With bitcoin’s (BTC) price rise to just shy of $53,000, MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate owner of the crypto has seen its holdings move above $10 billion, amassing a profit of more than $4 billion. According to the company’s most recent investor presentation, MicroStrategy at the end of January held 190,000 bitcoins purchased for a […]
Take a look at the frontpage of CoinDesk today and you could be forgiven for thinking our site is all about Bitcoin. Just look at the headlines: BTC is above $50k. Options traders are betting Read More
Craig Wright witnesses Ignatius Pang, Robert Jenkins and Shoaib Yousef took to the stand on Thursday. Lawyers for the Crypto Open Patent Alliance questioned the soundness of the three witnesses’ memories. The trial on whether Read More
Quicknode, a leading blockchain infrastructure provider, has officially expanded its offerings to include support for Zksync hyperchains, enhancing its custom chains solution portfolio. This development introduces a new level of scalability and privacy for businesses Read More
Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, faced a rigorous week-long cross-examination. The proceedings, which unfolded in the U.K. High Court, saw Wright defending his assertion against the Crypto Open Read More
Solana Mobile, Solana Labs’ smartphone subsidiary, processed over $20 million in payments in alliance with Shopify and USDC, the second-largest dollar-pegged stablecoin. Anatoly Yakovenko, a co-founder of Solana Labs, explained that 51% of Chapter 2’s payments were Read More
As bitcoin’s value surged to $52,545 this week, the fascination with it appears subdued, with Google Trends indicating a low level of interest. Currently, global metrics from the last 90 days reveal the search term “bitcoin” Read More
PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain gaming showed more resilience in the bear market. As we entered 2024, many including studio executives predicted millions of people would come to Web3 for the sake of gaming. Some of the attributes Read More
A subsidiary of the German multinational company Deutsche Börse Group has been granted four licenses by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority or Bafin. The licensing of the subsidiary helps to distinguish its product Read More
The New Zealand Central Bank governor, Adrian Orr, recently branded stablecoins “the biggest misnomers” and “oxymorons.” Orr also rejected the notion that cryptocurrencies could serve as a replacement or supplement to central bank-issued money. Stablecoins Read More
