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Crypto Political Group Fairshake Targets California Democrat Sen. Katie Porter

The U.S. crypto industry's most prominent campaign-finance organization, Fairshake, is going after Sen. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), spending a part of its war chest to try to derail the progressive lawma...

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Craig Wright Blasts 'Experts' Who Can't Verify Their Work at Trial Over Satoshi Claims

On Tuesday, he once again faced questions about a public blog post he'd signed cryptographically to prove he was Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto that experts have since debunked.

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Bitcoin ETFs' First Month Is in the Books: How it Went and What Comes Next

Excitement was high about one month ago, when TradFi once again got the regulatory go-ahead to launch an entirely new investment vehicle for crypto. The process of bringing to the U.S. market a spot b...

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/13/bitcoin-etfs-first-month-is-in-the-books-heres-how-it-went/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Gauntlet Make Forbes' Fintech List

The three crypto companies have together raised a total of $2 billion.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/13/chainalysis-fireblocks-gauntlet-make-forbes-fintech-list/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Ethereum Developers Create 'DN-404' Tokens After ERC-404s Send Network Fees Surging

The new token type claims to solve some of the drawbacks with ERC-404s, an experimental standard that launched last week – to such popularity that it's already driven up congestion on the Ethereum blo...

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Ripple to Buy New York Crypto Trust Company to Expand U.S. Options

Ripple struck a deal to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Co., the company said Tuesday, in order to secure a New York trust charter in an ongoing expansion of its U.S. regulatory licensing.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/13/ripple-to-buy-new-york-crypto-trust-company-to-expand-us-options/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation

The CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto.

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Fordefi Raises $10M to Make Crypto Safer With Institutional-Grade Wallet to Retail-Facing Platforms

The company has onboarded institutional investors such as Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, Keyrock and Flare Network to its MPC wallet, and secured over $3 billion in blockchain transaction volume.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/13/fordefi-raises-10m-to-make-crypto-safer-with-institutional-grade-wallet-to-retail-facing-platforms/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Ledger, Coinbase Pay Integrate to Give Users Direct Access to Buy, Sell Crypto

Bringing Coinbase Pay into the Ledger Live app is supposed to benefit Ledger users, making it easier to receive their crypto purchases from Coinbase directly on their Ledger hardware wallet, without a...

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/13/ledger-coinbase-pay-integrate-to-give-users-direct-access-to-buy-sell-crypto/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $50K. What Next?

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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Banxa, Payments Partner for Binance and OKX, Lands on UK Crypto Register

BNXA UK VASP is the first firm to land on the Financial Conduct Authority's crypto register this year.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/13/banxa-payments-partner-for-binance-and-okx-lands-on-uk-crypto-register/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

MOON Holder Makes 550% on Predictions Platform Polymarket as Bitcoin Moves Above $50K

The trader had bought the Yes side shares of the now-expired Polymarket-based betting contract "Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?"

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/moon-holder-makes-550-on-predictions-platform-polymarket-as-bitcoin-moves-above-50k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Traders Scoop Up Options Bets At $65K And Higher

The bullish flow is reminiscent of the 2020-2021 bull market when traders consistently snapped up bitcoin calls at levels well above the going market rate.

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Solana Leads Gains in Crypto Majors, Bitcoin Metric Suggests Low Retail Growth

The CoinDesk 20, a liquid index of the top twenty cryptocurrencies, rose 4% in the past 24 hours.

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Michael Saylor Believes Demand for Bitcoin Products Is 10x the Supply

MicroStrategy co-founder and executive chairman says his company is re-branding as a bitcoin development company during CNBC interview.

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Peter Thiel Made $200M Investment in BTC, ETH Before Bull Run: Reuters

A source said that the investment was split evenly between the two digital assets.

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Franklin Templeton Joins Ethereum ETF Race

The asset manager is also one of the issuers of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund but hasn’t seen the same success as frontrunners BlackRock and Fidelity.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/12/franklin-templeton-joins-ethereum-etf-race/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Did President Biden Just Endorse Bitcoin?

The octogenarian politician is sporting laser eyes on Twitter, seemingly unaware it is a symbol of support for the cryptocurrency.

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/02/12/did-president-biden-just-endorse-bitcoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines