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 Custody Firm Fireblocks Furthers Push Into Payments With Tools Suite

The new “payment engine” will allow merchants to quickly access funds from customer sales through instant fiat-to-stablecoin conversion. 

Lit Protocol has raised $13 million in a Series A round. (Pixabay)

Finance

State Securities Regulators Move to Shut Down NFT Scam Tied to Metaverse Casino

The action comes as states are increasingly joining forces to tackle crypto crimes.

Bitcoin investors take bets offering downside protection (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Waives Fees for Converting Between USDC and Fiat, Eyeing Global Audience

The company hopes the move will encourage wider global adoption of the stablecoin it helped invent.

(HFA_Illustrations/Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Asset Manager Valkyrie Lost the Biggest Investor in Its $11M Funding Round

Valkyrie is seeking other ways to raise the money, which the company initially said it didn’t really need.

Canary Capital founder and CEO Steve McClurg (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aptos Debuts Its Blockchain, Putting Millions in VC Dollars to the Test

The venture capital darling has been anticipated for months.

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Finance

Smart-Contract Platform Soroban Receives $100M to Build on Stellar Network

The Stellar Network-based platform is supported by a $100 million adoption fund from the Stellar Development Foundation. 

(Pixabay)

Policy

EU Commission Launches Proposal for Study of Automated DeFi Supervision

The study is the latest in a series of moves in a regulatory push across the bloc. 

The EU tentatively agreed its crypto law MiCA in June. (Constantine Johnny/Getty Images)

Policy

Portuguese Proposal Would Enact Taxes on Crypto Transfers, Capital Gains

The country had been notable for having no crypto taxes on individuals, but the finance minister last spring had promised that stance was soon to end. 

(Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)

Finance

Robo-Advisor Betterment Partners With Crypto Exchange Gemini to Offer Customized Crypto Portfolios

The partnership gives Betterment’s 730,000 customers access to customized crypto investment plans based on their risk profiles and interests.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Layer 2

Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: University of Zurich

The No. 3 school runs one of the world’s most active blockchain research hubs just a stone’s throw away from Europe's Crypto Valley. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.

University of Zurich (Getty Images)