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Chen Min, formerly Canaan's chief chip maker, is releasing a line of ethereum ASICs through her new venture, Linzhi.

Japan's financial regulator is recruiting more people next year to handle the growing interest among Japanese companies in a crypto exchange license.

GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge.

Constantinople, ethereum's next system-wide upgrade, is coming soon to a node near you. Here's what it means.

Seed CX raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Bain Capital. The exchange plans to expand its spot market and derivatives trading services.

OKCoin's founder Star Xu wasn't arrested, but was assisting police in Shanghai over a bitcoin futures dispute, reports clarify.

A startup seeking to rival mining giant Bitmain is gaining a reputation as a firm that could disrupt the balance in crypto's most lucrative sector.

Crypto project Carbon has launched its own ethereum-based, dollar-pegged stablecoin dubbed CarbonUSD.

Blockchain startups Ripple and R3 have resolved a legal battle that saw both firms filing suits in the U.S. over a contract dispute.

The IMF says the Republic of the Marshall Islands should reconsider introducing a cryptocurrency as a second legal tender over perceived risks.

Miners are discussing whether they can get a hardware change added to remove ASICs from an upcoming ethereum software update.

Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.