Latin America’s Big Blockchain Opportunity

Latin America’s Big Blockchain Opportunity
Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries.

Bitcoin Price Breaches $12K for First Time Since August

Bitcoin Price Breaches $12K for First Time Since August
Bitcoin prices had to overcome a large number of sell orders to break above $12,000.

Bitcoin’s Patronage System Is an Unheralded Strength

Bitcoin’s Patronage System Is an Unheralded Strength
Bitcoin development is better funded than ever, cementing a patronage model that protects against insider maneuvering.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Trudges Past $11.7K as DeFi Lending Rates Gyrate

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Trudges Past $11.7K as DeFi Lending Rates Gyrate
Bitcoin’s price is trending up. Meanwhile, interest rates for lending crypto in DeFi are still unpredictable.

DeFi Traders Are Gaming Ethereum for Higher Profits, Researchers Say

DeFi Traders Are Gaming Ethereum for Higher Profits, Researchers Say
DeFi trading bots create "walls of executions," resulting in higher rewards for Ethereum miners, higher profits for traders and higher fees for everyone.

CoinDesk Monthly Review, July 2020

CoinDesk Monthly Review, July 2020
In the opening weeks of July, it looked like gold would surpass bitcoin for monthly returns, as it reached an all-time high, a frustrating state of affairs for those who believe the current macro situation should be a “perfect storm” for bitcoin’s “gold 2.0” narrative. That was before bitcoin shot up nearly 20% in a […]

Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO

Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO
Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto.

Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Crash Course in Exponential Math

Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Crash Course in Exponential Math
Money requires a network effect, helped by the self-reinforcing idea that “everyone’s using it because everyone’s using it.”

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin America

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin America
Coinbase will host its first investor day while a protocol arms race unfolds in Latin America.

Blockchain Bites: CENTRE’s Blacklist, Brazil’s Stablecoin Boom and Coinbase Is Going Public?

Blockchain Bites: CENTRE’s Blacklist, Brazil’s Stablecoin Boom and Coinbase Is Going Public?
Coinbase is reportedly looking to go public, CENTRE has blacklisted a USDC address and U.S. sanctions could restrict crypto firms in China.

Bitcoin Option Traders Bet on Bullish Move Following Volatility Squeeze

Bitcoin Option Traders Bet on Bullish Move Following Volatility Squeeze
While bitcoin's range play continues, options traders look to be betting on a big move to the higher side soon.

Blockchain Bites: DiDi to Trial the Digital Yuan and a Look at Chainlink’s Gains

Blockchain Bites: DiDi to Trial the Digital Yuan and a Look at Chainlink’s Gains
The "Chinese Uber" will join the nations CBDC project, TikTok threw Dogecoin a treat and Nexo tapped Chainlink.

Introducing the CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter Most in Crypto

Introducing the CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter Most in Crypto
Based on "real volume" from eight reputable exchanges, these 20 digital assets attract most of the sector's legitimate trading activity.

Crypto Tracer Chainalysis Raises $13M as It ‘Doubles Down’ on Government Ties

Crypto Tracer Chainalysis Raises $13M as It ‘Doubles Down’ on Government Ties
Chainalysis is also adding former Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker on as an advisor.

Liquidity on Bitcoin Perpetuals Exchange FTX Catches Up to Industry Leader BitMEX

Liquidity on Bitcoin Perpetuals Exchange FTX Catches Up to Industry Leader BitMEX
On a relatively new exchange like the Antigua-based FTX, the order book depth, as represented by the number of buy and sell orders at each price, now matches the depth seen on industry leader BitMEX.

Crypto Long & Short: What Changed My Mind About Bitcoin Narratives

Crypto Long & Short: What Changed My Mind About Bitcoin Narratives
Is bitcoin having a good year or not? As an industry, we need to work on honing our understanding of the many narratives, and how they can influence value.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Spot Volumes Are Weak While Options and DeFi Strengthen

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Spot Volumes Are Weak While Options and DeFi Strengthen
Lower bitcoin spot volumes and flatter-than-usual price action doesn’t mean crypto traders have zero opportunities to capitalize.

Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens

Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens
It's only a proof-of-concept at this point, but there's now a model for locking BTC on the Bitcoin blockchain and minting PolkaBTC on Polkadot.

Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens

Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens
It's only a proof-of-concept at this point, but there's now a model for locking BTC on the Bitcoin blockchain and minting PolkaBTC on Polkadot.

Bitcoin Rises to $9.6K as Stocks Cheer Additional US Stimulus Plans

Bitcoin Rises to $9.6K as Stocks Cheer Additional US Stimulus Plans
A fresh stimulus "bazooka" from the Fed Reserve and the U.S. government lifted prices for both stocks and bitcoin.