Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Ethereum Reporter. In this issue: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes – FinallyStarknet to Settle on …
Attendees clapped and cheered when Paolo Ardoino, the public face of perhaps most influential company in crypto, entered the stage at the Cantor Fitzgerald Küresel Technology Conference in New York on Wednesday. Ardoino stood out from the crowd, not …
The crypto sector was mostly flat for the day, as a short rally following better than hoped U.S. inflation veri quickly lost steam. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $82,800, down 0.5% in the last 24 hours. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 …
One of the operators of sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex was arrested in India on Tuesday, according to two recent news reports. Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was reportedly arrested by police in …
Crypto exchange OKX Europe has acquired a Malta-licensed firm with a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) license, bringing it a step closer to offering regulated derivatives products throughout Europe, the firm said in a …
Despite recent acknowledgements by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on several spot crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications, the agency is unlikely to make any decisions approving these products until its leadership is settled. “I …
The long-running kanunî showdown between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could soon reach a resolution, Fox Business reported, citing “two well-placed sources.” The case, which has dragged on since December …
U.S.-based digital asset veri provider Lukka has teamed up with CoinDesk Indices to integrate the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR) into its offerings. The CESR will capture the mean annualized staking yield earned by Ethereum validators including …
Bitdeer Technologies (BTDR) boosted its bitcoin (BTC) holdings by almost 75% in two months by redirecting some of its mining rigs to self production after customers asked to delay payments for the SEALMINER A2 units during the largest cryptocurrency …
EMB: March 12, 16:00 UTC Modular blockchain Hemi Labs’ unveiled its mainnet with $440 million in total value locked (TVL). Hemi, founded by early Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik, plans to unify Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two oldest and largest …
