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Stop Treating Bitcoin as Risky. It’s a Safer Asset Than Most
5.3.2020
Bitcoin is often lumped in risky assets like growth stocks, high yield debt, high beta ETFs, venture capital, and emerging markets. In fact, it has many hallmarks of a safe haven in a crisis
JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed
5.3.2020
Some commentary from Zack Bloom on the Cloudflare Blog, looking at requests to CDNJS for versions of jQuery.
What we don’t see is a decline in our old versions which come close to the volume of growth of new versions when they’re released. In fact the release of 3.4.1, as popular as it quickly...
Libra Plus? A New Global Digital Currency Strategy for Facebook
4.3.2020
India’s Supreme Court overturns a crypto banking ban while Facebook prepares fiat-pegged digital currencies alongside Libra
Bitcoin Lawsuit: Lawyers Accuse Craig Wright of Forgery, Can’t Locate Former Nchain CEO
4.3.2020
The Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit in Florida continues to unravel as the plaintiff’s law firm has accused Craig Wright of forging documents that allegedly stemmed from the mysterious bonded courier. Kleiman’s attorney has scheduled a few more depositions with people like Wright’s wife...
Markets Daily Gets Political: The Post-Trust Election
4.3.2020
Today on Markets Daily we're taking a break from our quick-hit news roundup format for a brief discussion about the U.S. election in the age of bitcoin with CoinDesk features editor Ben Schiller and privacy-beat reporter Benjamin Powers
Super Tuesday Special: Which US Election Outcome Is Best for Bitcoin?
3.3.2020
It's Super Tuesday. As Democrats take to the polls to pick their nominee we polled Twitter to ask which candidate would be best for bitcoin and the industry
What I Like About Craft CMS
3.3.2020
Looking at the CMS scene today, there are upwards of 150 options to choose from — and that’s not including whatever home-grown custom alternatives people might be running. The term “Content Management System” is broad and most site builders fit into the CMS model. Craft CMS, a relatively new choice...
Bernie Sanders: Our Campaign Is About People not Tech
3.3.2020
Bernie Sanders has never been closer to delivering a “revolution” in American life. How will he address personal privacy, cryptocurrencies and big tech?
Biden May Not Be Savvy About Big Tech, But He Understands Cybersecurity
3.3.2020
Nobody is chanting “Hey, Ho, Uncle Joe for Crypto!” at a Biden election rally. But the venerable ex-vice president does have things to say about big tech, chiefly in the realm of cybersecurity
How Elizabeth Warren’s Beef With Facebook Could Benefit Bitcoin
3.3.2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is crusading against big banks as one of her core platforms for the 2020 presidential election, but it’s her social media policies that may have the most direct impact on bitcoiners
Klobuchar Wanted a Return to Normalcy, but Do Voters?
3.3.2020
While Trump self-inflated and Bernie talked of revolution, Klobuchar took a middle lane on tech. From election security to privacy to transparency in online ads, Klobuchar was a practical legislator in a chaotic political environment
Pete Buttigieg Was Silicon Valley’s Favorite
3.3.2020
Before dropping out the presidential race, Pete Buttigieg plowed a centrist lane on tech issues, criticizing Silicon Valley without making the radical proposals of Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren
Yang 2020 and the Search for the Next Crypto Candidate
3.3.2020
What’s next for the Yang Gang, and who – if anyone – will inherit their leader’s mantle?
The View From China: Crypto, Crisis and Digital Currencies Feat. Matthew Graham
2.3.2020
Sino Global Capital’s Matthew Graham joins for a discussion of crypto, coronavirus and enterprise blockchain in China
Coronavirus Impacts on Bitcoin (And the IRS’s Dumb Singularity)
1.3.2020
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine discuss coronavirus and its potential impacts or disruptions to the decentralized world of bitcoin. Plus a humorous look at the IRS's challenges as it lumps together bitcoin and... Ro-Bux?
Crypto Firms Tout Dispersed Workforces as Coronavirus Contingency Plan
29.2.2020
They don’t need to shut their headquarters; they don’t have headquarters
Yemen’s Civil War Shows the Dangers of Crypto
28.2.2020
The ongoing civil war in Yemen highlights the contradictions underlying bitcoin adoption
Understanding This Week’s Market Whiplash, Featuring Scott Melker
28.2.2020
What one of the worst weeks in recent history can teach us about market fundamentals, featuring prominent crypto trader Scott Melker
How to Contact CoinDesk’s Editors and Reporters (the Right Way)
28.2.2020
We've made it a lot easier to reach us. Our new masthead lists all CoinDesk reporters and editors, their beats and verified contact information
A 101 Guide to Ethereum’s ProgPOW Controversy
27.2.2020
Why the ProgPoW debate is really about process, power, and the threat contentious hard forks pose to DeFi