The Lehman Brothers-driven global financial crisis of 2008 showed the danger of spreading money around too much.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Pro-Crypto Presidential Candidiate, to Appear at Consensus 2024
“As an environmental lawyer, scion of a Democratic political dynasty, and now maverick presidential candidate, Kennedy will explain his support for cryptocurrency and self-custody,” according to a statement.
Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF Sees First Inflow After Billions Lost Since January
GBTC, the biggest spot bitcoin ETF, has seen its assets under management lead over BlackRock’s IBIT shrink.
As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch ‘Star Wars’
He likened FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently.
Crypto-Skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown Is Open to Advancing Stablecoin Legislation, Bloomberg Reports
Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade
Bitcoin Soars to a Record – but What’s the Price? And What Was the Old All-Time High?
Retiring CEO of Giant Asset Manager Vanguard Shunned Bitcoin ETFs
The question some are now asking is whether the famously conservative firm will pivot on crypto.
Crypto Firm Bakkt Warns It Might Not Be Able to Remain in Business
The company, backed by the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin.
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OPNX, the Exchange Built by Founders of Doomed Hedge Fund Three Arrows, Is Shutting Down
Customers were advised to settle their positions by Feb. 7 and withdraw their money by Feb. 14.
That FTX Super Bowl Ad? ‘Like an Idiot, I Did It,’ Larry David Says
Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange infamously collapsed months after the commercial.
‘The Dow’ for Crypto Markets? New CoinDesk 20 Index Underpins Futures Contracts at Bullish
Perpetual futures tied to the index at crypto exchange Bullish, which owns CoinDesk, could help the CoinDesk 20 become a widely followed benchmark akin to the 128-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Gary Gensler’s Statement on Bitcoin ETF Approvals
JPMorgan CEO’s Bitcoin Bashing Is a ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ Situation
Jamie Dimon’s bank agreed to play a key role with BlackRock’s proposed bitcoin ETF, just weeks after he told U.S. senators: “I’ve always been deeply opposed to crypto, bitcoin, etc.”
Solana’s Scorching Rally Shows Ethereum Has a Serious Competitor
Do Kwon Faces Extradition to U.S. for Charges Tied to the TerraUSD and Luna Collapse: WSJ
The blowups of his UST and LUNA tokens fueled a crisis that gripped the whole crypto industry in 2022, causing losses that reverberated far and wide.
This Bitcoin Rally Feels Different. FOMO and YOLO Seem to Be Back
BTC just hit $45,000 days after topping $40,000 for the first time since early last year – and crypto-skeptics are buying.
Ian Allison’s Giant Sam Bankman-Fried Scoop Won Accolades in 2023
The CoinDesk reporter belongs in the journalism hall of fame since there’s little, if any, precedent for the waves his story on Alameda Research and FTX stirred up.