Daniel Palmer

Previously one of CoinDesk's longest-tenured contributors, and now one of our news editors, Daniel has authored over 750 stories for the site. When not writing or editing, he likes to make ceramics.

Daniel holds small amounts of BTC and ETH (See: Editorial Policy).

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Finance

BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership

The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership.

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair

Finance

JPMorgan May Merge Its Blockchain Project With Ethereum Studio ConsenSys: Report

The banking giant is apparently in talks to merge Quorum with ConsenSys, the ethereum-focused software developer and investor.

JPMorgan

Markets

Coinbase Adds Support for 2 More Cryptocurrencies in New York State

The exchange has now added the privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency zcash and its own USDC stablecoin in New York state.

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Finance

Digital Banking Startup Targets UK License to Serve Crypto Firms

DAG Global says it's had no "red flags" raised in discussions with British financial regulators.

City of London

Finance

BitGo Grows Crypto Custody Options With New Swiss and Germany Entities

The U.S.-based custodian is expanding its crypto custody service to Europe with the launch of two entities in Switzerland and Germany.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Markets

New Crypto Exchange Altsbit Says It Will Close Following Hack

Altsbit says it can only issue partial refunds after the hack and will shut down after that process is complete.

Credit: Shutterstock

Policy

Chinese Crypto Investment Firm Asked to Remove London Underground Ads

Zeux reportedly touted an investment scheme with 5 percent interest but didn't state it sent the funds back to China using crypto.

Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

Paystand Raises $20M to Be Blockchain-Based 'Venmo' for Commercial Payments

The firm offers a platform using blockchain tech to automate commercial payments.

Dollars

Markets

Coronavirus Concerns Cause Another Crypto Event to Be Postponed

A crypto conference planned for Hong Kong in March is one of several postponed over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

People in Hong Kong wear masks to protect against the coronavirus outbreak (Jan. 28, 2020). Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

Sony VC Fund Joins 'Over $14M' Funding Round for Digital Asset Platform Securitize

A venture capital fund under the management of Sony Financial Ventures (SFV) and Global Brain has invested an undisclosed amount in security token issuance platform Securitize.

Securitize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo