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Following a rapid explosion, NFTs' growth has been slowing down in the past few months -- just like the crypto space overall. Nonetheless, to branch out, build loyalty and attract younger customers,...

Though deeply rooted in Bitcoin’s past, a court case beginning in Norway this week could have serious implications for the cryptocurrency’s future, according to the plaintiff’s supporters.Hodlonaut, a pseudonymous bitcoiner who edits Bitcoin magazine Citadel21,

A year has passed since the Republic of El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, and now the country looks towards its successes and its future as it continues to bet on the cryptocurrency.

Nasdaq is preparing to launch a new educational and interactive video series to provide financial advisors insights on the macro and micro forces transforming the capital markets, such as the rapidly developing digital assets landscape.

Anyone who holds bitcoin (BTC), monero (XMR) or another censorship-resistant cryptocurrency should be lining up to shake Andrew Ross Sorkin’s hand.The New York Times columnist took a victory lap this weekend when the International Standards Organization (ISO) created a new

A silver lining has appeared for Coinbase’s stock in the form of a strategic partnership that could open up institutional investor access to cryptocurrencies.

Believe it or not, the blockchain era is really America’s second experiment with decentralized finance (DeFi). Long before blockchains, the U.S. was the very last of the major industrial countries to establish a central bank. The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913,

Much has been written about the benefits of secure, asset-backed stablecoins – as distinguished from “unstablecoins” like terraUSD (UST) – as powerful tools for promoting financial inclusion, facilitating payments and driving the Web3 economy. But what is less known is that the l

CoinDesk and others have been reporting about institutions cozying up to bitcoin as an investable asset for a while now. (Here’s CoinDesk reporting that insurance giant MassMutual some bought bitcoin in 2020; here’s me writing about BlackRock doing crypto things earli

Cryptocurrencies, or digital assets, have gone through a lot of turmoil so far in 2022. Since their high-water mark in late 2021, major assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum have seen dramatic pullbacks in prices. These pullbacks created a chain reaction in other areas of the digital

It's no secret that the crypto ecosystem has been -- and still is -- male-dominated, including on the investing side and the leadership one. While there has been progress and advancement for gender...

If you'd like to stake a claim in the world of crypto during this bear market -- but don't want to learn how to use a crypto exchange, manage cold wallet storage or otherwise worry about your...

Cryptocurrencies have entered everyday life and have been on investors' minds in the past few years, thanks to their rapid adoption, increased institutional (and celebrity) backing and constant...

An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a collection of similar investments that people can buy. ETFs create a diversified portfolio without the investor having to choose from a multitude of stocks....

For those looking to scale their Bitcoin mining operations: It won't be easy and will take work, but if you pay attention to the following six challenges, you'll be much better prepared for future success and growth.

The global economy is staring down the barrel of a currency crisis. That has huge ramifications for the crypto industry.Emerging-market currencies face a perfect storm: the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, soaring commodity prices, rising inflationary expectations, poli

Sometimes people surprise you.I’ve never thought too kindly of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong or his company. Armstrong to this day seems like a Palo Alto-bred hive drone who by sheer chance emerged from his Y Combinator-branded birthing pod at a moment when cryptocurrency wa

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler wants disclosures from cryptocurrency issuers but recognizes that could be done differently than what publicly traded companies do now, Ashley Ebersole, a former SEC lawyer said Thursday on CoinDesk TV’s “A

A lot of people get into crypto after hearing from a friend or loved one that it’s a way to get rich quickly. While this has been true for a select few, most tend to buy into the crypto market when it’s hot and panic sell when it comes crashing down.

Two recent events have highlighted both the extreme urgency of the need for internet privacy in the age of Web2 and a way to frame that need as a positive value that goes beyond traditional understandings of what privacy is.The first: In Nebraska, a 17-year-old girl and her mothe