Twitter’s Dorsey Calls Out Coinbase CEO for Ignoring Users’ ‘Societal Issues’

Twitter’s Dorsey Calls Out Coinbase CEO for Ignoring Users’ ‘Societal Issues’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his disapproval of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong steering his company away from corporate activism.

Election 2020 Prediction Markets: Bettors Say Trump Lost Tuesday’s Debate

Election 2020 Prediction Markets: Bettors Say Trump Lost Tuesday’s Debate
With the first presidential debate now smoldering behind us, the betting markets have picked their winner: Joe Biden.

Blockstack’s Clarity Smart Contracts Will Source Data From Chainlink Oracles

Blockstack’s Clarity Smart Contracts Will Source Data From Chainlink Oracles
Blockstack and Algorand's Clarity smart contracts will source their data from Chainlink's oracle network.

SEC Alleges Big-Talking Florida Crypto Investor Defrauded Clients of $6.8M

SEC Alleges Big-Talking Florida Crypto Investor Defrauded Clients of $6.8M
Thomas J. Gity allegedly told his 18 investor's he'd never ended a trading day in the red.

What Happens if Big Tech Only Gets Bigger?

What Happens if Big Tech Only Gets Bigger?
Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist, thinks that Big Tech is only going to get bigger and more powerful.

BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders

BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders
The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair.

Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise

Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise
The Air Force demanded that Fluree raise at least $1.5 million before beginning its blockchain project's second phase.

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Severance Offer, DeFi’s Latest Fund, Overstock’s Legal Win

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Severance Offer, DeFi’s Latest Fund, Overstock’s Legal Win
Coinbase will offer non-aligned employees a severance package while Bitcoin backers gain a way to crowdsource development.

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 30, 2020

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 30, 2020
With bitcoin trading in an unusually tight range and DeFi darling SushiSwap suffering shrinkage, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

3iQ’s Bitcoin Fund Gets Second Listing of 2020 – This Time on Gibraltar’s Stock Exchange

3iQ’s Bitcoin Fund Gets Second Listing of 2020 – This Time on Gibraltar’s Stock Exchange
The Toronto Stock Exchange also listed The Bitcoin Fund in April of this year.

‘Great Artists Steal’ – What Enterprise Blockchain Can Learn From the Past

‘Great Artists Steal’ – What Enterprise Blockchain Can Learn From the Past
Enterprise blockchain doesn't need to reinvent the wheel: Communications standards in use for decades are built for machine-to-machine commerce.

CBDCs Could Challenge US Dollar’s Dominance: Deutsche Bank

CBDCs Could Challenge US Dollar’s Dominance: Deutsche Bank
Central bank digital currencies have the potential to challenge the primacy of the U.S. dollar, according to a new report from Germany's Deutsche Bank.

SEC Orders Salt Lending to Refund Investors in Its $47M ICO

SEC Orders Salt Lending to Refund Investors in Its $47M ICO
The SEC has confirmed it is taking action against SALT Lending after ruling the company's $47-million ICO was an illegal securities issuance.

First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi Hysteria Deflating

First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi Hysteria Deflating
Chainlink's LINK has been the worst-performing digital asset in September in the CoinDesk 20, during an ugly month across cryptocurrency markets.

Reef Finance Raises $3.9M for Cross-Chain DeFi on Polkadot

Reef Finance Raises $3.9M for Cross-Chain DeFi on Polkadot
DeFi on Ethereum is costly and congested. Can other base layers step up? Polkadot's Reef Finance has raised $3.9 million to try.

Energy Web Is Starting With Ripple in Its Bid to Make Crypto Provably Green

Energy Web Is Starting With Ripple in Its Bid to Make Crypto Provably Green
The non-profit is teaming up with Ripple and the XRP Foundation to show how blockchain ecosystems can be carbon-neutral.

