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A sharp sell-off in Coinbase (COIN) stock may be an overreaction to two pieces of bad news that hit on the same day, according to analysts at Barclays and Oppenheimer. Shares of the crypto exchange dropped 7.2% on Thursday after it disclosed a social …
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. This is Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler, CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Hacking Attempt on Lido Results in 1.4 Ether Lost From …
Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have officially reached a deal that, if approved by a judge, will bring their years-long yasal battle to a close. According to a settlement agreement filed in New York on Thursday …
Decentralized finance (DeFi) firms IntoTheBlock and Trident Digital have merged to form Sentora, joining forces to bring institutional investors onchain. The new company, helmed by Anthony DeMartino, co-founder of Trident and former head of risk …
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol reporter on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing …
When Friends With Benefits burst into crypto consciousness in 2020, it was the kind of FOMO-inducing project that immediately had people talking. With a wink-wink, sexy name and members including musicians Erykah Badu and Azealia Banks, it was a club …
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. We’re Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler, reporters on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers …
Late Friday, attorneys with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance filed a joint status report asking a federal judge to continue a 60-day pause in the case for another 60 days. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter …
Also: Plus: EF gets new leadership; layer-2 BOB and Fireblocks integrate; new MetaMask roadmap.
Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak will be the new co-executive directors, as Aya Miyaguchi transitions into the organization’s President. Also, ex-EF researcher Danny Ryan shares that he is joining Etherealize.