Cryptocurrency

The co-founder of Ethereum’s best-known coin mixing service says that privacy protocols are defending people’s rights to financial privacy. Tornado Cash, a mixer that allows users to obfuscate their digital trail on the Ethereum blockchain, […]

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening: Market moves: Bitcoin was trading at over $36,000 on Sunday after continuing its recent decline earlier in the weekend. Technician’s take: BTC is stabilizing on intraday charts, although $30,000 is […]

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US. Download this episode This week on the “Weekly Recap,” NLW breaks down the House hearing on energy in the crypto industry. He looks at problems […]

El Salvadaor bought 410 bitcoin for $15 million Friday, the country’s President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter. “Some guys are selling really cheap,” he added in his tweet. It is difficult to verify such claims […]

Mining difficulty on the Bitcoin network increased by 9.32% and hit an all-time high of 26.64 trillion on Jan. 21, at 3:07 UTC, beating the previous record set on May 13, 2021. The difficulty is […]

The most popular show in Netflix history, “Squid Game,” earned an estimated $900 million for the streaming company. And the producers are not stopping there. They are gearing up for even more revenue as they […]

A House committee will take a look at crypto and its energy requirements this week. It’s another congressional look at crypto. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and […]

The $15 million in ether (4,600 ETH) stolen from Singapore-based Crypto.com is currently being laundered via Tornado Cash, an Ethereum Mixer, according to on-chain data. Tornado Cash is a ETH mixer protocol that promises to […]

Crypto.com Capital announced Monday that it is expanding its $200 million Web 3 fund, and it has appointed Jon Russell, a former technology journalist based in Bangkok where he wrote for Tech Crunch and The […]

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US. Download this episode In today’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at a slew of funding rounds announced this week, including: Near Protocol, $150 millionZeroHash, $105 millionCheckout.com, […]