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First Mover: After Falling 65% This Year in Bitcoin Terms, Do ‘Stablecoins’ Need a Rebranding?
11.8.2020
So-called stablecoins have been tanking in bitcoin terms lately. Should we be calling them "crypto-dollars" instead?
India May Be Starting Its Biggest Bitcoin Bull Run Yet
11.8.2020
India’s crypto trade volumes have soared since the Supreme Court of India lifted banking restrictions for exchanges in March. According to Coin Dance's Paxful and LocalBitcoins volume data, India’s bitcoin peer-to-peer trade volume reached an all-time high in July
Blockchain to Play ‘Essential Role’ in Farming Supply Chains, Says US Government
11.8.2020
An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector's supply chains
Australian Woman Jailed for Theft of More Than 100,000 XRP
11.8.2020
The 25-year-old received an over two-year sentence for the 2018 theft of XRP worth around $300,000 at the time
China’s Blockchain Infrastructure Launches Website for Global Devs
11.8.2020
China's Blockchain-Based Service Network has launched an English-language website for international decentralized app developers
How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security
11.8.2020
Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $12K; DeFi Debt Outstanding Hits Record
10.8.2020
Bitcoin’s back on the price roller coaster and DeFi borrowing is hitting a new high
Mining Stocks Are Beating Bitcoin in a Bullish Cryptocurrency Market
10.8.2020
Riot and Marathon have rallied 97% and 128% over the past year while Bitcoin as gained 3 percent
Facebook Taps David Marcus to Lead Payments Initiatives
10.8.2020
Marcus will continue running Libra's Novi digital wallet as he takes on Facebook Financial
The Latest on the Global Economy’s Most Contentious Relationship
10.8.2020
China and the U.S. trade high-profile sanctions, but the real impact is showing up in banks and on the Hong Kong stock market
After Tumultuous Election, Belarus Goes Offline
10.8.2020
Internet is down in Belarus as people are protesting the results of presidential election
Ethereum Classic’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
10.8.2020
Ethereum Classic suffered two 51% attacks in the same week. One week later, exchanges, investors and developers are split on the implications
Interactive Brokers to Pay $38M in Settlement Over AML Lapses
10.8.2020
Publicly traded brokerage firm Interactive Brokers has agreed to pay multi-million dollar penalties to the SEC, FINRA and CFTC for failure to flag suspicious transactions and lapses in AML compliance
Blockchain Bites: Inside Cosmos, Bitcoin at $200B, DeFi Surges
10.8.2020
Traders are expecting bitcoin to go higher. DeFi is surging in web traffic. And Cosmos is alive and well, despite internal feuding
Three Crypto Analysis Firms Advance in ‘TechSprint’ RegTech Competition
10.8.2020
The fintech showcase has three $50,000 cash prizes for three regtech focus areas
Coinbase Snags Lyft Engineering Executive Manish Gupta
10.8.2020
Gupta will help Coinbase 'through the next phase of company growth.'
Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 10, 2020
10.8.2020
With the price of bitcoin knocking on $12K, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another time-saving news roundup
Researchers Find Flaws in Security Protocols Developed by Major Crypto Exchanges
10.8.2020
Private key protocols for some crypto exchanges have been implemented with bugs that could have been exploited by a well-placed malicious party, researchers say
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Dropped 58% Last Week as Congestion Eased
10.8.2020
The cost of transacting on the Bitcoin blockchain fell sharply last week as the network reverted to less frantic levels of activity
The Fourth Era of Blockchain Governance
10.8.2020
Blockchain systems have clear business advantages, but systemic governance design is key to building enterprise involvement