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PortuguêsSteven Waterhouse is the CEO and co-founder of Orchid, a privacy tool built on Ethereum designed to let people explore the internet freely. With the global coronavirus pandemic confining billions…
Continue ReadingMakerDAO founder Rune Christensen told CoinDesk late last year that the MakerDAO Foundation had two years left before its planned obsolescence. It sounds like it may take a bit longer…
Continue ReadingResearchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) think COVID-19 may accelerate the adoption of digital payments and sharpen the debate over central bank digital currencies (CBDC). They issued their…
Continue ReadingAsian banks interested in issuing security tokens on R3’s Corda now have a local custodian. Hong Kong-based Hex Trust is partnering with the enterprise blockchain company to offer banking clients…
Continue ReadingKeep Project founder Matt Luongo discusses launching a bridge between bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) as well as what the world looks like for BTC and DeFi after COVID-19. Matt…
Continue ReadingStephanie Hurder, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory focused on the implementation of emerging technologies, and an academic contributor to the World Economic Forum.…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former Texas pastor and his wife for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors through an alkaline water-backed cryptocurrency, TeshuaCoin. Larry Donnell and Shuwana…
Continue ReadingScreen time around the world is way, way up, which has led to a relative surge in a small corner of the cryptocurrency space, its more casual and entertaining one.…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency prices have always been roller coasters, and some rides are scarier than others. However, there may not be much difference in price volatility between the top two coins in the…
Continue ReadingBinance says it’s pouring millions into the global fight against the coronavirus. In an ask-me-anything (AMA) Friday, CEO Changpeng Zhao said his exchange has committed at least $2.4 million in…
Continue ReadingOlga Feldmeier is CEO and co-founder of SMART VALOR, a European digital asset platform for trading, staking and issuance. She previously held executive positions at UBS and Barclays. The rapid spread of the…
Continue ReadingWhile the cryptocurrency space has moved well beyond its cypherpunk origins, some platforms are still determined to let users keep their transactions to themselves. In the works since late 2019,…
Continue ReadingCambrial Capital, a crypto-focused fund of funds, is quietly winding down its operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The fund, which holds between $6 million and $10…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used bitcoin wallet activity and an old exchange account as key evidence to arrest a Russian rapper on charges of conspiracy to commit money…
Continue ReadingTrading activity for bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has picked up pace as bitcoin has extended its recent rally to levels above $7,200. CME traded $347…
Continue ReadingFor cryptocurrency startups seeking the stamp of legitimacy that comes with regulation, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a draw. Being on the borders of a…
Continue ReadingCoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is partner at Castle Island Ventures, a public blockchain-focused venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass. He is also the cofounder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup. In the…
Continue ReadingThe fintech arm of China’s largest insurer and a logistics conglomerate are teaming up to develop a blockchain-based information-sharing platform for one of the country’s biggest trading hubs. OneConnect Financial…
Continue ReadingBitcoin mining machines are on sale. Last month’s crash in cryptocurrency prices has prompted manufacturers to sell inventories at a discount, in some cases as steep as 20 percent, over…
Continue ReadingThe National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA), a major Chinese financial watchdog, warned investors of rising risks in crypto investments. While manipulation is a longstanding concern for crypto investors,…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus crisis will certainly have lasting impacts, but some measures may prove less harmful than others. While countries like Israel and China implement coronavirus emergency measures that digitally track…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s financial regulators launched an information-sharing blockchain platform called PIER on Wednesday. At launch, the blockchain pulls data from three of Brazil’s four major financial institutions: the private insurance superintendent…
Continue ReadingWhile traditional markets continue to flail, bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in general are showing surprising resilience and attracting new audiences. The economic outlook is grim. The jobless claims keep piling…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) suddenly rallied Thursday after weeks in the doldrums, trading above $7,000 for the first time since March 11. The bellwether cryptocurrency was up nearly 15 percent in the…
Continue ReadingA new proposal specification from Ripple‘s software developers would allow users to send private transactions to one another using the XRP ledger. In a GitHub submission earlier this week, Ripple…
Continue ReadingWith a forthcoming product that may entice more decentralized finance (DeFi) players to incorporate bitcoin-backed tokens, Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its Keep tokens to some…
Continue ReadingCoinTracker has partnered with a number of prominent blockchain industry firms, opening up its cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax reporting product to more users. The Y Combinator-backed firm built by…
Continue ReadingAfter three weeks of listening, recording and talking bitcoin (BTC) in Africa, podcaster Anita Posch is back in part 3 of her six-part documentary podcast series. Presented in audio and…
Continue ReadingOne of the first companies to host a token sale, Factom, has notified creditors it has entered receivership after an appeal for additional funding fell on deaf ears. “[FastForward] has…
Continue ReadingDigital custody provider Anchorage has added custodial support for XRP, the company announced in a Thursday blog post. XRP is the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and is best known…
Continue ReadingBinance just bought the top of the funnel. The largest cryptocurrency exchange by market volume has acquired popular data site CoinMarketCap (CMC) for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Thursday.…
Continue ReadingView Historical data suggests bitcoin could put in a positive performance in the second quarter. Bitcoin is currently trapped in a pennant pattern on the daily chart. A breakout will…
Continue ReadingIn times of crisis, people look to their government – or, at least, they want to. They may not have actual faith in the state’s capacity against a pandemic. But…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is extending the timeline for it to approve or disapprove operations by a security token exchange affiliated with Overstock’s tZERO. In a letter…
Continue ReadingOsho Jha is an investor, data scientist and tech company executive who enjoys finding and analyzing unique data sets for investing in both public and private markets. Many bullish investment…
Continue ReadingThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has rated the U.S. “largely compliant” with its revised criteria for preventing money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF) through digital assets. The intergovernmental standards…
Continue ReadingBitcoin and ether are trending down as traditional markets closed in the red Wednesday. On a 24-hour basis, bitcoin (BTC) was in the red 4 percent Wednesday afternoon Eastern time…
Continue ReadingBlockstack, the control-your-data decentralized web developer, has patented the process behind its single sign-on for every dapp system, Blockstack Auth. The patent covers Blockstack’s method for cryptographically signing into dapps…
Continue Reading“Some countries just aren’t going to emerge from the coronavirus.” Peter Zeihan is one of the world’s foremost geopolitical experts. In his new book “Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic has touched every corner of the world economy – even the seedy underbelly of internet commerce. Customers spent fewer bitcoins at darknet markets over the last two…
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