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18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin
18.5.2020
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life
Bitcoin Loophole: Wanna Make $13K in 24 Hours? This Crypto Trading App Is a Scam
16.5.2020
A bitcoin investment scheme claiming to help people make over $13,000 within 24 hours has recently gained more attention. Bitcoin Loophole claims to be an algorithmic crypto trading app that enables its members to make daily profits and become millionaires within 61 days. However, it is a scam...
Mexican Companies Launch Crypto Donation Platform For People Impacted by COVID-19
16.5.2020
A Mexican crypto exchange partnered with a local crowdfunding platform to collect donations to help families affected by COVID-19
CSS fix for 100vh in mobile WebKit
15.5.2020
A surprisingly common response when asking people about things they’d fix about anything in CSS, is to improve the handling of viewport units.
One thing that comes up often is how they relate to scrollbars. For example, if an element is sized to 100vw and stretches edge-to-edge, that’s...
JK Rowling Asks About Bitcoin. Accursed Crypto Twitter Scares Her Off
15.5.2020
It took only three (3) hours for Crypto Twitter to scare JK Rowling away from bitcoin
Where Bitcoin Fits in the New Monetary Order
15.5.2020
The third part of The Breakdown’s Money Reimagined series looks at the role of bitcoin and USD stablecoins in the new global monetary order
37 Questions for Cosmos’ Sunny Aggarwal
15.5.2020
Tendermint and Cosmos developer (and part-time pirate) Sunny Aggarwal is the latest intriguing soul to take the CoinDesk Confesssional questionnaire
Meltem Demirors, Caffeine and Curiosity
14.5.2020
CoinShares' Demirors on her legacy: "My memoir will be short and sweet - 'Meltem. She had a good time.'"
Notion-Powered Websites
14.5.2020
I’m a big fan of Notion, as you likely know from previous coverage and recent video. It’s always interesting to see what other people do with Notion, and even how Notion uses Notion.
I’d say most usage of Notion is private and internal, but any page on Notion can be totally...
Surveying the Carnage: Movies, Sports and Education in Crisis
14.5.2020
As the COVID-19 crisis grows, some industries will recover quickly, but some won’t recover at all. In this episode we help you understand which is which
China’s Central Bank Proposes a Blockchain-based Trade-Finance Platform
14.5.2020
China’s central bank, along with other government bodies, proposed a blockchain trade financing information platform
CoinDesk Confessionals: Kathleen Breitman’s ‘Blaze of Glory’
13.5.2020
The CEO of Tezos reveals her biggest fear, and what inspires her most, in an all new CoinDesk Confessional
Why Debt Can’t Buy More Growth, Feat. Jeff Booth
13.5.2020
A conversation with the “Price of Tomorrow” author on the key structural challenge looming over the global economy
Charlie Shrem
13.5.2020
Born in 1989, Charlie Shrem is an American co-founder of former bitcoin exchange BitInstant and a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation. In 2014, Shrem was notably accused of selling more than $1 million worth of bitcoin to users of darknet market Silk Road, operating an unlicensed money...
17,000 Quadrigacx Users Seek $307M from the Failed Canadian Crypto Exchange
13.5.2020
About 17,000 people have filed claims for refunds from the collapsed Canadian digital asset exchange Quadrigacx. Altogether, the claims, denominated in both cryptocurrency and fiat, amount to nearly $307 million. According to a document released Tuesday by Ernst & Young, the court-appointed...
Generation C: Tamara Frankel – The Investor
13.5.2020
“It’s not a total coincidence that all of us who saw the potential of crypto also saw the potential of coronavirus to exponentially grow.”
Generation C: Ameen Soleimani – The Entrepreneur
13.5.2020
“Eventually the old people will die, the rules will go with them, and newer generations will set the cultural norms. As entrepreneurs, it’s part of our role to bring those new concepts into the world.”
Generation C: Phu Styles – The Decentralized Lifestyle Guru
13.5.2020
"A lot of people call it digital nomadism, but it’s more than just that. [It’s about] wanting to build communities all over the world."
Generation C: Adriana Belotti – The Bitcoin Evangelist
13.5.2020
Adriana Belotti is the person at the party who can stop talking about bitcoin
Generation C: Jesse Grushack – The Burner
13.5.2020
The co-founder of Ujo Music, the Ethereal festival and an organizer of Node Republik, a Burning Man camp for ConsenSys workers and Ethereum enthusiasts