Warren: What is White House doing to prevent a repeat of teleprompter's Trump bets?
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren argued the administration is not doing enough about staff insider trading, questioning whether CFTC enforcement action was…
An 11-year-old Ethereum wallet moved $4.6 million and dodged a scam set up in minutes
Bots spotted a wallet from Ethereum’s 2015 launch the moment it stirred and planted lookalike addresses in its history, but the owner sent the money to the…
Bitcoin miner MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, plans to sell more
MARA paid off every loan backed by its bitcoin and says the rest of its coins can fund AI datacenters. Source:CoinDesk
Zcash developers want 20-second blocks just days after major speed upgrade
Early data shows Zcash's orphanblock rate holding close to preupgrade levels despite blocks arriving three times faster, encouraging developers to push for…
Greece approves 10% tax on crypto gains and 15% levy on DeFi income
Investors will have 12 months to declare past crypto gains without latefiling penalties, though questions remain over cryptotocrypto swaps. Source:CoinDesk
Zcash’s landmark NU7 upgrade goes live, speeding up private payments
NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.…
Bitcoin developer proposes ‘landmines’ to make quantum thieves lose their own BTC
Anyone trying to move vulnerable bitcoin would have to put up matching collateral, giving prepared owners a chance to take both. Source:CoinDesk
Standard Chartered and SBI back crypto insurer Soter as funding reaches $23.5 million
Soter also received backing of 500 BTC and 2000 ETH, worth another $43 million at current prices. Source:CoinDesk
Kraken parent Payward and its clients buy AAVE tokens in DeFi investment push
The investment follows talks first reported by CoinDesk in June that included a proposed equity stake in Aave Group. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin steady around $80,000 as markets rally after Democratic sweep
Ether jumped 4% and crypto ETFs drew fresh money after Wall Street turned higher and Brent crude fell nearly 9%. Source:CoinDesk
Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
About 12,200 ZEC remains in Sprout, the privacy pool Zcash launched in 2016. Roughly 10,000 coins have left over the past week, but only about 40 moved out…
Bitcoin holds above $80,000 as Zcash jumps 12% in post-election crypto rebound
Ether rose 8% as falling oil prices and a weaker dollar helped markets recover, even as traders weighed a tougher path for U.S. crypto legislation.…