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Markets

Singapore Man Caned for Stealing $267K From Bitcoin Investor

The man was sentenced to three years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for his part in the robbery and beating of a bitcoin buyer.

Singapore (MOLPIX/Shutterstock)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.4K; Ether Balances on Exchanges Fall to 7-Month Low

Bitcoin price trended upward before losing some steam while ether is moving off centralized exchanges.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Tech

Privacy Startup Nym Will Pay You in Bitcoin to Run Its Mixnet

The start-up is maturing and enabling plugins that allow users to plug in wallets and applications to run their traffic through its mixnet.

Harry Halpin, Nym Technologies (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance’s New Platform Will Connect CeFi and DeFi With $100M Fund

The global cryptocurrency exchange giant is putting up $100 million to support DeFi projects on Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks during Consensus.

Markets

First Mover: DeFi 'Vampire' SushiSwap Sucks $800M from Uniswap; BitMEX Basis Lags

SushiSwap, the "vampire mining" protocol, sucked more than $800 million from rival Uniswap in the latest DeFi mind-bender. PLUS: BitMEX futures distortions.

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Markets

Structural Issues May Be Causing BitMEX’s Low Bitcoin 'Cash and Carry' Returns

BitMEX may be one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms, but it offers the lowest return on bitcoin "cash and carry" trades.

This isn't how a "cash and carry" trade works. (Pixabay)

Finance

Pandemic Will Speed Bitcoin Adoption, Says DBS Bank Economist

When it comes to bitcoin, Singapore's DBS Bank sees a "pandemic-led acceleration of adoption."

DBS Bank, Singapore, Hong Kong

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Makes Headway to $10.3K; Ether Volatility Highest Since May

Bitcoin is making some modest price gains while the ether roller coaster gathers more steam.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 9, 2020

With bitcoin hovering just above $10,000 and a tokenized form of Ethereum transaction fees in the crosshairs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

Markets Daily Front Page Adam Lyllah

Tech

'High' Severity Bug in Bitcoin Software Revealed 2 Years After Fix

A previously undisclosed bug in Bitcoin Core could have let attackers steal Lightning Network funds, delay transfers or split the network had it not been patched in 2018.

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