CoinDesk Crypto

I dislike conferences. I’m awkward, almost comically introverted and pathologically incapable of striking up a conversation with strangers (sober). It’s an ordeal. My recent decision to attend ETHBarcelona overrode these factors because my intuition told me this was a

If you're interested in NFTs, you probably know that collectors use them to authenticate ownership of artwork and other collectibles on the blockchain. But that's not all they can do. See Our List:...

Last week, the news that Ethereum’s long-awaited transition to proof-of-stake might finally come in September evoked as many “I’ll believe it when I see it” jeers as it did cheers.But not everything on Ethereum is behind schedule. EthCC, a major Ethereum c

Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is up 45% over the week, outpacing most other assets you can bet on. There might be an easy explanation here:Traders are turning bullish as Ethereum’s cadre of developers near the end of a multiyear, hyper-compli

The markets may be down, but it’s important to remember that some of crypto’s most exciting innovations took hold during bear markets, from Bitcoin itself in the wake of the financial crisis to Ethereum to DeFi and NFTs. 

Whether you know a lot about cryptocurrencies or not, you've probably heard about bitcoin. You may have even heard about Ethereum, Litecoin or Bitcoin Cash.

In return for an investor’s deposit, they receive rewards in the form of tokens and token shares. Given the current economic environment of high inflation and low interest rates, crypto staking provides a needed tool for generating passive income and returns.

If you're interested in NFTs but you don't need crypto, you might be surprised to learn that you actually do need crypto. Crypto is the currency of the NFT world -- they both exist on the same...

When you create a non-fungible token (NFT), you establish ownership of a digital asset or online collectible -- and if the world loves it, the right NFT can earn you a bundle of money. See Our List:...

Crypto lender Celsius has half a million creditors owed more than $5 billion, attorneys for the company said during its first bankruptcy hearing Monday.News of Celsius’ liquidity crisis broke on June 12, when the company announced it was pausing all customer withdrawals, ci

Buying cryptocurrency is a risky investment due to market volatility. But if you're looking to get started inexpensively and with less risk, you might consider these low-cost penny cryptocurrencies....

It might come as a surprise that one of crypto’s biggest “use cases” has been in combating climate change, considering the overall sentiment around blockchain’s environmental footprint and heavy energy consumption.In just the last three months of 2021, som

The bankruptcy hearing of Celsius Network could bring greater legal certainty as people continue to use crypto lending platforms, former Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chief J. Christoper Giancarlo told CoinDesk TV's "First Mover" program Monday.Giancarlo, now a

If you've been mining cryptocurrency or investing in crypto for some time, you may have heard of a cryptocurrency fork. But how to fork a cryptocurrency is not something that most people understand....

Cryptocurrency trading across centralized and decentralized exchanges reached new heights during the bull run of 2021, with centralized exchanges recording $14 trillion in trading volume, a sharp rise of 689% from 2020.

As climate change-induced heat waves present an exceptional crunch on power grids worldwide, an opportunity arises to make lemonade from lemons using the world’s premiere decentralized internet currency.

The U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the consumer price index (CPI), the “inflation number,” for June this week. So macro trends are this week’s featured flavor since CPI wasn’t exactly pretty. From the press release:“Over the last 12 mon

Investors have turned to both gold and cryptocurrency as alternative investments meant to keep their money safe. But how does crypto compare to gold?

What is the future of non-fungible tokens? Will they become more than digital art and collectibles? A couple of experts certainly think so. See Our List: 100 Most Influential Money Experts Small...

While in the era of paper money and the fractional bank system this model mostly worked, the rapid digitalization of finance means that central banks will need to shift to new types of monies and intermediaries as the world evolves to digital and cryptographic forms of currency.