2013, we serve an audience […]

Tether was one of the first cryptocurrencies to peg its market value to a fiat currency. Launched in July 2014, Tether, originally called “Realcoin”, valued each token at $1.00 to reduce the friction of moving real currency throughout the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Due to its dollar peg, Tether and other similar cryptocurrencies have been dubbed “stablecoins”. […]

Monero price page is part of The CoinDesk 20 that features price history, price ticker, market cap and live charts for the top cryptocurrencies. Monero is a privacy focused currency created in 2014. A participant on the Bitcointalk forum going by the username “Thankful_for_today” forked Bytecoin to create Monero, which was later maintained by the decentralized developer community. […]