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The Next Level of Crypto Adoption: Bank Teaches Clients About Bitcoin
27.10.2019
One German bank has an original way to teach its clients about the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC). It needs only two old-school things to accomplish this: a pen and a paper.
Recently, Cryptonews.com wrote about the Bitcoin-bullish report published by German bank Bayern LB. We’ve...
Top 8 Crypto Tax Platforms
27.10.2019
Making money, spending money, holding money, or just generally being around money, comes with a significant side effect, namely – taxes. The term itself evokes a desire to procrastinate, imagining hours and days of manual calculations and headache. Especially for newbies, it may seem like...
Crypto Convergence: From Decentralization to Direct Listings
27.10.2019
The recent SEC action against Telegram points to a subtle shift in focus when it comes to evaluating tokens – and to a way forward, writes Noelle Acheson
The Future of Cryptocurrency Adoption in Germany
26.10.2019
Germany is one of the world's leading economic powers. However, it isn't quite one of the world's leading cryptocurrency nations, with countries such as Switzerland, Malta, Japan, Singapore, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein having already introduced more progressive legislation related to crypto...
Killers, Giants, Nodes and 20 Crypto Jokes
26.10.2019
So, what happened this week in the Cryptoworld? Bitcoin crashed and the entire market turned bloody. You know, the usual. Until it's not usual and Bitcoin makes one of the biggest move in its history. We found out that Bakkt aims to lure institutional investors with a new product, that Killers...
3 Ways Staking Will Upend the Economics of Ethereum
25.10.2019
As Ethereum 2.0 goes live, how much can stakers make from validating the network?
Colorado Could Be Next in the Race to Bank Crypto (and Cannabis)
24.10.2019
State policymakers want Colorado to be the new Wyoming, creating friendly legislation to draw crypto companies
Regulate Stablecoins – Don’t Squash Them
23.10.2019
Regulators should offer a path for stablecoins to exist alongside current financial systems, writes a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center
ING Bank Devises Privacy Fix for R3’s Corda Blockchain
23.10.2019
ING, the Dutch megabank, has come up with a privacy fix for R3's Corda blockchain
Researchers Uncover Bitcoin ‘Attack’ That Could Slow or Stop Lightning Payments
21.10.2019
A new denial-of-service attack could slow down or completely stop bitcoin payments over the lightning network
Traditional Law and Finance Can Adapt to Bitcoin, These Examples Show
20.10.2019
Bitcoin brought about solutions to persistent problems that stood in the way of previous attempts to invent digital money, such as the risk of double spending. Some of its features, however, like the characteristic irreversibility of blockchain transactions, have created certain challenges for...
Ways And Benefits Of Running Your Own Bitcoin Node
20.10.2019
Running a Bitcoin node is imperative if you want to trust that your Bitcoin transactions are being correctly verified and processed. Unfortunately, the perception is that setting up a full node is difficult.
In this article, you will learn how to set up your own Bitcoin node and discover...
Strange Confusions, Big Money and 20 Crypto Jokes
19.10.2019
It was another week of ups and down in the Cryptoworld. While analysts advise us to keep our eyes on the price formation on large Asian exchanges, XRP jumped the highest among the top 10 on Monday, BAT jumped after Brave's major news, six coins in the top 50 went up by two digits, BNB jumped...
This is How Brexit Might Affect Bitcoin
19.10.2019
Depending on who you ask, Brexit will affect every aspect of British life. But how will the UK leaving the EU affect the bitcoin market? And in particular, how will it affect the BTC/GBP market?
Well, the answers to these questions depend largely on whether or not the UK will crash out of the...
Blockchain-Shy Bank of America Quietly Pilots Ripple Technology
17.10.2019
Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank, has discreetly tested out Ripple’s distributed ledger technology – and may be planning to do more with it
How to Use Bitcoin SegWit Transactions: a Guide
16.10.2019
You’ve probably heard and read the term “SegWit” quite a few times lately. We’ve seen the reports saying that transactions via SegWit are rising, and many in the Cryptoverse have been singing praises to this upgrade, urging platforms and networks left and right to integrate it. Even Binance...
WATCH: MyCrypto CEO Taylor Monahan on Crypto Adoption and Ethereum
15.10.2019
CoinDesk sat down with MyCrypto CEO Taylor Monaghan at Devcon 5 to discuss her crypto journey
WATCH: ‘Big Four’ Exec Says Privacy is Key to Enterprise Blockchain Adoption
15.10.2019
“Enterprises will not go on to the public mainnet without privacy and security," EY's Paul Brody told Coindesk
Next Bitcoin Halving Could Squeeze out Retail Miners, But Jury’s Split on Price
15.10.2019
Bitcoin halvings normally result in price increases. Maybe not this time
Zcash’s Halo Breakthrough Is a Big Deal – Not Just For Cryptocurrencies
14.10.2019
CoinDesk's Mike Casey explores a technological breakthrough by the company behind the zcash cryptocurrency