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Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has hired Charles Guillemet as chief technology officer where he will oversee the company's security operations.

Craig Wright and his legal team accidentally asked the court to extend the deadline for his response to Kleiman's latest motion by 90 years.

Thursday, Dec. 5 - cryptocurrency markets have continued to trade sideways, with 18 of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing notable losses at press time.

XRP only saw its price increase by 78 percent, and today, it has a negative year-to-date return of 40 percent.

California-based fintech company Figure Technologies has completed its $103 million funding round led by cryptocurrency asset manager Morgan Creek Digital.

IDEX, the top decentralized exchange for ERC-20 tokens in 2019, according to etherscan, is launching a new DEX on top of Rollup technology, a Layer 2 scalability protocol only made possible through Ethereum's latest "Istanbul" hard fork.

After more than 66 percent of its value got slashed since its August halving, Litecoin saw its hashrate drop from its peak of over 500 TH/s to just 150 TH/s. However, the network's drastically reduced computing power doesn't make it vulnerable to a 51 percent attack, data has shown, as its low price wouldn't justify the cost of the attack.

Texas-based data center provider CyrusOne has reportedly fallen victim to an attack from REvil ransomware, business tech-focused publication ZDNet reported on Dec. 5.

Tune in as CoinDesk podcasts editor Adam B. Levine and senior markets reporter Brad Keoun run down recent action in the markets, interesting longer-term trends and some of the most important crypto industry developments of the day.

Russian mining and smelting giant Nornickel has commenced testing its digital platform for metals trading.

On Dec. 4, $8.9 billion in Bitcoin were moved on the blockchain in a single hour, excluding change volume, which is Bitcoin that returns to the sender.

Cryptocurrency financial services firm Unchained Capital has hired Will Cole of the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force as its new chief product officer, the firm announced Thursday.

Crypto research platform LunarCRUSH has launched a tool ranking the most influential Twitter accounts by their impact on specific cryptocurrencies.

Clients deposit bitcoin, ether or the GUSD stablecoin with BlockFi, then take out U.S. dollar loans against their crypto collateral or earn interest on their deposits.

Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure Technologies has added Morgan Creek Digital's Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano, one of the sector's most exuberant supporters, to its board.

The latest ethereum hard fork, Istanbul, is bringing Layer 2 solutions to the network - this time in the form of a payment channel.

Microsoft's blockchain-enabled cloud platform Microsoft Azure announced the "Azure Heroes" blockchain non-fungible tokens aimed at rewarding its developer community.

Canada-based cryptocurrency mining company Great North Data has submitted a bankruptcy filing, purportedly due to insolvency.

That's the idea behind a new incentives scheme launched by Microsoft in partnership with blockchain gaming project Enjin.

OneConnect, the financial technology subsidiary of Chinese insurance giant Ping An, has updated its filing for an initial public offering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

A team of Morgan Stanley veterans has launched a crypto derivatives trading platform, claiming it is faster and more secure than some of the market's biggest players.

A sharp reversal from resistance at $7,800 on Wednesday has neutralized bitcoin's short-term bullish setup.

For one particular industry, the latter adjective isn't figurative at all, because blockchain can do just that - change the gaming market.

A panel of senior financial regulators in the United States has warned the public about the purported risks of stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.

Great North Data, a firm that ran bitcoin mining and AI processing data centers in Canada, has filed for bankruptcy.

Blockchain will continue to see major investment from China's Hainan Free Trade Zone with new funds fostering local businesses.

Blockchain startup ChromaWay acquired Antler Interactive, a European immersive game studio in a bid to build out its existing game catalog.

Microsoft and blockchain gaming firm Enjin have unveiled a novel tokenized rewards program based on Ethereum, Azure Heroes, and are piloting the scheme in "Selected Western European countries."

South Korea's largest telecoms provider, KT Corporation, is boosting a partnership with China Mobile targeting blockchain technology and 5G roaming.

A panel of top U.S. financial regulators including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urged federal and state officials to monitor risks from digital assets like bitcoin.