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For years the U.S. crypto industry has been demanding regulatory clarity from policymakers. And Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith has been at the forefront of that charge. Today, few could say U.S. regulators and legislators are being ambivalent about crypto – even i

Las enfurecidas víctimas del colapso de FTX están reclamando a través de una demanda una indemnización de parte de las celebridades que promocionaron al exchange caído en desgracia, y entre ellos se encuentran Larry David, Tom Brady y Shaquille

Harvard dropout. Startup founder. Web3 adviser. Non-fungible token (NFT) enthusiast. Alejandro Navia seems a lot like your typical modern-day entrepreneur, but one who has a strong spiritual life and is willing to challenge the Web3 industry to consider life beyond the gadgets an

We’re finally here: Consensus 2023. The team has packed it full of policy-related sessions. We’ll hear discussions ranging from global regulatory policy around crypto to how industry and lawmakers alike are approaching the question of privacy and privacy tool usage in

With a new partnership between Twitter and eToro, Twitter users will have access to a portal for directly trading a variety of crypto assets and stocks, including bitcoin.

A comprehensive and widely-circulated story published by The New York Times earlier this month presented a grim depiction of the relationship between Bitcoin and the U.S. electrical grid.

As e-commerce has continued at a steady pace, diamonds and even homes are among the offerings in e-commerce, which has reached 6.3 trillion by the first quarter of 2023.

The year 2022 went down as one of the toughest years for the crypto industry -- thanks to a very long crypto winter, millions of dollars lost, exchange collapses and, of course, the whole FTX fiasco....

The changing significance of Twitter's blue verification checkmark since Elon Musk bought the social media company has created a debate among Twitter users.Far too many corrupt legacy Blue “verification” checkmarks exist, so no choice but to remove legacy Blue in comi

After months of speculation following Elon Musk’s takeover of the popular social media platform, the conundrum of the blue checkmark has created a disconnect among Twitter users.Far too many corrupt legacy Blue “verification” checkmarks exist, so no choice but t

For all the noise surrounding cryptocurrency markets, crypto has always offered something fundamental to human progress: an open, democratic financial system. Despite all the meme coins and joke products, there are still many testing the power of crypto to provide the easy access

I’ve attended eight out of nine Consensus events since 2015, when the first one was held at the Times Center in New York. (The nascent CoinDesk events team got 500 people to attend and managed to sign Citibank as title sponsor, quite a coup at a time when cryptocurrencies w

For years now, I’ve been saying that CoinDesk is one of the few companies in the crypto industry that deserves to have a book written about them. If you know anything of its 10-year history, the publication that’s sometimes called “Crypto's Paper of Record&rdquo

For years now, I’ve been saying that CoinDesk is one of the few companies in the crypto industry that deserves to have a book written about them. If you know anything of its 10-year history, the publication that’s sometimes called “Crypto's Paper of Record&rdquo

Angry victims of the FTX swindle are looking for restitution from the celebrity spokespeople who pitched the failed exchange, in a lawsuit that names Larry David, Tom Brady and Shaquille O’Neill, among others. One name not on that list is Taylor Swift, who was offered a rep

The European Union finalized its wide-ranging markets in crypto assets (MiCA) legislation on Thursday, making it one of the first major jurisdictions to clarify its approach on supervising the sector. With the EU’s 27 nations now set to comply with the new regulation, other

This post will look at an in-depth overview of a Central Limit Order Book (CLOB), how it operates, and its pros and cons.

In the face of mounting urgency to address climate change, the quest for innovative solutions to foster sustainable growth and resilience is more critical than ever. Coming from the realm of digital currencies, blockchain technology emerges as a trailblazing force, poised to driv

The European Parliament's landslide vote in favor of new crypto licensing rules was largely met with applause from the industry, but now attention turns to the details that need to be colored in.A long-awaited and expected approval of the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation means

The European Parliament went ahead and did it: Today, after years of deliberations and at least two official delays, the landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework was voted in. European Union legislators also passed a separate crypto-related rule known as the