Elizabeth Napolitano

Elizabeth Napolitano was a data journalist at CoinDesk, where she reported on topics such as decentralized finance, centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, altcoins, and Web3. She has covered technology and business for NBC News and CBS News. In 2022, she received an ACP national award for breaking news reporting.

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Finance

Crypto Options Exchange Deribit Plans Move to Dubai: Report

Amid its larger global expansion, the Panama-based exchange is eyeing the emirate.

Dubai leaders want to turn the UAE city into a hub for the metaverse by 2030. (Captured Blinks Photography/Getty)

Finance

Metaverse-Focused Blockchain Lamina1 Promotes Rebecca Barkin to CEO

The former Magic Leap executive will now oversee all business operations for Lamina1 and ensure the execution of the company’s product roadmap,

Rebecca Barkin (lamina1.com)

Finance

Gemini's Cameron Winklevoss Threatens Legal Action Against DCG CEO After Genesis Bankruptcy Filing

The exchange CEO has been involved in a weeks-long public spat with DCG over the repayment of a $900 million loan.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi-Focused Startup Blue Comes Out of Stealth With $3.2M Raise

The firm offers products to help with know-your-customer and money-laundering checks.

Blue's founders, Casper Yonel (right) and Paul Thomas (left) (Blue)

Policy

Congress' FTX Problem: 1 in 3 Members Got Cash From Crypto Exchange's Bosses

The session began with 196 U.S. lawmakers who took direct contributions from Sam Bankman-Fried and other former FTX executives, and many of them are still trying to get rid of it.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

As Crypto Crashes, Coinbase Bets Big on Europe

Coinbase is leveraging its status as the lone public crypto exchange in a do-or-die play to increase market share across Europe. Without a steady stream of new users, the company may not survive.

Coinbase ad on London Underground (Tube). August 2021. (Sheldon Reback/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Eclipses $17K, Breaking Out of Three-Week Trading Range

Since mid-December, bitcoin had failed to finish a trading day (universal coordinated time or UTC basis) over $17,000, and now analysts wonder if the largest cryptocurrency has formed a market bottom after a horrendous 2022.

Bitcoin finally managed to break the $17,000 threshold after trading in the doldrums since mid-December. (Leo Reynolds/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

US Investigators Subpoena Hedge Funds in Binance Money-Laundering Probe: Report

Authorities have not brought charges against the company, which has faced intense scrutiny following competitor FTX's collapse, the Washington Post reported.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Bank Juno Chooses Zero Hash to Be New Custodian

The company's former custodian, Wyre, is scaling back its services.

Juno's loyalty program (Juno)

Finance

Crypto Bank Juno Tells Customers to Self-Custody or Sell Amid Custodian Wyre's Turmoil

Juno's current custodian, Wyre, will liquidate in January.

Varun Deshpande, CEO y cofundador de Juno, en la silla. (Juno)