Author: American Coins & Gold

Consensys Cuts 20% Workforce, Blames SEC’s ‘Abuse Of Power’
“Multiple cases with the SEC, including ours, represent meaningful jobs and productive investment lost due to the SEC’s abuse of power and Congress’s inability to rectify the problem,” founder and CEO Joe Lubin said in a blog post.

Kraken Picked Optimism's 'Superchain' After Getting a Pile of OP Tokens
Crypto exchange Kraken announced last week that it will build a layer-2 network atop Optimism’s OP Stack blockchain framework. CoinDesk is first to report that the deal was reached early this year, involving a grant of 25 million OP tokens, at the time worth roughly $100 million.

Privacy as a Fundamental Human Right
What role do privacy tools play in crypto, and how does this discussion develop? Those were some of the questions at a panel I moderated last week at the DC Privacy Summit.

Binance Unveils 'Binance Wealth' for Elite Customers
The service is offered through the global Binance.com platform meaning there are restrictions for some jurisdictions, such as the U.S.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Surges 10.9% as All Index Constituents Trade Higher
NEAR Protocol also joined Aptos as a top performer, gaining 5.8%.

Stacks, Prominent Bitcoin Layer-2 Project, Activates Long-Awaited 'Nakamoto' Upgrade

First Mover Americas: BTC Jumps Above K, DOGE Leads Market Surge
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for MONTH XX, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Here Are Three Reasons Why Bitcoin Open Interest Set Record Highs as BTC Price Surge to K
U.S. listed spot ETF inflows continue to break records, as CME open interest spikes in the past 24 hours.

Here’s Three Reasons Why Bitcoin Futures Set Record Highs Amid Price Surge to K
U.S. listed spot ETF inflows continue to break records, as CME open interest spikes in the past 24 hours.

As BIS Mulls Shutting Down mBridge, Its Innovation Hub Calls The Project a ‘Public Good’
An international payments project backed by China, the UAE, Thailand and Hong Kong is raising concerns in Washington.