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Coindesk / Multicoin Capital Hires Principal in Asia as Crypto VCs Look East

December 6, 2019 / coindesk

In a letter sent to Multicoin’s investors last month, the firm said, “a significant amount of information travels through word of mouth, WeChat groups, and Mandarin-only social media properties.” As…

Coindesk / MARKETS DAILY: Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race

December 5, 2019 / coindesk

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Coindesk / Stack Overflow VP Joins Crypto Lending Firm as Chief Product Officer

December 5, 2019 / coindesk

Cole leaves Stack Overflow, a resource site for programmers, where he’s been vice president of product since 2012. Becoming familiar with bitcoin that same year, Cole was tapped for the…

Coindesk / Pompliano Joins Board of Blockchain-Based Lending Firm After $103M Raise

December 5, 2019 / coindesk

The raise brings Figure’s total funding to more than $225 million and values it at $1.2 billion, according to a company press release. Aside from Morgan Creek, which led the…

Coindesk / What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads

December 4, 2019 / coindesk

CMT Digital’s head of trading, Brad Koeppen, agreed. Cryptocurrency markets are almost uniquely vulnerable to gossip and sentiment swings, he said. The correlation between public personas and trading activity isn’t…

Coindesk / MARKETS DAILY: Is Bitcoin Market Manipulation Profitable?

December 4, 2019 / coindesk

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Coindesk / MARKETS DAILY: China Picking Winners While Traders Wonder

December 3, 2019 / coindesk

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Coindesk / MARKETS DAILY: A North Korean Conspiracy and Top Hacks of 2019

December 2, 2019 / coindesk

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Coindesk / PODCAST: Altcoins and Ancient History with Litecoin’s Charlie Lee

December 1, 2019 / coindesk

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. He is known for delivering electric talks that combine economics,…

Coindesk / Lebanese Bitcoiners Show How to Talk About Crypto At Thanksgiving

November 27, 2019 / coindesk

“I believe bitcoin is helpful, especially for expats looking to send money to help family in Lebanon. I’ve actually been getting a few calls about that today,” another bitcoiner in…

Coindesk / Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money

November 26, 2019 / coindesk