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CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review
Of course, any discussion of crypto in 2022 would be incomplete without discussing our first proper crypto credit crisis, which began with a glut of crypto lenders promising yield to customers in exch...
ConsenSys to lay off 100 or more employees: Coindesk
ConsenSys will let go of as many as 100 or more employee, CoinDesk reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The exact number of employees that could be laid off is not clear, as the ...
Gemini users file class-action request against Genesis and DCG: CoinDesk
Three users of Crypto exchange Gemini’s Earn program have reportedly filed a request for class-action arbitration against Genesis Global Capital and Digital Currency Group. The request, wh...
Italian lawmakers approve 26% capital gains tax on crypto: CoinDesk
Italy’s Parliament has approved a 26% capital gains tax on crypto, according to a report from CoinDesk. The tax, in the works since earlier this year, will be levied on profits in excess o...
The CoinDesk Digitization Index (DTZ)
The CoinDesk Digitization Index (DTZ) is designed to measure the market capitalization weighted performance of digitization protocols that are included in Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS)....
Alameda gave $400 million to startup in same condo as SBF: CoinDesk
Modulo Capital, a relatively unknown firm that appears to have a lot in common with Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, received a $400 million loan from Bankman-Fried’s investment firm, Ala...
Co-Founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty; CoinDesk Market Index Drops
One of the founders behind OneCoin, Karl Greenwood, pleaded guilty to federal charges on Friday after one of the largest financial scams of all time, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. This ...
CoinDesk Holiday Crossword
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Crypto insurance firm Evertas raises $14 million from Polychain Capital: CoinDesk
Crypto insurance firm Evertas secured $14 million in funding in a Series A round, according to a report from CoinDesk. The round was led by Polychain Capital and saw participation from investors...
CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review
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Troubled crypto lender Genesis owes creditors at least $1.8 billion: CoinDesk
Troubled crypto trading and lending firm Genesis owes its creditors at least $1.8 billion, CoinDesk reported Sunday. The Financial Times first reported on Saturday that Genesis owes customers of...
CoinDesk is attracting takeover interest amid turbulent crypto times
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage As its owner tries to reassure investors, CoinDesk, the online news outlet whose expose on fractures in Sam Bankman-crypto Fried’...
Crypto news site CoinDesk draws buyout interest: Semafor
Crypto news site CoinDesk, owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), has received takeover interest including one that suggested a $300 million purchase price, according to Semafor, according to Semafor....
Coinsquare confirms data breach, says customer assets ‘not at risk’: CoinDesk
Canadian crypto firm, Coinsquare, shed more light on a “data incident” in an email the exchange sent to customers on Friday, according to a CoinDesk report. The incident initially occurred on No...
Binance.US to bid for bankrupt crypto lender Voyager: CoinDesk
Binance.US — the American arm of the largest crypto exchange by volume, Binance — is preparing to bid for bankrupt lender Voyager Digital, CoinDesk reported Thursday, citing a person familiar with the...
Genesis halting customer withdrawals after FTX, 3AC collapses: CoinDesk
Genesis is temporarily suspending withdrawals and new loan originations, after it took large hits from Three Arrows Capital and FTX. Genesis will continue to offer over-the-counter trading for s...
European AML rules could ban privacy coins: CoinDesk
The European Union is considering a ban that would prevent banks and crypto providers from dealing with cryptocurrencies that aim to enhance user privacy — commonly called “privacy coins.”...
Goodbye, CoinDesk 20 – Hello, CoinDesk Market Index
On our end, CoinDesk also has more resources and technological capabilities than it did when launched the CoinDesk 20, thanks in large part to our acquisition of what is now CoinDesk Indices. Now we c...
CoinDesk Market Index Adds Convex, Serum, 12 Other Digital Assets
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Crypto firm Genesis loses its chief risk officer: CoinDesk
Michael Patchen, chief risk officer for crypto broker and lender Genesis, has left the firm after only three months on the job. Patchen’s departure was reported by CoinDesk and Bloomberg. His Li...
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica enables crypto payments via Bit2Me: CoinDesk
Telefonica, the $19 billion Spanish telecom giant, is allowing the use of cryptocurrency for purchases on its Tu.com marketplace. The cryptocurrency payment integration for Tu.com comes as the result ...
Luna Foundation Guard denies reports it moved bitcoin
The Twitter account for Singapore-based non-profit Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) refuted a CoinDesk report and denied the creation of wallets after May 2022. “LFG hasn’t created any new wallets or moved...
Neudata and CoinDesk Indices Discuss Crypto Data and Digital Assets
JG: In the beginning, bitcoin price data was most highly demanded. Then, as investors were looking to explore deeper, other data related to transactions (value, count, size, speed), blocks (size and f...
Why the CoinDesk Market Index Matters for the New Economy
The CMI brings structure to the process by which investors define and value the myriad digital assets in existence, bringing order to the otherwise chaotic world of crypto. As such, we see the CMI as ...
JPMorgan hires former Microsoft exec for payments and blockchain role: CoinDesk
A former Microsoft executive will join JPMorgan as a senior payments executive in the bank’s payments group, CoinDesk reported. Tahreem Kampton will focus on the future of payments, including the digi...
Crypto Developer Brothers Leave VC Firm After CoinDesk Exposé
The Macalinao brothers built their reputation in the Solana blockchain community. In early 2021 they created a decentralized exchange for swapping stablecoins called Saber that at its zenith purported...
SEC seeks info from Grayscale about three crypto trusts: CoinDesk
Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments is in the process of responding to questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about three of its cryptocurrency trusts, the company sai...
SBI Holdings terminates previously unknown deal with BitRiver: CoinDesk
SBI Holdings, a Japanese securities and banking giant, has ended its mining operations in Russia and cut ties with the sanctioned Russian bitcoin miner BitRiver. SBI Holdings had previously kept its...
Understanding the Currency Sector in CoinDesk Indices DACS
1. Bitcoin (BTC) is the world’s first cryptocurrency, and the largest by market capitalization. Since launching in 2009, Bitcoin has revolutionized payments with its innovation in blockchain technolog...
Blockchain.com cuts a quarter of staff, closes Argentina offices: CoinDesk
Blockchain.com has become the latest crypto company to cut staff, according to a report published by Coindesk on Thursday. The exchange will cut 25% of its staff, approximately 150 people, bringing th...
Blockchain.com stands to lose $270 million on Three Arrows loans: CoinDesk
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com stands to lose $270 million it lent to the liquidated crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), according to a report from CoinDesk on Friday. The news was revealed...