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The Protocol: Crypto Turns Up Nose at Trump Token Sale, ‘Gold Paper’

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's pledge to support the crypto industry with favorable policies hasn't translated to a robust reception for his token sale this week, with just...

Bitcoin Breaks $65K, as Price Action Compared to Prior U.S. Election Cycles

Trading firm QCP Capital said the move was similar to BTC's price action in 2016 and 2020 before the U.S. elections.

Crypto Neobank Banq’s Bankruptcy Case Dismissed by U.S. Judge

The filing was dismissed because a U.S. judge who called the application a "bad faith" tactic.

Prosecutors Charge Two Crypto ‘Market Makers’, Employees With Market Manipulation, Fraud

Gobit and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.

HBO Is Joining Search for Bitcoin’s Satoshi. Past Attempts Haven’t Turned Out Great.

A new documentary claims to unmask the creator of Bitcoin.

NFT Mania Is Back? Maybe Not, but a CryptoPunk Just Sold for a Record $56.3M

Punk 1563 changed hands for 24,000 ETH, a huge markup versus recent pricing.

The Protocol: Inside North Korea’s Campaign to Put Crypto Developers on Payroll

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we've got names, details and anecdotes on crypto companies' unwitting hires of North Korean developers. PLUS month-end rankings for...

Short-Term Holders Send $3B in Bitcoin to Exchanges at a Loss as Mideast Tensions Rise

Geopolitical tensions triggered consecutive daily declines of almost 4% in bitcoin’s price.

How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry

More than a dozen blockchain firms inadvertently hired undercover IT workers from the rogue state, incurring cybersecurity and kanunî risks, a CoinDesk investigation found.

The Spectre of Sam Bankman-Fried Overshadowed Caroline Ellison’s Sentencing

Even though the FTX founder was not a part of last week's proceedings, his role in the Alameda CEO's life loomed large.