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The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin's price pulls back just before the event.

China's central bank, part of CoinDesk's new 50 list, is a pioneer of central digital currencies. Now the rest of the world is racing to catch up.

SEBA Bank is tapping TokenSoft's new European distributor to create a bespoke asset tokenization service.

A surge in bitcoin derivatives suggests institutional investors are getting bitcoin exposure ahead of the halving, the Chicago exchange says.

Notorious hacking group Lazarus is said to be increasing its efforts to steal cryptocurrency from traders and industry professionals during the COVID-19 crisis.

The disruption of money is the meta-theme for this year’s conference. Here are our top picks for those keen to join the conversation on regulation, policy and the future of money.

We’ve taken programming and networking virtual. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to join us.

From Vitalik to Akon, from Larry Summers to Spencer Dinwiddie, here are the influential speakers and vital conversations you can watch on CoinDesk TV, part of this year's free, virtual, real-time Consensus.

There is a notable shift in the style and profile of bitcoin miners, towards more sophisticated structures and financial engineering.

Crypto hedge funds saw their assets under management double to $2 billion in 2019, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Croatia's financial supervisor Hanfa has approved a bitcoin alternative asset fund by Griffon Asset Management.

Brian Klein has spent the last few years representing crypto OGs against the government and each other. His latest high-profile project is to keep Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith out of jail.

The $350 million MakerDAO protocol has become the most important project in DeFi, and DeFi has emerged as the most viable part of Ethereum.

Bitcoin faces a "trilemma," says a leading researcher. Either it becomes more centralized, loses liquidity, or increases supply beyond 21 million.

Other U.S. exchanges, including Kraken, reported all systems as operational during the weekend price crash.

"I believe this technology should democratize access to the financial system."

At-home working opens up security issues for crypto. Oxford University researcher (and Consensus speaker) David Shrier outlines ways to mitigate the risk.

Bitmain remains at the center of the crypto economy. But in China, "mining avengers" are racing to catch up.

Telegram will fork over bank records and communications with its investors in an agreement with the SEC as part of the agency's ongoing lawsuit.

Casual investors are hearing about bitcoin more often while professionals are taking advantage of a growing derivatives market.

Open interest for CME bitcoin futures made a new all-time high of just under $500 million on Friday. CME’s bitcoin futures market are growing faster than nearly every other bitcoin futures market on a percentage and real growth basis.

New Zealand’s central bank is looking for a Head of Money and Cash to focus "on the future of money” and be a "thought leader" for digital currency.

Nearly 85% — or 25.79 million — of addresses holding bitcoin are now “in-the-money.”

Bixin is launching a $66M fund, Massive Adoption's Jacob Kostecki is getting sued and Filecoin is delivering physical hard drives.

The Fed is handing Wall Street an asset inflation payoff while Main Street stares down the barrel of deflation. But bitcoin may benefit.