Markets

Coinbase Custody to Support Secure Cardano Staking This Year

Cardano users will be able to securely stake their ADA tokens from inside Coinbase's cold storage.

Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale speaks at Invest: NYC 2019. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cardano Developer IOHK Launches $20M Fund for Ecosystem Startups

The cFund will invest anywhere between $250,000 and $500,000 into startups and small businesses using Cardano or IOHK tech initiatives.

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Markets

First Mover: Cardano's No Ethereum Killer Yet, but It's Winning in Crypto Markets

Cardano's ADA token is racking up impressive gains this year, possibly over speculation the network's early adoption of a proof-of-stake blockchain might help it win a growing share of the DeFi space.

Trevor Koverko and Charles Hoskinson (right) at CoinDesk Construct 2019 (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Tech

The Free Market Will Determine Cardano's Fate: IOHK's Charles Hoskinson

A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, Hoskinson tells CoinDesk.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

Markets

Bitcoin Bumps Up, but for How Long?

Traditional markets continue to struggle during the coronavirus crisis while cryptocurrencies are seeing an upswing.

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Markets

Fintech Think Tank Takes Legal Action Against Cardano Foundation

London-based think tank Z/Yen has taken legal action against the Cardano foundation for allegedly terminating a 2017 agreement.

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Tech

IOHK Opens Cardano Research Lab at University of Wyoming Following $500K Donation

The blockchain center at the University of Wyoming will feature a Plutus development facility, providing blockchain developers with an applied laboratory for writing code in cardano's smart-contract language.

The Wyoming Division of Banking just granted its first crypto-friendly bank charter Wednesday. (Shutterstock)

Markets

From Cardano to Ethereum, 2020 Could Be Deciding Year for Proof-of-Stake

Two of the industry’s most hotly anticipated PoS networks are scheduled to (re)launch in Q1.

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Markets

Cardano and New Balance Will Team up to Stop Counterfeit Kicks

IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson announced a sneaker partnership at the Cardano Summit in Bulgaria this weekend.

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Markets

Proof-of-Stake Could Lead to Crypto Banking. Let's Avoid That

"Staking as a service" is taking off. We need to think hard about what this means for crypto's evolution, warns Michael J. Casey.

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