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Protocol Village: Polyhedra Says Open-Source ZK Proof System 'Expander' 2x Faster Than Alternatives   north  
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
Protocol Village: Polyhedra Says Open-Source ZK Proof System 'Expander' 2x Faster Than Alternatives
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Keywords: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Tech, Blockchain Technology, EVM, Protocol Village

Authors: Bradley Keoun ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 13:49:18
Protocol Village: Polyhedra Says Open-Source ZK Proof System 'Expander' 2x Faster Than Alternatives
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Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Looking at Options, Including Sale of Company   north  
The miner is looking at options including sale of all or part of the company and other strategic transactions.
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Looking at Options, Including Sale of Company
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Keywords: Finance, news, Bitcoin Mining, mergers and acquisitions, Stronghold Digital, SDIG

Authors: Aoyon Ashraf ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 13:02:53
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Looking at Options, Including Sale of Company
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Web3 Publishing Platform Mirror Sells to Paragraph, Pivots to Social App 'Kiosk'   north  
Mirror and Paragraphs are rivals in the Web3 publishing space, and their deal allows Mirror's team to operate as an independent company focused exclusively on social media.
Web3 Publishing Platform Mirror Sells to Paragraph, Pivots to Social App 'Kiosk'
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Keywords: Technology, news

Authors: Sam Kessler ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 13:00:00
Web3 Publishing Platform Mirror Sells to Paragraph, Pivots to Social App 'Kiosk'
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TradFi Veterans Pitch Tokenized Asset Marketplace With Eyes on U.S. Regulatory Approval   north  
Ironlight, helmed by the former global head of trading of Schroeder and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADIA with the ex-CEO of TD Bank as an adviser, aims to be a premier tokenization, listing and trading ecosystem for real-world assets targeting big investors.
TradFi Veterans Pitch Tokenized Asset Marketplace With Eyes on U.S. Regulatory Approval
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Keywords: Finance, news, Real World Assets, Tokenization, Tokenized Assets, ATS, FINRA, SEC, tokenization, tokenized assets, tokenized rwa, rwa, real world assets

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 13:00:00
TradFi Veterans Pitch Tokenized Asset Marketplace With Eyes on U.S. Regulatory Approval
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Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed to May 17, Gambaryan Family Spokesperson   north  
Binance's lawyer needed more time to look at evidence, outlets reported.
Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed to May 17, Gambaryan Family Spokesperson
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto, Binance, Nigeria, Binance Nigeria

Authors: Camomile Shumba ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 12:25:59
Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed to May 17, Gambaryan Family Spokesperson
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First Mover Americas: BTC Stabilizes Around $58K Following Yesterday's Rout   north  
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 2, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
First Mover Americas: BTC Stabilizes Around $58K Following Yesterday's Rout
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Ether, First Mover

Authors: Jamie Crawley, Omkar Godbole ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 12:07:54
First Mover Americas: BTC Stabilizes Around $58K Following Yesterday's Rout
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Bitcoin’s Volatility Is Falling and This Will Continue as It Matures: Fidelity   north  
The cryptocurrency is already showing signs of maturity as its volatility drops to all-time lows on a yearly scale, the report said.
Bitcoin’s Volatility Is Falling and This Will Continue as It Matures: Fidelity
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Keywords: Markets, news, Volatility, Bitcoin

Authors: Will Canny ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 11:48:41
Bitcoin’s Volatility Is Falling and This Will Continue as It Matures: Fidelity
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BlackRock Sees Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pensions Coming to Bitcoin ETFs   north  
The asset manager has been helping educate pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds about the new spot bitcoin ETF products, the firm's head of digital assets said.
BlackRock Sees Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pensions Coming to Bitcoin ETFs
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Keywords: Finance, news, BlackRock, Bitcoin ETF, ether ETF, investment, Pension Funds

Authors: Ian Allison ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 11:02:21
BlackRock Sees Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pensions Coming to Bitcoin ETFs
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Japan Drives Home Message   north  
Overview: The US dollar is mixed, but the spotlight is on the Japanese yen. It appears that with the market challenging Monday's intervention, Japanese officials entered the market shortly after the US equity market closed yesterday, as the Asia Pacific session got underway and sold dollars [...]
Japan Drives Home Message
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Keywords: $USD, Australia, Currency Movement, Election, EMU, FOMC, Japan, UK, US

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 10:10:00
Japan Drives Home Message
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Bitcoin 'Call Writing' Back in Vogue as Cash And Carry Strategy Loses Shine   north  
Recently, traders have sold $80,000 BTC call options expiring at the end of May to generate additional yield, one observer said.
Bitcoin 'Call Writing' Back in Vogue as Cash And Carry Strategy Loses Shine
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Cash and Carry, Futures, Options, Markets, Trading, Bitcoin, Markets, Trading, Call Options, Cash And Carry

Authors: Omkar Godbole ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 09:36:18
Bitcoin 'Call Writing' Back in Vogue as Cash And Carry Strategy Loses Shine
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Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ   north  
Patrick Gruhn, the former head of FTX Europe, has paid nearly $1.5 million for a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ
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Keywords: Finance, news, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto, Europe, Watches, Gold, Gold Watch, Titanic, FTX, Patrick Gruhn

Authors: Amitoj Singh ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 07:48:30
Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ
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Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail   north  
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in ransom payments, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Ransomware, REvil, Russia, Ukraine, Arrest, Crypto, DOJ, REvil, Crypto, Ransomware, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, Rabotnik, Russia, DOJ

