2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers

"In Russia, there have been two cases recently when people were brought to criminal responsibility for getting access to computers and using them to mine cryptocurrencies," TASS quotes Nikolay...

MARKETS DAILY: Weird News Out of Canada and a Predicted Bull Run

Brad Kuen: Bitcoin is right around $7100 with not much change over the weekend. CoinDesk’s Omkar Godbole writes that price charts are looking bearish, potentially heading back toward $6500 during...

A Year After Bottoming Out at $3,100, Bitcoin is Up 127%

By the end of May, though, bitcoin was looking overbought at highs near $9,000. The resulting pullback to $7,500, however, was short-lived, as prices surged to $13,880 in the 16...

Stablecoin Startup Terra Expands to Mongolia With Taxi Payment Service

In a press release Thursday, Terra announced its stablecoin issuance protocol would act as Mongolian messaging app memeChat’s new financial backbone. That app, which has attracted 50,000 users since its...

Ride ‘Em, Cowboy: Bitmain’s Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin

Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it. Source link thanks you...

Ethereum Builder ConsenSys Shutters India and Philippines Operations

The cutbacks follow a round of layoffs late last year that saw about 13 percent of ConsenSys' then-1,200-person staff let go (it's down to about 1,000 now). The venture studio...

Bitcoin Is Closing on Historically Strong Price Support

Buyers, however, remained elusive and the average support, then located around $6,100, was convincingly breached in mid-November with high volumes. The violation of the support likely triggered stops on long...

Blockchain Faces Big Challenges But the Opportunity Is Enormous

Western economies can lead the world by embracing decentralization and the Internet-of-Value. Source link thanks you RSS link ( https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-faces-big-challenges-but-the-opportunity-is-enormous)

Tencent’s WeBank to Provide Infrastructure for China’s National Blockchain Consortium

WeBank has become the first technical infrastructure provider for Chin’s blockchain network. Source link thanks you RSS link ( https://www.coindesk.com/tencents-webank-to-provide-infrastructure-for-chinas-national-blockchain-consortium)

BTSE Exchange Plans $50M Token Raise on Blockstream’s Ethereum Rival Liquid

The idea was in vogue mid-decade until the emergence of ethereum, which was designed specifically for such use cases, and became the go-to launching pad for initial coin offerings, security...