Four takeaways from CoinDesk’s interview in New York yesterday.

The founder of Miami-based crypto project CluCoin has pleaded guilty to stealing over $1 million from investors and spending the money at online casinos.

Michelle Bond, who once ran a Washington-based crypto advocacy group and had served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer, was indicted in federal court for taking illegal campaign contributions during her 2022 run for Congress, and court...

Worldcoin is currently collecting data of individuals with its Orb device in 25 locations of the Latin American country.

The firm said it invested in cryptocurrency and forex, and reportedly collapsed in 2022.

Separately Managed Accounts, or SMAs, offer significant advantages over ETFs for institutional investors who want to invest in crypto via actively managed accounts.

Eleven assets in the CoinDesk 20 gained, with LINK joining RNDR as the strongest performer.

Bitcoin remains nearly 20% below its all-time high, while U.S. stocks and gold are at or within close shouting distance of record levels.

The memecoin generator launched in mid-August and has crossed $1 million in revenues in its first nine days - a large amount considering Tron’s low fees.

The provider of bitcoin and ether ETFs now offers more than 20 crypto investment products.

NEAR Protocol has deployed a major upgrade known as "Nightshade 2.0" on its main network, designed to improve the scalability and usability of the blockchain.

The fund’s official record of share ownership is kept on the Stellar network and the fund may also use Polygon and Arbitrum for certain accounts.

M^0 allows stablecoin issuers to incentivize distributors, liquidity providers and so on by programmatically sharing yield among an ecosystem of users.

Salame's counsel argued in a filing that the government resumed investigating his domestic partner, ADAM CEO Michelle Bond, despite despite assurances that the investigation would cease if he cooperated.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the window is closing, but it's not shut yet.

Nearly half of all corporate political contributions in the 2024 election cycle came from cryptocurrency companies, according to a Wednesday report from corporate influence watchdog Public Citizen.

The cryptocurrency industry has made no secret of its displeasure with the Biden administration's approach towards regulating digital assets.

Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen who works for Binance, has been held in Nigeria since February.

Richard Teng, who replaced founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in November, is playing the long game.

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we're covering the drama surrounding "wrapped bitcoin" as Tron founder Justin Sun assumes a custody role, signs of upheaval in the Urbit ecosystem and the rise of dark pools on Eth...

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Customers of Mercado Libre digital bank subsidiary Mercado Pago will be able to buy and sell Meli Dollar with their Brazilian reais balances.

Innovative structures, attractive yields, and stronger risk management capabilities are driving a recovery in institutional crypto lending markets, says Craig Birchall, head of product at Membrane, an institutional loan management software provider for...