The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
Debate Rages on Whether a Digital Dollar Will…
With record U.S. money printing failing to achieve much-needed economic stimulus, some observers now expect creation of a “digital dollar” central bank digital currency (CBDC) will not only speed payments to consumers but also spur…
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Latest Rally Proving Irresistible as…
Bitcoin was lower, pausing a powerful rally that has seen the largest cryptocurrency jump 25% in October to the highest levels since June 2019. Traditional financial-media outlets like Bloomberg News were writing about it. Prices appeared to…
Crypto Long & Short: The OKEx Drama Exposes…
This week saw more exchange drama rock the crypto markets. OKEx, one of the industry’s largest crypto-fiat exchanges, suspended all cryptocurrency withdrawals, saying one of the exchange’s key holders has “been out of touch” with…
Scammers Are Impersonating Kraken Listing Staff on LinkedIn,…
Scammers have been impersonating members of Kraken’s token listing team and employees in recent weeks, promising coverage of projects in exchange for a fee. Kraken, a digital-asset exchange operating from the United States, said Friday…
Looking for a Job in Crypto? Here Are…
So, you’re trying to get a job in crypto. Do you need a degree to showcase your mastery of blockchain technology? “No,” said Columbia University adjunct professor Omid Malekan, “because that almost doesn’t exist.” This…
The Web Wasn’t Built for Privacy, but It…
Privacy means different things to different people. To some, it’s secrecy. To others, it means anonymity. To some others, it’s associated with criminality. But privacy is really about power. When the web was invented, its…
The Web Wasn’t Built For Privacy – But…
Privacy means different things to different people. To some, it’s secrecy. To others, it means anonymity. To some others, it’s associated with criminality. But privacy is really about power. When the web was invented, its…
Self-Sovereign Identity Explained
Brace yourself for a concept that will feel jarring, an idea that will clash with everything you know about 2020 and a philosophy that will feel downright unthinkable: Optimism. Many internet 2030 scenarios are bleak.…
Onecoin Victims Join Petition Seeking Establishment of Crypto…
Onecoin victims have joined a consortium that wants the European Parliament to consider a petition seeking the establishment of a compensation fund. The envisioned EU-administered fund will function as an insurance kitty for current and…
DeFi Summer is Over: As Token Prices Drop,…
The leaves are falling. Cold winds are blowing. After a hot, hot DeFi summer, it looks like we’re headed for a DeFi fall (no, but really). The Most Diverse Audience to Date at FMLS…
Onecoin Victims Join Petition Seeking Establishment of European…
Onecoin victims have joined a consortium that wants the European Parliament to consider a petition seeking the establishment of a compensation fund. The envisioned EU-administered fund will function as an insurance kitty for current and…
New Zealand Digital Asset Exchange Dasset Adds Bitcoin…
New Zealand digital asset exchange, Dasset, recently announced that it has officially introduced support for Bitcoin SV (BSV) on its trading platform, with the BSV/NZD and BSV/BTC trading pairs now listed and available for use…
Binance’s “Build for Bharath” Accelerator Program to Boost…
Binance has announced the launch of “Build for Bharat,” a new hackathon and accelerator program for the DeFi ecosystem in India. The announcement came on in a post on Binance’s official blog on August 23rd.…
Crypto Crimes Rated: From the Twitter Hackers to…
The high-profile Twitter hack — which saw malicious actors take over 130 verified accounts including Bill Gates and Elon Musk — managed to be both technically brilliant and incomprehensibly stupid at the same time. It…
Litecoin Gets Bullish Speculation, at Last, as Upgrade…
The cryptocurrency litecoin is often referred to as the silver to bitcoin’s gold. This year, litecoin investors might have been better off staying in the analog world: While bitcoin has gained twice as much as…
Defcon Speaker Discusses Liberating $300K Worth of Bitcoin…
This year due to the coronavirus outbreak the world-famous hackers’ convention Defcon held it’s 28th annual event with virtual presentations in “safe mode.” One of the presentations was from an executive from Pyrofex, Michael Stay,…
Government-Owned Swiss Bank Launching Crypto Trading and Custody…
Basler Kantonalbank (BKB), Switzerland’s eighth-largest bank, is getting into crypto through its subsidiary, Bank Cler. Owned by the Swiss Canton of Basel-City, BKB has total assets of approximately $49 billion. Swiss Canton Bank Launching Crypto…
First Mover: Bitcoin at Last Passes $10K, But…
Bitcoin has at last broken convincingly above the all-important $10,000 mark, but why has it struggled so much in recent months when gold has soared to an all-time high? Earlier this year, digital-asset investors were…
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a…
Cryptocurrency traders yawned at one of the year’s biggest news stories for bitcoin, with prices barely budging as the digital-asset industry became a primary victim of this week’s massive hack on Twitter accounts. The notoriously…
