James Rubin

James Rubin was CoinDesk's Co-Managing Editor, Markets team based on the West Coast. He has written and edited for the Milken Institute, TheStreet.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit, among other organizations. He is also the co-author of the Urban Cyclist's Survival Guide. He owns a small amount of bitcoin.

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Finance

US Treasury Officials, Financial Industry Executives Met to Discuss Stablecoins: Report

In meetings this week, the officials and executives discussed regulation and related topics.

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Finance

Soccer Powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain Names Crypto.com as Cryptocurrency Partner

The exchange will pay a large part of its sponsorship fee with its CRO token.

Paris Saint-Germain is accelerating its crypto experimentation. (Visionhaus/Getty Images)

Tech

Harmony Has $300M for Projects Looking to Expand Beyond Ethereum

The blockchain’s Harmony Foundation is offering a boatload of ONE tokens to attract top projects.

CELEBRATING ONE: The Harmony team. (Courtesy photo)

Finance

Ex-NYSE Broker Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating $33M Crypto Scam

As chief trading officer of the investment club Q3, Michael Ackerman falsely touted monthly returns of over 15%.

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Finance

Japan’s SBI Holdings to Launch Crypto Fund: Report

The fund could reach several hundred million dollars and include bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

Chia Network Names New Head of Developer Relations

Paul Ford will be responsible for launching the Chialisp Developer Program.

Chia Network's Paul Ford (Photo: Aaron B. Hockley)

Finance

Genesis Digital Assets Buys 20K Bitcoin Mining Machines From Canaan

The company has the option to purchase 180,000 more.

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Finance

Square’s Jack Dorsey Plans to Build Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange

The Square and Twitter CEO first announced plans to create an “open developer platform” in July.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018, image via CoinDesk archives

Finance

1inch Network Aiming for $70M Venture Round at $2.25B Valuation

The company said it was in the early stages of its Series B token sale.

Left to right: 1inch co-founder Anton Bukov, co-founder Sergej Kunz and smart contract developer Mikhail Melnik.

Finance

Coinbase Names Former Facebook Executive as CMO

Kate Rouch spent more than a decade at the social media giant.

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