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Finance

Bitstamp to Roll Out Regulated Derivatives Trading in Europe: Sources

Leveraging its MiFID credentials, Bitstamp is preparing a regulated perpetual swap offering.

The Bitstamp executive team (Bitstamp)

Videos

Bitcoin Overtakes Oil Giant, What's Next?

Bitstamp U.S. CEO and global CCO Bobby Zagotta joins CoinDesk to discuss the euphoric sentiment across the crypto industry following the U.S. presidential election. Plus, insights on allocating bitcoin and other mid-cap tokens in a portfolio. This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.

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Finance

Stripe Partners With Bitstamp to Make Crypto Buying Easier for European Users

The widget won't be available to customers in the U.K.

Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (Bitstamp)

Videos

Robinhood to Buy Crypto Exchange Bitstamp; Core Scientific Rejects CoreWeave's Buyout Offer

"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as trading platform Robinhood announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash. Plus, Core Scientific has rejected the more than $1 billion buyout offer from cloud computing firm CoreWeave and Binance can once again allow Mastercard users to purchase crypto on the exchange.

Recent Videos

Finance

Robinhood to Buy Crypto Exchange Bitstamp in Effort to Expand Outside the U.S.

The all-cash deal is valued at $200 million and is expected to close in the first half of 2025.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

European Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Receives In-Principle Approval in Singapore

Bitstamp describes itself as the "first crypto exchange with major European Union (EU) presence to secure in-principle approval in Singapore."

Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (Bitstamp)

Finance

Societe Generale-Backed Euro Stablecoin EURCV Starts Trading on Bitstamp

The listing marks the first time a euro stablecoin issued by a fully regulated bank is available on a cryptocurrency exchange.

SocGen branch

Tech

The Protocol: Friend.tech Fades as Crypto Craze, but Ethereum Is Scaling

This week in blockchain tech: Polygon's new "chain development kit," Farcaster's move to Optimism, Shibarium's return and Interlay's new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys's Linea.

The silver lining from the Friend.tech episode is that it reveals Ethereum's scaling strategy might be working. (Creative Commons)

Policy

Bitstamp to Stop Ether Staking in U.S. Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

The Luxembourg-based exchange said that all other services will remain unaffected.

The Bitstamp booth at a crypto conference (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Market Doesn't React Much to PayPal Stablecoin

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 8, 2023.

News that PayPal will issue a stablecoin failed to jolt the crypto market. (CoinDesk archives)