First Mover: Pie Anyone? DeFi Pushes ETF-Style Investing…
Entrepreneurs in the white-hot arena of decentralized finance have used cryptocurrency technologies to build automatic systems that might someday challenge or even supplant traditional banks and exchanges. Now, DeFi is taking on the asset-management industry,…
First Mover: With Trading Volumes Slumping, Are There…
Bitcoin’s notorious volatility has practically disappeared during the most-recent phase of the coronavirus-induced economic crisis – and that’s now taking a toll on trading volumes at cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. For more than two…
Twitter Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each…
Torus, a Singaporean crypto key management platform, now allows users to send cryptocurrencies through social media platforms like Twitter. With Torus’ latest update, v1.7.2, users can now send tokens to any Twitter or GitHub account,…
First Mover: XRP Just Isn’t Exciting Crypto Traders…
XRP, the fourth-biggest digital asset by market value, has been left out of 2020’s rally in cryptocurrencies, marking the second straight year of underperformance compared with its larger and more popular rivals, bitcoin and ether. …
Money Reimagined: The Fed, Hertz, a Bonkers Stock…
While this week’s sell-off in stocks was steep, the S&P 500 is still up 34% from its March 23 nadir on Friday morning. In other words, the United States’ fiscal and monetary COVID-19 stimulus efforts…
How Blockchain Is Changing the Advertising Industry
Even though advertising has been around for about as long as commerce has, in today’s digital age entirely new problems are popping up that are souring the experience for advertisers, publishers and the public alike.…
First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Shows Traders Don’t Care…
Cryptocurrency traders don’t seem to care that Goldman Sachs is such a bitcoin hater. At least, that’s the signal markets are sending. Bitcoin prices have surged since the Wall Street heavyweight’s money-management division declared in…
To See Libra’s Potential, Look at the Philippines,…
Leah Callon-Butler, a CoinDesk columnist, is the director of Emfarsis, a consulting firm focused on the role of technology in advancing economic development in Asia. The recent update to the Libra white paper has re-ignited…
Interest-Bearing Crypto Accounts: A ‘Gateway’ for New Crypto…
The economic uncertainty brought about by the spread of the coronavirus has been the source of much stress and much systemic reorganization over the past several months. As a result–and perhaps somewhat ironically–this seems to…
Blockchain Bites: Capitalizing on Enterprise Blockchain and Reading…
Top Shelf On Wednesday we learned that less than a 1% of the total suspicious activity reports filed with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network since 2013 were crypto-related. Speaking at a workshop on FATF's Travel Rule, FinCEN Director Kenneth Blanco…
Blockchain Bites: FATF, Financial Inclusion and Banking Without…
Things are settling in on the third day of Blockchain Week. Tuesday saw Nym’s Harry Halpin give an in-depth demonstration on how to shield your transactions, while Vitalik Buterin walked back a comment he made the previous…
Blockchain Bites: The Government Won’t ‘Kill DeFi’ but…
Top Shelf Progress must keep pace with need. An overriding theme during day three of Consensus: Distributed was that the pace of technological development - driven by interconnected but diffuse organizations - must keep up…
BitMEX Hit with $540M Lawsuit from Purported Early…
BitMex, one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, and its founder Arthur Hayes have been slapped with an amended lawsuit from self-proclaimed early investors in the crypto derivatives platform. First plaintiffs Frank Amato and…
Blockchain Bites: Your Ultimate Guide to Consensus Distributed,…
As the sun rises on the second day of Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk TV will draw to a close. We kicked off our virtual event with a 24-hour non-stop live stream featuring more than 50 programs and dozens…
Blockchain Bites: Making Sense of the Halving, Consensus…
We’re not even halfway through the first full day of Consensus: Distributed, and the world may never be the same. The most ambitious conference of its kind kicked off with CoinDesk TV, a full 24…
Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’…
There's a lot of action happening in enterprise-grade blockchains. Big Blue's preferred chain, Hyperledger, is being tapped by three energy grid operators, a new consortium to establish digital identities for public and private organizations and…
Ripple Co-Founder Sold 54M XRP in April: ‘No…
A recent analysis of XRP wallets known to belong to Stellar and Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb shows that he sold 54 million XRP tokens throughout the month of April–roughly 1.8 Million XRP a day. The…
Data Shows the US Economy Was Collapsing 5…
During the last two months, the global economy has shuddered and a great number of people still attribute the financial meltdown to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, during the last two weeks, the blame has shifted,…