On Wednesday, Oct. 6, starting at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT), CoinDesk will host Bitcoin for Advisors 2021. Focused on the changing financial landscape, the annual event aims to equip advisors with the tools to best understand how bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets can successfully impact their clients’ [...]
Liquid, a sidechain-based settlement network operated by bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream, is currently facing issues processing transactions. The network’s mempool – a chamber where all valid transactions wait to be confirmed by the Bitcoin network – is beginning to fill as each transaction awaits processing. The last transaction occurred over [...]
Circle Financial is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC), the payments company disclosed Monday. Circle, a key supporter of the USDC stablecoin, said in regulatory filings that it received an “investigative subpoena” from the SEC’s Enforcement Division in July 2021. That subpoena requests “documents and information regarding [...]
CoinDesk’s rankings cover courses, research output, campus blockchain offerings (like student clubs and research centers), employment outcomes, academic reputation and cost. Read More: The Top Universities for Blockchain – Methodology This year’s ranking rates 230 schools internationally, expanding the sample from just U.S. schools in our first university ranking last [...]
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Download this episode On today’s episode, NLW breaks down the latest in a string of embarrassing leaks about how the world’s elite and wealthy use offshore accounts to obfuscate ownership and hide their wealth. He looks at: How the Pandora Papers compare to the [...]
CoinDesk’s rankings cover courses, research output, campus blockchain offerings (like student clubs and research centers), employment outcomes, academic reputation and cost. Read More: The Top Universities for Blockchain – Methodology This year’s ranking rates 230 schools internationally, expanding the sample from just U.S. schools in our first university ranking last [...]
A perpetual swap is a type of derivative trading product that has become increasingly popular among crypto traders over recent years, with data showing daily trading volumes of over $180 billion. Launched on May 13, 2016, perpetual swaps offer traders a chance to take on large positions in a cryptocurrency [...]
Singapore-based crypto exchange KuCoin has told its mainland Chinese users they should transfer their digital assets to “other platforms” before a final deadline in two months’ time. The exchange is declaring its intention to “protect the rights and interests” of its users and is recommending the transfer before 24:00 UTC [...]
CoinDesk’s rankings cover courses, research output, campus blockchain offerings (like student clubs and research centers), employment outcomes, academic reputation and cost. Read More: The Top Universities for Blockchain – Methodology This year’s ranking rates 230 schools internationally, expanding the sample from just U.S. schools in our first university ranking last [...]
Two Prime’s digital assets fund rose 27% in August, topping bitcoin’s 12.3% increase during the month, according to a copy of the fund’s performance viewed by CoinDesk. News of the performance comes as a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers said that total assets under management (AUM) of crypto hedge funds globally [...]