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EasyA Wants to Attract More Than Just ‘Bounty Hunters’ to Its Hackathons

The start-up is hosting hackathons at the upcoming Consensus conferences in Hong Kong and Toronto that are expected to attract hundreds of developers.

Easy A co-founders Phil (left) and Dominic Kwok

Policy

Ledger Co-Founder's Kidnapping Highlights Threat of Crypto Robberies

David Balland and his wife were rescued in a police operation involving elite units, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Gains 8.0% as Nearly All Assets Trade Higher

Solana (SOL) joined Hedera (HBAR) as a top performer, gaining 4.8% from Thursday.

Finance

Real Estate Firm Propy Is Rolling Out Crypto-Backed Loans to Buy Houses

Bitcoin and ether holders can get loans to acquire tokenized properties — and use their crypto as collateral.

Natalia Karayaneva (Propy)

Markets

Bitcoin Options Worth $7.8B Set to Expire at End of Month on Deribit

Some $6 billion of the notional value in bitcoin is currently set to expire out of the money.

Open Interest by Strike Price, Bitcoin (Deribit)

Markets

Bitcoin Whales in ‘Accumulation Phase’ After Trump Inauguration: CryptoQuant

Selling pressure for Bitcoin has been reduced greatly after realizing daily profits as high as $10 billion as the asset approached $100,000 in December.

A whale leaping out of the sea. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Policy

Prediction Markets Don't Have a Gambling Problem, Says Crypto Attorney

While regulators around the world ban Polymarket for being a gambling platform, attorney Aaron Brogan has a good argument for why it's not.

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Markets

Semler Scientific Tumbles After Market Close on Convertible Note Offering, Earnings

Fourth-quarter revenue and income from operations rose while the medical-devices company holds 2,321 BTC.

A hand adds another coin to a stack. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Venture Capital Funding to Rise This Year, Won't Hit Previous Highs: JPMorgan

Digital asset projects are increasingly turning to community-driven platforms to raise money, the report said.

JPMorgan (Shutterstock)

Markets

TRUMP, MELANIA Memecoins Made Millions for Some, Less Than $100 for Many

An analysis of wallets showed 77% of TRUMP holders earned less than $100, with over 80% of TRUMP or MELANIA holders likely to be investors who held less than $1,000 worth of Solana-based assets.

Trump's BTC reserve comprises of coins seized in enforcement actions. (hoekstrarogier/Pixabay)

Markets

Vitalik Buterin Calls for Added Focus on Ether as Part of the Network's Scaling Plans

Buterin called for implementing incentives for layer 2 networks to allocate a portion of their fees to ETH using mechanisms like burning fees and staking.

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Markets

RUNE Plunges 30% as THORChain Pauses Bitcoin, Ether Withdrawals

The pause comes amid community concerns around the settlements protocol solvency.

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Markets

Bitcoin Steady Near $104K After Bank of Japan Delivers Hawkish Rate Hike

Risk assets, including BTC, held steady while the Japanese yen rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest in 17 years.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Financial Reporting Bulletin

The SEC published a new staff accounting bulletin rescinding SAB 121, which set certain rules for financial firms wanting to hold crypto.

SEC

Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas

Also: New grants for DePIN; DAO governance merger

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