DeFi ‘Vampire’ SushiSwap Still Hemorrhaging Liquidity

DeFi ‘Vampire’ SushiSwap Still Hemorrhaging Liquidity
Uniswap challenger SushiSwap is continue to lose vital liquidity, with total value locked falling by 8% in the past 24 hours.

Compound, Gauntlet Founders Raise $4M for New DeFi Scout Fund

Compound, Gauntlet Founders Raise $4M for New DeFi Scout Fund
Robert Leshner's Robot Ventures has secured $4 million in funding from Galaxy Digital and Paradigm to find early opportunities in DeFi.

French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in Syria

French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in Syria
Hundreds of thousands of euros may have been supplied through a secret network benefiting al-Qaida-linked extremists in northwestern Syria.

Is Reddit’s MOON Token Really 2000x Bigger Than the Global Economy?

Is Reddit’s MOON Token Really 2000x Bigger Than the Global Economy?
A unique anomaly means the market cap for a token for incentivizing content on a particular Reddit forum has ballooned to $2.88 septillion.

SEC Seeks Trial of Swedish National Over Alleged Fraud That Took $3.5M in Crypto

SEC Seeks Trial of Swedish National Over Alleged Fraud That Took $3.5M in Crypto
The man is alleged to have fleeced 2,200 victims in the U.S. and 45 other countries, netting $3.5 million via payments in bitcoin and other digital assets.

Bilibili Copycat Tried to Save Itself With a $2M Crypto IEO – It Didn’t Work

Bilibili Copycat Tried to Save Itself With a $2M Crypto IEO – It Didn’t Work
A Chinese video streaming copycat service raised $2.1 million via an initial exchange offering in August 2019 – but it appears this last resort wasn’t enough to save the company.

BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work

BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work
BitcoinACKs aggregates pull requests for upgrades to Bitcoin Core and lets users pay for the Bitcoin development they want to see.

Coinbase Offers Severance Package to Employees Unsatisfied With ‘Apolitical’ Mission

Coinbase Offers Severance Package to Employees Unsatisfied With ‘Apolitical’ Mission
Coinbase's CEO has issued a company-wide letter informing employees to get in line with a new cultural shift or take a severance package.

Better Broadband Will Pave the Way for a ‘Brand New World’

Better Broadband Will Pave the Way for a ‘Brand New World’
Self-help guru James Altucher sees a world where we can jump between virtual realities. Will it be a better world? Time will tell.

Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive

Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive
As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?

How the Crypto Industry Seesaws Between Assets and Infrastructure

How the Crypto Industry Seesaws Between Assets and Infrastructure
Bitcoin invented a new asset as well as new infrastructure. Often, we confuse the two roles it plays.

Blockchain Bites: CZ’s Exclusive Interview, California’s Souped-Up Regulator, Alt Season’s End?

Blockchain Bites: CZ’s Exclusive Interview, California’s Souped-Up Regulator, Alt Season’s End?
California beefed up its financial regulator, Bitpanda closed a notable raise and some investors say "alt-season" is over.

Permission.io Has Quietly Raised $50M to Make Advertising Personal and Data Private

Permission.io Has Quietly Raised $50M to Make Advertising Personal and Data Private
Permission.io has raised over $50 million to reward users for engaging with ads. Will advertisers buy in?

Bitcoin May Return to Center Stage After Ethereum’s White-Hot Summer

Bitcoin May Return to Center Stage After Ethereum’s White-Hot Summer
With the U.S. elections just five weeks away, the crypto market's focus looks to be shifting back to bitcoin from ether.

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 29, 2020

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 29, 2020
With bitcoin back in the driver's seat and the Filecoin launch fast approaching, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

KuCoin Maintains Wallet Freeze as Hackers Begin Laundering Stolen Crypto

KuCoin Maintains Wallet Freeze as Hackers Begin Laundering Stolen Crypto
The exchange's weekend thieves appear to be searching for buyers of their $281 million in stolen crypto.

Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals

Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals
Gemini said adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins.

Investors Flock to India’s DeFi Scene Months After Central Bank Ban Overturned

Investors Flock to India’s DeFi Scene Months After Central Bank Ban Overturned
DeFi protocols UniLend Finance and PlotX announced Tuesday they had both successfully completed their seed rounds.

First Mover: Binance CEO Sees Future in DeFi While Bitcoin Volatility Turns Minuscule

First Mover: Binance CEO Sees Future in DeFi While Bitcoin Volatility Turns Minuscule
Binance CEO isn't ashamed to discuss DeFi's future – and how the fast-moving arena might represent the future of his industry-leading crypto exchange.

Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3

Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3
O(1) Labs-led lightweight blockchain Coda Protocol said it is relaunching as “Mina” following a settlement in a trademark dispute with software maker R3.

SEC Won’t Take Action Against Compliance-Focused Digital Security Exchanges

SEC Won’t Take Action Against Compliance-Focused Digital Security Exchanges
Digital security exchanges that ensure listed assets are legitimate will not face sanctions, the SEC said in an open letter.

Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins

Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins
Some traders anticipate the leading cryptocurrency to significantly outperforming the entire crypto market for at least the next several months.

Ethereum 2.0 Developers Launch Spadina, a Three-Day Practice Testnet

Ethereum 2.0 Developers Launch Spadina, a Three-Day Practice Testnet
Ethereum testnet Spadina gives developers one more crack at practicing with Eth 2.0’s deposit contract before the real deal arrives.

$28M MakerDAO ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Moves to Arbitration

$28M MakerDAO ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Moves to Arbitration
The class-action alleged the Maker Foundation and others knowingly misrepresented the risks of investment in MakerDAO.

Silvergate Bank: How Deep Is the Moat?

Silvergate Bank: How Deep Is the Moat?
Silvergate Bank has pioneered financial services for crypto startups. But now it faces new rivals. Can it deepen its competitive moat?

Relief and Regret: Crypto Twitter Reacts as Coinbase Says No to Corporate Activism

Relief and Regret: Crypto Twitter Reacts as Coinbase Says No to Corporate Activism
Brian Armstrong has split crypto down the middle after taking the stance that Coinbase will remain "laser focused" on its mission and keep activism out of the workplace.

CoinDesk Live: Can Old Schools Teach New Tech?

CoinDesk Live: Can Old Schools Teach New Tech?
On Oct. 6, we'll reveal the results of our first CoinDesk U ranking of the top-20 universities for blockchain education. Here's how you can watch it live.

Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi to Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange

Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi to Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange
Binance CEO “CZ” acknowledges the irony of trying to tap into DeFi while defending his company’s reign among crypto exchanges.

California Governor Signs Law Bringing State ‘New Tools’ to Regulate Crypto

California Governor Signs Law Bringing State ‘New Tools’ to Regulate Crypto
The now-renamed California department responsible for the regulation of financial services will soon have more powers to supervise the cryptocurrency industry.

Coinbase Has Drawn a Line in the Sand for Its Activist Employees

Coinbase Has Drawn a Line in the Sand for Its Activist Employees
Is Brian Armstrong right to eschew corporate activism for a focus on the "mission"?

Bitpanda Raises $52M Series A Led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Bitpanda Raises $52M Series A Led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
With $100 million raised to date, crypto brokerage Bitpanda will be "Europe's next fintech unicorn," says lead investor Valar Ventures.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.9K; Ether Options Signal Short-Term Volatility

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.9K; Ether Options Signal Short-Term Volatility
Bitcoin prices approached $11,000 in early trading Monday as the ether options signal short-term gyrations.

The Standard About to Revolutionize Payments

The Standard About to Revolutionize Payments
Changing the standard way financial institutions communicate changes everything.

Why Bitcoin’s Longest Run Above $10,000 Matters

Why Bitcoin’s Longest Run Above $10,000 Matters
Bitcoin has been above $10,000 for even longer than the record 2017-18 run, giving confidence to long term HODLers in the process.