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Earlier this week, the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects and the historical context of decentralized organizations.

All kinds of groups are developing for lightning, the likely future of bitcoin payments. Here’s a guide to notable players and projects.

Three class action lawsuits alleging Bitfinex and Tether manipulated the bitcoin market are moving to consolidate, with the stablecoin issuer promising to fight the claims.

Financial advisor and crypto advocate Tyrone Ross joins for hot takes on financial advisors, DeFi, and the most important company in crypto…

Crypto Capital co-founder Reginald Fowler pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business Friday. Additional charges were dropped.

When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they’ll confront an essential question, says Circle’s Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain’s ability to create value for people around the world?

Canada’s top financial watchdog has told crypto exchanges they will be subject to securities law if they act as custodians to users’ digital assets.

Join CoinDesk Podcast Editor Adam B. Levine and Senior Markets Reporter Brad Keoun for a daily, time saving rundown of top news impacting crypto markets today.

The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.

In a departure from earlier announcements, the company now says its Facebook rival, Voice, “will be run on a purpose-made EOSIO blockchain.”

Telegram launched its token sale because it was “short on cash” to pay for servers, the SEC said.

The mobile wallet provider is launching a suite of tools aimed to allow blockchain developers to more easily and cheaply build apps for enterprises.

The SEC has charged Blockchain Terminal founder Boaz Manor with securities fraud for a $30 million ICO conducted in 2017 and 2018.

An IPO offers BTCX the opportunity to help bring transparency to the industry, it’s CEO says.

Bitcoin’s bulls have failed to make a solid move above $9,000, having briefly topped the psychological resistance level earlier on Friday.

The company has said it plans to list on the London Stock Exchange’s main market.

The exchange said it is discussing a strategic partnership with a Softbank subsidiary and Japan-based exchange TaoTao to work together to provide “trading services” in the country.

The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys.

A number of startups are now trying to help retail investors make sense of the tax implications of decentralized finance.

San Francisco Open Exchange unveiled Thursday its new “Separately Managed Account Solution” to help investors create their own crypto trading strategies.

Global provider of professional trading software Trading Technologies announced Wednesday it would provide connectivity to leading derivatives exchange, Deribit

The Libra Association has formed a steering committee to oversee the creation of its technical roadmap.

Patrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay victims $225,000 after pleading guilty to charges he defrauded investors in his crypto trading platform, CabbageTech.

Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz.

House Representatives’ bipartisan legislation would exempt realized crypto gains under $200 from taxation.

What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”