James Rubin

James Rubin was CoinDesk's Co-Managing Editor, Markets team based on the West Coast. He has written and edited for the Milken Institute, TheStreet.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit, among other organizations. He is also the co-author of the Urban Cyclist's Survival Guide. He owns a small amount of bitcoin.

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Moody’s Lowers El Salvador Rating, Maintains Negative Outlook Partly Due to Bitcoin Law

The rating agency said that the law and other policy decisions had “weakened governance” and increased tensions with other countries.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

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MicroStrategy Plans to Continue Amassing Bitcoin

The Virginia-based company now holds more than 105,000 bitcoins.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

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Bank of America, Coinbase Ventures Invested in Paxos' $300M Funding Round

The blockchain-based crypto services firm is disclosing more big names from its latest funding round.

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Bank of America Calls CBDCs ‘More Effective' Than Cash in Research Note

The second largest U.S. bank said that the rise of CBDCs was "inevitable."

Bank of America

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Uniswap Labs Limits Access to Some Tokens

The software development studio cited an "evolving regulatory landscape" in making its decision.

DeFiance Capital's Arthur Cheong is raising a new liquid venture capital fund.

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Crypto Lender Celsius Confirms $54M Investment in Miner Core Scientific

The announcement follows just two days after Core Scientific said it planned to list its shares on the Nasdaq via a merger.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

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Stellar Foundation Eyes Potential Acquisition of MoneyGram: Report

The supporter of blockchain-based payment services is partnering with private equity firm Advent on the potential deal.

Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb

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Bitstamp Names Kraken Veteran Zagotta as New US Chief Executive

Robert Zagotta will oversee daily operations and look to grow the exchange's U.S. business.

Bitstamp recruited its first U.S. CEO.

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Ripple Cites SEC Commissioners’ Remarks to Support Dismissal of Case

Lawyers for Brad Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen highlighted the commissioners’ criticism of an unrelated settlement that cited uncertainty about which tokens are considered securities.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

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El Salvador May Issue Its Own Stablecoin: Report

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's brothers reportedly presented the plan to foreign investors.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele