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Dan Larimer
5.6.2020
Dan Larimer is a software programmer and entrepreneur who played a role in the creation of multiple blockchain projects including Steem, Bitshares, and EOS. Larimer is the creator of the delegated-proof-of-stake (DPoS) consensus model, in which elected delegates validate transactions and create...
Bitstamp
5.6.2020
Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is a Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange that offers crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto exchange services. It supports euros, U.S. dollars, bitcoin, ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and XRP. It is one of the oldest exchanges in the crypto industry. Bitstamp claims to take...
The Biggest Realignment in the US-China Relationship Since Nixon, Feat. Graham Webster
5.6.2020
How one of the world’s most important geopolitical relationships came to be what it is in 2020
Blockchain Capital
5.6.2020
Founded in 2013 by Bart Stephens, Bradford Stephens and Brock Pierce, Blockchain Capital is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. General Partner Spencer Bogart joined the firm in 2017. Formerly known as Crypto Currency Partners, Blockchain Capital has invested in over...
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 5, 2020
5.6.2020
It's bulls on parade as analysts see upward momentum for bitcoin. Here's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast
Crypto Derivatives Exchange OKEx Launches Options on Ether
5.6.2020
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx rolled out option contracts on Ethereum’s ether (ETH) token on Thursday, ending the Panama-based Deribit’s virtual monopoly in the space
How Bitcoin Fits Into Lebanon’s Banking Crisis
5.6.2020
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent
Blockchain Bites: Why UN and Federal Reserve Experts Think CBDCs Could Kill Commercial Banking
5.6.2020
U.N. and Federal Reserve experts think CBDCs can compete with commercial banks, New York and France enter a regulatory agreement while Europol has Wasabi Wallet concerns
Digital Currencies Could Replace Low-Interest Bank Accounts, Says UN Expert
5.6.2020
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues a UN expert
New York, French Finance Watchdogs Open Doors for Each Other’s Fintech Startups
5.6.2020
The New York State Department of Financial Services and its French regulatory counterpart will work to "ease the entry" for fintech innovators into their respective markets
First Mover: Bloomberg’s Pie-in-the-Sky Bitcoin Call Looks Directionally Defensible
5.6.2020
The $20,000 in 2020 prediction may be overly optimistic, but analysts agree bitcoin is likely heading north
Bullishness Building in Bitcoin Options Market, Data Suggests
5.6.2020
Option traders look to be placing bets for a continued upward move in bitcoin
Bitfinex Spin-Out Says Funds Are Lining Up for Its New Decentralized Exchange
5.6.2020
DeversiFi says it has received interest in its DEX's privacy features from more 70 funds
The Free Market Will Determine Cardano’s Fate: IOHK’s Charles Hoskinson
5.6.2020
A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, Hoskinson tells CoinDesk
Fed Paper: Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Replace Commercial Banks – But at a Cost
5.6.2020
The research explores how "central banking for all" via digital currency could affect commercial banks
Barry Silbert
5.6.2020
Barry Silbert is the founder of venture firm Digital Currency Group (DCG), crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and illiquid assets marketplace SecondMarket. Silbert founded SecondMarket in 2004, where he created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, wholly devoted to bitcoin and the first investment...
Bitcoin Is a Way to Repair Economic Injustice: Author Isaiah Jackson
5.6.2020
There are no easy technological solutions to racial tensions, police brutality or economic insecurity. Still, bitcoin could help black Americans, says author Isaiah Jackson
Galaxy Digital
4.6.2020
Galaxy Digital is a digital asset merchant bank founded in 2018 by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz. The firm offers multiple services including asset management, advisory services for businesses, trading and principal investing in companies ranging from seed stage ventures to those...
EU’s Europol: Bitcoin Privacy Wallet ‘Not Looking Good’ For Law Enforcement
4.6.2020
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show
Lawsuit Accuses Xapo, Indodax of Negligently Holding Stolen Bitcoin
4.6.2020
A crypto trader is trying to seize nearly 500 bitcoin from exchanges Xapo and Indodax through a new lawsuit that accuses the two crypto exchanges of harboring his stolen funds