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Millennial and Male: 3 Crypto Card Issuers Profile Their Average User

24.1.2020
Platforms offering debit cards that can be topped up with cryptocurrency have enjoyed growing popularity in the crypto community. They provide a payment solution for those who earn and own digital coins, enabling in-store and online crypto payments. Their expanding user base provides a snapshot...

Will Mass Adoption Be More PayPal or Pornhub?

23.1.2020
Bakkt preps consumer app for 2020 launch while Pornhub starts performer payouts in Tether, plus a controversial, obligatory new dev fund in BCH

Crypto News Roundup and Interviews for Jan. 23, 2020

23.1.2020
In addition our news roundup, we'll hear from former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo, then we'll take a walk with a modern cypherpunk and senior reporter Leigh Cuen

1.5 Billion People Might Have CBDC in Their Wallets in 3 Years

23.1.2020
Source: iStock/Asia-Pacific Images Studio Around 7 undisclosed central banks, representing 20% of the world’s population, are likely to launch central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in 3 years, a new survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), showed. While these banks remain...

Meet the Crypto Angel Investor Running for Congress in Nevada

23.1.2020
Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor, is running for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District of Nevada. If elected, she'd like to sit down with President Trump and talk about bitcoin and cryptocurrency

Why High-Profile Defections Aren’t Libra’s Biggest Challenge

22.1.2020
Libra has lost another Association member, but according to @nlw that’s likely low on their worries list, plus Square’s LN efforts & TON’s SEC support

Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 22, 2020

22.1.2020
Join CoinDesk Podcast Editor Adam B. Levine and Senior Markets Reporter Brad Keoun for a daily, time saving rundown of top news impacting crypto markets today

Bitcoin Cash Sees Mining Pool Shift and Hashrate Surpass 4 Exahash

22.1.2020
While people have watched the BTC network surpass 100 exahash per second (EH/s), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has been steadily gathering hashrate as well. Since the November 15, 2018 blockchain split, which produced the Bitcoin SV (BSV) chain, BCH hashrate has jumped by more than 3x. Bitcoin cash is often...

Kevin Owocki on Gitcoin, Controversy and the Future of Open Source Funding

21.1.2020
The founder of one of crypto’s most buzzed about projects discusses the origins of Gitcoin, controversy, and why open source funding needs to evolve

Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 21, 2020

21.1.2020
Join CoinDesk Podcast Editor Adam B. Levine and Senior Markets Reporter Brad Keoun for a daily, time saving rundown of top news impacting crypto markets today

Developer Proposes Decentralized Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives

20.1.2020
There’s a new concept called Powswap that lets people speculate on hashrate in order to hedge against price volatility. Powswap was developed by the software engineer Jeremy Rubin who believes hashrate derivatives products allow people to leverage new trading strategies. Also read: Regulatory...

CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway

20.1.2020
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on

Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors

19.1.2020
Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decentralized organizations, the robustness it conveys but also the difficulties it engenders

Timeless Web Dev Articles

18.1.2020
Pavithra Kodmad asked people for recommendations on what they thought were some of the most timeless articles about web development that have changed their perspective in some way. Fun! I'm gonna scour the thread and link up my favorites (that are actually articles, although not all of them...

Russia’s New Prime Minister Has an Opinion of Cryptocurrencies

17.1.2020
The Russian Federation has a new prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, with a track record of statements regarding cryptocurrencies and an affection for digitalization. A stated goal of his government will be to turn the country into a digital platform “for the people.” Time will tell...