The $100,000 Thiel Fellowships garner big headlines for successes like Figma and Ethereum. But a deeper look shows a program that’s more about hype than reform. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Education Week
The multi-billion dollar digital asset management platform aims to decentralize its growth and governance through SAFE and SafeDAO.
“What we’re seeing is more a lack of large sellers, rather than a plethora of large buyers,” one value investor said.
Ribbon expects trading volumes to reach over $100 million a day within the first six months of launch.
Acquiring the assets of Celsius would imply FTX’s intent to save the lending firm, similar to what FTX US did for Voyager by securing the winning bid of approximately $1.4 billion.
Fresh losses are contained only after $2,000 gets wiped from the BTC spot price, with a recovery yet to make an appearance.
An NFT collector borrowed 1,044 ETH against two MAYC NFTs, just to purchase another MAYC NFT for 1,000 ETH, and Sega is set to drop its first blockchain game.
Over $12 million in value was issued in the pilot with commercial and central banks in Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE and China taking part.
The South Korean project said it would offset user gas fees and contract fees charged to gaming companies built on its platform.
The paper’s authors say Central Bank Digital Currencies are problematic for the future of individual and economic freedom but crypto is a viable alternative.
Jerome Powell acknowledged that DeFi will start to reach more retail customers, highlighting the need for regulation.
Pantera CEO Dan Morehead painted an optimistic outlook for the wider cryptocurrency space during a keynote presentation at Token2049 in Singapore.
The Singapore Grand Prix takes place on Oct. 2.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) used unorthodox methods to serve a lawsuit against the pseudonymous members of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), according to court documents filed on Tuesday.
The theory is “not convincing enough to accuse the Wintermute project,” wrote BlockSec, as it highlighted that Wintermute’s actions during the hack made sense given the circumstances.
Ether’s drastic reduction in the net inflation rate is attributed to the elimination of mining rewards and the “burning” of transaction fees, experts said.
The new marketplace allows the prestigious auction house to carry out auctions and sales on the Ethereum blockchain “from start to finish.”
The largest crypto by market capitalization had spiked over $20,000 in morning trading.
To attract more users and make blockchain gaming more mainstream, Kevin Shao says future titles should find a “balance” between and accommodate different users’ tastes.
The native token of Celsius regained momentum just hours after being rocked by the surprise departure of CEO Alex Mashinsky.
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The Internet hacktivist group called on high-profile celebrities and big brands to speak up and take a stand.
Beyond the Octagon, Guido Cannetti fights Argentina’s 78% inflation rate with USDC stablecoin.
IRS rules weren’t ready for the Ethereum upgrade. It’s unlikely to become the fiasco that taxpayers experienced when Bitcoin forked in 2017, but there are measures they can take to prepare for whatever the IRS decides.
The cryptocurrency exchange has been holding workshops for law enforcement worldwide since hiring a prominent IRS cybercrime investigator to head its anticrime unit.
“We’ve got to move, pick a regulator, and give the market the certainty and guardrails it deserves,” said House Representative Josh Gottheimer.
Prices shoot higher intraday on high volume, only to reverse course later in the day. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Christie’s 3.0 has teamed up with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial to sell NFTs on Ethereum.
President Xi wants China to be the world’s leader in blockchain technology but has banned its most popular uses. Students and faculty wonder whether universities can successfully teach blockchain with Chinese characteristics, and if graduates can find jobs.
