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Bitcoin mining difficult has soared by 13.55% to 35.6 trillion, its largest one-day rise since May, 2021, according to data from btc.com.

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 7, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

A hacker that swindled cross-bridge DeFi Protocol Transit Finance out of $28.9 million has agreed to return $2.74 million to victims.

The company says Electronic Dollars (eUSD) will be “the first data-protecting stablecoin.”

USDC’s utility has taken a hit in the wake of Binance’s decision to consolidate order books and Circle’s decision to freeze addresses associated with Tornado Cash.

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures wants to know if stablecoins can fulfil their promise of cheaper, quicker transactions, according to a new Financial Stability Board report.

The South Korea-based crypto investment firm failed to make a payment on a $3.4 million loan to TrueFi, a decentralized lending protocol.

The problems that both protocols suffered are reminders that neither is really decentralized, and that they are not yet true challengers to Ethereum; ether and other altcoins trade sideways.

A friend of Sadr told CoinDesk the Iranian blockchain educator was arrested in Tehran on Sep. 19 and has not been released.

It has been a tough year for crypto mining, but the industry is primed for a rebound soon. Crypto Long & Short is our weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and analysis for the professional investor.

The top-10 crypto exchange by volume will have a new controlling shareholder.

Investors are nervous about rampant inflation prompting yet another massive rate hike by the Fed, and the economic damage that might cause. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) published its own highly anticipated report in response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto earlier this week, calling on Congress to define the line between a security and a non-security, at least as far as crypto is concerned.

The collective that’s home to NFT collections NBA TopShot and Crypto Kitties will no longer support wallets, accounts or custody services that are traced to Russia.

A major software platform used by registered investment advisers (RIAs) just added more crypto functionality.

Francisley Valdevino da Silva, conocido como el “jeque de las criptomonedas”, tiene 20 órdenes de incautación en su contra.

The report’s findings may affect the court’s decisions about custodial accounts and preference claims.

Frank Downing, director of research at Ark Invest and Steven McClurg, co-founder of asset management firm Valkyrie, joined “First Mover,” to discuss why crypto may have reached its “bottom,” and their crypto-focused separate managed accounts (SMAs).

The Fed’s battle against inflation could lead to overcorrection, but the same mechanism that’s reining in the economy is creating headroom for revitalizing it if things do go south.

Francisley Valdevino da Silva, known as the “cryptocurrency sheik,” has 20 seizure warrants against him.

While metaverse platforms Decentraland and The Sandbox both have below 1,000 daily active users, they each have over $1 billion in valuation. Data might help explain the discrepancy.

Federal officials alleged that John Khuu sold fake drugs for cryptocurrency, making over $5 million in the process.

El informe mensual de empleo publicado por el Departamento de Trabajo se ha convertido en uno de los indicadores económicos más importantes a observar mientras la Reserva Federal evalúa el estado de la economía.

Luna Foundation Guard previously promised to repay “small” holders of the UST stablecoin with its remaining reserves.

Cryptocurrency worth at least $4 million and counting has been sent to groups supporting Russia’s military in Ukraine, according to a Wired report. The analyses involved separate findings from cryptocurrency-tracing firms Chainalysis, Elliptic, and TRM Labs, along with investigators at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Finance ministers from across the world are due to examine crypto regulations next week – but they may shy away from exploring DeFi.

History clearly demonstrates what mass death does for the workers who survive.

The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance might still spend $1 billion on acquisitions this year.

Hay más de 180 fondos cotizados cripto y productos fiduciarios, y la mitad de estos se lanzaron desde el comienzo del mercado bajista de bitcoin, dijo el banco.