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Anchorage, a digital assets custodial service provider for institutional investors, has announced the acquisition of Merkle Data, and the launch of Anchorage Trading, a crypto brokerage platform that will allow its clients to buy and sell bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins straight from Anchorage’s vaults through expert traders, without needing to
Read MorePatrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of defrauding investors in his crypto trading firm CabbageTech, otherwise known as Coin Drop Markets.McDonnell was also ordered to pay back his victims $224,352, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District
Read MoreST. MORITZ — The United States may be entering a second Cold War, according to some investors, who seem mildly curious but otherwise unconcerned about the prospect.“It’s a kind of Cold War, but not just for crypto,” said Multicoin Capital’s Beijing-based partner Mable Jiang. “Currency is the leverage.”Jiang said China’s
Read MoreVenture capital firm Grayscale Investments banked a stellar 2019 to surpass the $1 billion mark in total investments. By the numbersIn a comprehensive eighteen-page report, the firm touted a record Q4 in 2019. It raised $225.5 million into its investment products, lifting the year’s inflow to $607.7 million after back-to-back
Read MoreU.S. lawmakers have resurrected a bipartisan push to exempt gains from small cryptocurrency transactions from being taxed. On Thursday, Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.) and Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) introduced “The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020,” an amendment to IRS tax code that would exempt
Read MoreJapan-based Liquid Exchange has canceled the sale of Telegram’s Gram tokens and returned funds to customers as the messaging app company remains embroiled in an SEC lawsuit. The exchange has said that it is acting in compliance with the investor agreement, which states that Telegram’s Open Network (TON) should have been
Read MoreAkin Sawyerr, founder of Feleman Limited, an Africa-focused impact investment and advisory firm based in the Washington, D.C., area, spoke to CoinDesk at the Digital Money Forum. His message? That decentralized finance and governance can rebuild economies all over the world."I have geographical purview over Africa. So a lot of what I've
Read MoreThis is part of a series of op-eds previewing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto at the annual gathering of the world’s economic and political elite. Follow along by subscribing to our pop-up newsletter,
Read MoreDecentralized exchange project Bancor (BNT) is currently in the midst of launching a massive airdrop to all its token holders. CryptoX took the occasion to interview Co-founder and Product Architect Eyal Hertzog, and Head of Growth Nate Hindman. The duo shared their thoughts on the airdrop, existing trends in
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