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What All These VC Deals and Acquisitions Say About the State of the Crypto Markets
5.2.2020
Three funding announcements and three M&A deals give us a window into understanding what investors in the crypto space are most interested in
Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 5, 2020
5.2.2020
With the price of bitcoin headed back towards recent highs, Markets Daily is back with another crypto news roundup
Public Sale Is Live for Coin Powering Cypherpunk Pioneer David Chaum’s Privacy Focused Xx Network
5.2.2020
The Xx network is designed to allow people to communicate and exchange value without revealing any information to intrusive government agencies or companies that collect and sell personal data. It was created by Dr. David Chaum, a world-renowned cryptographer and privacy advocate. The public sale...
Mint Bot Allows Telegram Users to Tip People in Chat Rooms With Any SLP Token
5.2.2020
A software developer recently launched a new Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tipping bot for Telegram chats that allows anyone to tip any SLP token using the application. The developer and Reddit user ‘Maxwell10206’ revealed the platform on Monday and people can join the Mint SLP Telegram...
Handshake’s Uncensorable Web Domains Go Live on Mainnet
4.2.2020
Namebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre joins @nlw to talk about why uncensorable web domains matter as Handshake goes live to mainnet
Yes, We’re Talking About Voting on the Blockchain
4.2.2020
With Iowa election results still unconfirmed, Markets Daily is back and digging into the question... Would a blockchain have helped?
How To Buy Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Using Paypal
4.2.2020
These days there are myriad ways people can purchase cryptocurrencies, and the payment platform Paypal is a popular choice. Multiple crypto brokerage services and exchanges allow people to buy digital currencies with the payment option. The following post is a simple guide and list of exchanges...
Deplatforming, Ethereum Marketing and Whether Brexit Matters for Crypto
3.2.2020
A look at social media censorship discussion plus ethereum marketing and Brexit reactions with Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier
China Stocks Plummet Despite 1.2 Trillion Yuan Injection to Mitigate Effects of Epidemic
3.2.2020
China’s stock market plunged Monday under selling pressure accumulated during a prolonged holiday. Investors have been worried by the coronavirus outbreak that’s already taken the lives of more than 360 people. Beijing authorities have responded by pumping well over a trillion yuan into...
Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 3, 2020
3.2.2020
As bitcoin traders gain confidence, Markets Daily is back with news of the day
Justin Sun Re-emphasizes on MPC Torch Project; Says 20 People Attended
3.2.2020
TRON Foundation announced the MPC Torch project last month, a part of the largest ever Privacy Protocol MPC, TRONZ. Justin Sun has been promoting the project and has re-emphasized the importance of it. He tweeted on Monday that about 20 people have attended the MPC Project to date and that...
Libre Not Libra – Thinking Critically About Facebook’s Blockchain Project
2.2.2020
Years of jokes about “FaceCoin” and “ZuckBucks” have finally come to life – sort of
Stacking Fasts: Inside the Crypto Community’s New Diet Craze
1.2.2020
The Bitcoin Fasting Group skips breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s not as bad as it sounds
Scotland’s Bitcoiners Share Canny Tales of ‘Buying the Dip’
31.1.2020
A meetup in Scotland afforded a forensic examination of bitcoin's rollercoaster cycle – with plenty of examples of the emotional trauma that accompanied the ride
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
31.1.2020
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the everyday individual. From the top of the economic pyramid of world reserve currencies, down through central bank and commercial bank money, the capacities and function...
The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds
31.1.2020
Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi
Listen to Elon Musk’s Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup
31.1.2020
We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000
USA vs. Virgil Griffith: What We Know (and Don’t) in the Bombshell Crypto Sanctions Case
31.1.2020
Prosecutors appear to have a strong case against Virgil Griffith, the ethereum developer charged with conspiring to aid North Korea, legal experts say
The Unsolved Mystery of How to Fund Public Protocols
30.1.2020
Gitcoin, BCash and Zcash all try different paths to fund public protocol development, plus the latest in CBDCs from Japan and Cambodia and Andrew Yang on crypto
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 30, 2020
30.1.2020
Markets Daily is back with news of the day and clips of Democratic Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang's recent crypto comments