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CoinDesk Live: How This ‘Legal Wrapper’ for DAOs Could Democratize Venture Capital
23.4.2020
A limited liability autonomous organization is the next chapter of capital formation, Aaron Wright and Priyanka Desai of OpenLaw explain
Fighting Scams and Preaching Bitcoin in Botswana, Feat. Alakani Itireleng
23.4.2020
On this final episode of the Bitcoin in Africa series, we join Anita Posch as she travels to Botswana and speaks with Alakanani Itireleng on bitcoin's present and potential future in the "original home of the honey badger"
How a Crypto Guru Shaped Harvard’s Roadmap for Reopening the US Economy
23.4.2020
Glen Weyl, an intellectual firebrand of the Ethereum community, played a key role in crafting a pandemic-fighting blueprint just published by Harvard
Anyone Can Host a Crypto Exchange – Tim Draper Backed Startup Launches New WordPress Plugin
22.4.2020
There’s a new plugin available that gives people the ability to launch a cryptocurrency exchange on any WordPress-based website. The project called Wpcryptoexchange is a product created by the Tim Draper-backed startup Draper Goren Holm. With the plugin, anyone can launch a digital currency...
Why the Fed Is the Only Sugar Daddy Left, Feat, Luke Gromen
22.4.2020
A look at how we went from the Bretton Woods system of gold-backed USD to the QE Infinity of today
As Museums Go Dark, Crypto Art Finds Its Frame
22.4.2020
With the physical world closed, artists are presenting their works in the digital glow of online showrooms, like the new Nifty Gateway
Petro-Dollar System Crumbles: US Dollar Could Collapse from the World’s Oil Wars
22.4.2020
During the last few days, people witnessed history when the price of crude oil dropped below zero to -$40 per barrel, and as time passes many analysts think the worst is yet to come. After West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil-based contracts dried up for May, contracts for June collapsed by 45%....
Blockchain Startup Launches App to Encourage People Stay at Home Amid COVID19
22.4.2020
Israeli blockchain startup Orbs has launched a tracking app to encourage people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic
Charlie Lee
22.4.2020
Charlie Lee is the creator of litecoin and the managing director for the Litecoin Foundation. Born in Ivory Coast, West Africa, Lee immigrated to the United States at age 13. Lee announced litecoin on Bitcointalk, a bitcoin forum initially created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2011 while working...
Bittrex Exec Joins Mortgage Giant Fannie Mae After Crypto Exchange’s Brush With NYDFS
22.4.2020
Reversing the pattern of government veterans jumping to crypto startups, Bittrex US’s former chief compliance and ethics officer has moved to Fannie Mae
CoinDesk Live: Understanding Our Digital Personas feat. Alex McDougall
21.4.2020
“If we don’t fix the data paradigm...we don’t really have free will,” says Alex McDougall of Bicameral Ventures
From Proof of Health to UBI: How Everything Changes Post COVID-19, Feat. Joe McCann
21.4.2020
From domestic manufacturing to economic nationalization by proxy to proof of health on a blockchain, a preview of the decade to come
How Crypto Professionals Are Staying Sane During Quarantine (Video)
20.4.2020
Days of lockdown have turned into weeks. Here's how crypto is handling the COVID-19 crisis from home
Bearish or Bullish? What Oil, Defi Hacks and Cash Hoarding Tell Us About Markets
20.4.2020
As economic confusion gains ground, NLW breaks down what in the recent news is bullish and what is bearish for bitcoin and the crypto community
People Spend More Crypto on Food and Clothing Than on Illegal Drugs
20.4.2020
People aren’t using crypto the way you think they are
Making Money on Lockdown: 5 Effortless Ways to Earn Cryptocurrencies Online
20.4.2020
The various government responses to the coronavirus caused a lot of havoc across the global economy and millions of people are now out of work. A number of nation states have not lifted the lockdowns and no one’s really sure when the slew of shutdown industries will open again. While people...
The Stimulus Cover Up: Small Businesses Cheated, Corrupt Covid-19 Stats, Crony Benefits
19.4.2020
Last week thousands of Americans have been reporting that they received their stimulus check, while many people have been having issues with the system. Moreover, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act has not been able to cover everyone and the Small Business...
Bram Cohen: ‘Getting Rich Is a Terrible Metric of Success’
19.4.2020
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen sits down with Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol and CEO of Chia
Bitcoin Halving 2020: How Miners Expect the Crypto Markets to React
18.4.2020
“If price performance following the November 2012 and July 2016 halvings is any indicator, bitcoin’s price should increase significantly over the 10- to 12-month period following the [third] halving,” said Huobi’s Ciara Sun
Why Money Is Losing Its Meaning, Feat. Jared Dillian
17.4.2020
As government work to stimulate economies on lockdown, even "normies" are starting question limitless money printing