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Tecnología

Former FTX.US President’s New Venture Is Seeking to Harness AI for Crypto Trading

Brett Harrison’s new firm, Architect, aims to be an one-stop platform for institutional-grade crypto trading.

Brett Harrison (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tecnología

Polygon’s Blockchain to Undergo Hard Fork

The software upgrade scheduled for Jan. 17 will address gas spikes and chain reorganization.

Polygon APIs will soon be available on The Graph. (Aquaryus15/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Flashbots Reveals New Version of Its Key Ethereum Software

Development of SUAVE, as the project is codenamed, has been going on for a year.

(Getty/Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao)

Finanzas

Crypto Tracer Elliptic Hires Software Veteran Jackson Hull as CTO

Hull takes over a role previously held by Elliptic’s co-founder James Smith.

Elliptic has hired Jackson Hull as its chief technology officer. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinberry Files Lawsuit Against 50 Users After Losing 120 BTC

A software error involving Canadian dollar transfers allowed users to siphon 120 bitcoins without paying in 2020.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Zcash’s NU5 Upgrade Goes Live, Boosting Privacy and Removing ‘Trusted Setups’

The privacy coin now allows transactions that are shielded by default, so users no longer have to opt in to hide payment details on the blockchain.

Zooko Wilcox, creator of Zcash and CEO of Electric Coin Company, in 2019. (CoinDesk archive)

Finanzas

ZenLedger Raises $15M to Expand Crypto Tax Products

The funding comes on the heels of ZenLedger’s “best tax season ever.”

The deadline for filing U.S. tax returns is April 18. (Pictures of Money/Flickr)

Opinión

Review of 6 Crypto Tax Software Packages

A crypto tax expert investigated a host of innovative and ambitious crypto tax companies and the products they offer. Here’s what he found.

(charlesdeluvio/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Vídeos

Kevin O’Leary: ‘Bitcoin Is Not a Coin. It’s Simply Software’

Kevin O’Leary, co-host of “Shark Tank” and O’Shares ETFs Chairman, discusses his approach for evaluating start-ups in crypto and investing in the wider blockchain space. “If you’re willing to invest in Microsoft and Google, why wouldn’t you invest in Ethereum? … It’s all software,” O’Leary said.

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Vídeos

Norton Antivirus Criticized for Installing Crypto Mining Software on Computers

Last June, Norton launched a new feature called “Norton Crypto,” which enabled cryptocurrency mining on its LifeLock security software. Consumers are now concerned about energy consumption and difficulty disabling this function, while Norton claims it is opt-in. “The Hash” discusses Norton’s intentions with this feature as the software company will collect a 15% fee for all ETH mined and the broader issues of antivirus software.

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