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PortuguêsEpsilon Theory’s Ben Hunt and NLW discuss why markets are rallying as we enter what promises to be the deadliest week yet of the coronavirus in the U.S. Hunt joins…
Continue ReadingResearchers are sounding the alarm about a new type of hack focused on smart digital assistants like the Amazon Alexa or Apple’s Siri. The hack, called a “SurfingAttack,” uses ultrasonic…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is throwing its weight behind the Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition (BSIC) incubator, a six-week hackathon focused on green energy and sustainable cities. The winners of the not-for-profit BSIC…
Continue ReadingLex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Future of Finance newsletter. Imagine we are venture capitalists…
Continue ReadingTogetherness is the message of Ready Layer One, a conference being planned for early May by the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot, all entities involved in…
Continue ReadingFrances Coppola, a CoinDesk columnist, is a freelance writer and speaker on banking, finance and economics. Her book “The Case for People’s Quantitative Easing” explains how modern money creation and quantitative…
Continue ReadingThe Bank of England (BoE) is open to the possibility that private cryptocurrencies may have a role in the future of money. In a webinar hosted Tuesday, BoE analysts working…
Continue ReadingExperts are aligned in thinking the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is using a billion dollar cryptocurrency war chest to bust sanctions. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into…
Continue ReadingBitcoin traders are used to the mood swings that come with extreme price volatility. They were elated when prices shot up 30 percent in January, the best start to a…
Continue ReadingU.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla is working with the Shanghai Port Group to test if blockchain can make the process of importing goods into China any easier. In an announcement…
Continue ReadingPaxful, a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange, is now letting users transact in gold. CEO Ray Youssef said the new service comes in direct response to user requests, offering a swap option…
Continue ReadingBoth bitcoin and the U.S. stock markets have witnessed a notable recovery rally over the past couple of weeks, but it’s the cryptocurrency that’s taken the lead. Bitcoin clocked a…
Continue ReadingThe Blockchain Association (BA) has supported Telegram’s appeal over a U.S. district court’s decision to block the firm’s token issuance – even outside the country. On April 3, in an…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) donations are helping save Italian lives and protect first responders on the front line of the battle against Covid-19, according to Helperbit, a disaster management platform based on…
Continue ReadingExperts looking at how North Korea continues to import and export goods despite numerous sanctions agree the country’s $1.5 billion cryptocurrency war chest is used to fund an illicit web…
Continue ReadingEther, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, has recorded its single biggest daily gain in over 20 days amid growing confidence in the platform, experts say. Ether (ETH) has…
Continue ReadingIf the privacy and scaling upgrade Schnorr/Taproot makes it into bitcoin (BTC), it could pave the way for advanced and heretofore impossible projects. That is, as they say, good for…
Continue ReadingThe World Economic Forum (WEF) said Monday that blockchain and digitization can help supply chains survive crises like COVID-19. In a co-written blog post by WEF’s Head of Digital Trade…
Continue ReadingWhile more than 40 banks have reportedly expressed interest in Germany’s new crypto custody license, those firms may still have to put up with an anti-crypto sentiment among German banks.…
Continue ReadingCrypto trading company Coinhouse has become the first crypto company to be registered with France’s top financial regulator, the Financial Markets Authority (AMF). The registration means Coinhouse now has a…
Continue ReadingTeddy Fusaro is the chief operating officer at Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency asset management firm in San Francisco. He has held management and leadership positions at alternative asset management…
Continue ReadingNestlé has added its Zoégas coffee brand to the IBM Food Trust blockchain and partnered with the Rainforest Alliance to bolster the coffee’s data traceability. The food giant first announced…
Continue ReadingEmerson Spartz joins The Breakdown to discuss how creativity and digital work can flourish as people are forced to improve how they use the internet and technology. Second order effects…
Continue ReadingZoom, the popular-by-necessity video conferencing platform, has seen an explosion in users as the coronavirus pandemic forces people to work from home. In a recent blog post, CEO Eric S.…
Continue ReadingAt least 10 class-action lawsuits were filed against major crypto firms and personalities accusing them of offering unregistered securities. The thread tying it all together? The lawsuits were filed by…
Continue ReadingChina‘s central bank has sent one of its strongest signals yet of a commitment to creating a digital version of the yuan. “The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) will undoubtedly…
Continue ReadingKraken is growing its legal team, starting with the crypto veteran Marco Santori. The San-Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, which boasts over $180 million in daily volume, announced Monday that Santori would…
Continue ReadingIt’s a new day for CoinDesk’s newsletters. If you previously subscribed to any of our newsletters, you’ll notice they now look a bit different. That’s because we’ve re-launched them with…
Continue ReadingThe Bank of Korea (BOK) has launched a new pilot program for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) amid concerns other nations could take the lead if it sits on…
Continue ReadingJeff Dorman, a CoinDesk columnist, is chief investment officer at Arca where he leads the investment committee and is responsible for portfolio sizing and risk management. He has more than…
Continue ReadingThe new – and now often-cited – connection between bitcoin (BTC) and global equities doesn’t just mean they fall together. Sometimes, it means they rally on potentially good news. And…
Continue ReadingPoloniex has launched an initial exchange offering (IEO) platform that aligns the exchange more closely with the interests of Tron founder Justin Sun. Seychelles-based Poloniex – acquired by a group…
Continue Reading“It’s exactly why bitcoin was created,” Michael Novogratz, CEO of the cryptocurrency-focused investment firm Galaxy Digital, told CNBC last week. It’s a common refrain heard these days from bitcoin bulls: that…
Continue ReadingShyft Network is adding yet another blockchain to its decentralized digital identification network. The Barbados-based firm announced its intentions to build out a Polkadot parachain based on Parity Technologies’ Substrate…
Continue ReadingIn the recent market turmoil, bitcoin did not act like the uncorrelated asset many thought it was. Nor did gold. As things calmed down a bit (or as we got…
Continue ReadingA flood of class-action lawsuits were filed in New York Friday, taking aim at a number of major cryptocurrency projects. First reported by Offshore Alert, at least 10 complaints were…
Continue ReadingVictims of an alleged crypto ponzi scam have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Wells Fargo subsidiary, claiming it ignored the activities of an employee accused of being one of…
Continue ReadingU.K. challenger bank Revolut said Thursday that all standard users will now be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies supported in its banking app, though this won’t include U.S. residents…
Continue ReadingThe company behind the world’s sixth-largest bitcoin mining pool has released software that aims to patch several security problems with such pools. The software, included in the BOSminer software suite,…
Continue ReadingCrypto companies kept buying each other last year even as both M&A and funding deal flow in the industry took a dive, according to a report released Monday by PwC.…
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