Authors: Amitoj Singh ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 06:04:14
Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
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U.S. Bitcoin ETFs Bleed Record $563M Even as Fed's Powell Rules Out Rate Hike   north  
Fidelity's FBTC, not GBTC, let outflows on Wednesday in what may be an alarming development for the bulls.
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs Bleed Record $563M Even as Fed's Powell Rules Out Rate Hike
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin, ETF, Markets, Bitcoin, ETF, Markets

Authors: Omkar Godbole ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 05:37:08
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs Bleed Record $563M Even as Fed's Powell Rules Out Rate Hike
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CZ’s Trial Proves it Pays to Cooperate   north  
His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.
CZ’s Trial Proves it Pays to Cooperate
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Keywords: Consensus Magazine, news_analysis, Opinion, The Node, Newsletters, Binance, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Authors: Daniel Kuhn ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 00:07:34
CZ’s Trial Proves it Pays to Cooperate
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Important Updates to the Algorand Governance 2024 Timeline   north  
Learn about key updates to the Algorand Governance 2024 Timeline, including consensus incentivization and the schedule for governance rewards.
Important Updates to the Algorand Governance 2024 Timeline
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Source: News | Algorand Foundation ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-02 00:00:00
Important Updates to the Algorand Governance 2024 Timeline
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Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, Says Progress on Inflation Has Stalled   north  
Hopes for a series of interest rate cuts in 2024 have been quickly vanishing over the past few weeks as both the economy and inflation exhibit unexpected strength.
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, Says Progress on Inflation Has Stalled
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Keywords: Finance, news, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates

Authors: Stephen Alpher ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 18:08:58
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, Says Progress on Inflation Has Stalled
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The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done   north  
Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of the promised functionality won't be ready when the token launches.
The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done
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Keywords: Technology, news, The Protocol, EigenLayer, DeFi, Arbitrum, Samourai Wallet

Authors: Bradley Keoun ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 18:00:00
The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done
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An ETH ETF Wouldn’t Deliver Full-Returns to Investors   north  
An SEC approval for spot ETH ETFs looks unlikely but even if the SEC approves exchange traded funds for Ether, investors should learn about total return ETH investment products. That way, they can gain from staking rewards as well as the underlying asset, says Jason Hall, the CEO of Methodic [...]
An ETH ETF Wouldn’t Deliver Full-Returns to Investors
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Keywords: Finance, opinion, Opinion, Crypto Long & Short, ETFs, Ethereum ETF, Institutional Investment, Institutional Adoption, institutional investor

Authors: Jason Hall, John McNiff ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 16:00:00
An ETH ETF Wouldn’t Deliver Full-Returns to Investors
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‘Sell in May and Go Away’: The Seasonality of Crypto-asset Returns   north  
The summer months, between June and September, have historically brought significantly lower investor returns than other months of the year, says André Dragosch, head of research at ETC Group.
‘Sell in May and Go Away’: The Seasonality of Crypto-asset Returns
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Keywords: Markets, opinion, Opinion, Crypto Long & Short, Bitcoin Price, Trading, Institutional Adoption, institutional investor, Institutional Investments

Authors: André Dragosch ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 16:00:00
‘Sell in May and Go Away’: The Seasonality of Crypto-asset Returns
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Bitcoin Could Drop Further to as Low as $50K, Standard Chartered Says   north  
The cryptocurrency is now trading below the average spot ETF purchase price of about $58K, and this could trigger liquidations, the report said.
Bitcoin Could Drop Further to as Low as $50K, Standard Chartered Says
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Keywords: Finance, news, Bitcoin, Markets, Standard chartered, Analysts

Authors: Will Canny ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 14:37:27
Bitcoin Could Drop Further to as Low as $50K, Standard Chartered Says
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RWA Tokenization Firm Securitize Raises $47M Led by Fund Partner BlackRock   north  
BlackRock and Securitize last month teamed up to create the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which may prove to be geared toward RWA tokenization.
RWA Tokenization Firm Securitize Raises $47M Led by Fund Partner BlackRock
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Keywords: Finance, news, Securitize, BlackRock

Authors: Jamie Crawley ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 14:24:10
RWA Tokenization Firm Securitize Raises $47M Led by Fund Partner BlackRock
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As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'   north  
He likened FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance's Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently.
As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'
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Keywords: Consensus Magazine, opinion, Opinion, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, Sam Bankman-Fried, Michael lewis

Authors: Nick Baker ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 14:08:48
As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'
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Blockchain Sleuth Elliptic Explores AI and Anti-Money Laundering Using 200M Bitcoin Transactions   north  
Patterns of illicit activity involving groups of bitcoin nodes and chains of transactions are described in a research paper by Elliptic and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.
Blockchain Sleuth Elliptic Explores AI and Anti-Money Laundering Using 200M Bitcoin Transactions
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Keywords: Technology, news, Elliptic, AI, Money Laundering, Crime

Authors: Ian Allison ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 13:00:00
Blockchain Sleuth Elliptic Explores AI and Anti-Money Laundering Using 200M Bitcoin Transactions
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below $58K in Run-Up to Fed Decision   north  
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 1, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below $58K in Run-Up to Fed Decision
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Ether, First Mover

Authors: Lyllah Ledesma, Omkar Godbole ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 12:19:09
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below $58K in Run-Up to Fed Decision
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Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In   north  
Restaking has taken hold of the Ethereum ecosystem. With Jito and a handful of other companies building for Solana, can the trend spread?
Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In
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Keywords: Finance, news, Jito labs, Restaking, EigenLayer, Solana, Exclusive

Authors: Danny Nelson ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-01 12:01:00
Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In
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