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First Mover: Capitalism’s Biggest Crisis Isn’t Driving People to Bitcoin – It’s the Volatility
4.5.2020
The post-Bretton Woods system is on the ropes, but what's driving interest into bitcoin is price volatility and the upcoming halving event
Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East
4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications
Bitcoin Price May Drop After Halving, Historical Data Shows
4.5.2020
Bitcoin has again rallied sharply in the weeks leading up to the impending halving event, but if historic patterns are anything to go by, the cryptocurrency could suffer a temporary price pullback following the event
US Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over Riot Blockchain’s Crypto Pivot
4.5.2020
A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the firm changed its name to include "blockchain" in 2017 to boost its share price
US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote
4.5.2020
U.S. Senate staffers, hunting for tech to keep their chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 continuity of Senate memo
BitMEX Restricts Access to Japanese Residents, Citing Changes to Local Law
4.5.2020
New BitMEX users in Japan will be unable to open positions after the exchange restricted some accounts in accordance with new regulations
Crypto Long & Short: Why Bitcoin’s Big Rally Is a Sign of Its Economic Resilience
4.5.2020
Bitcoin's underlying technology and monetary system make it one of the few investable assets that is immune to the economic fluctuations we have ahead
Enterprise Blockchains: Walled Off Yet Vulnerable
3.5.2020
Private enterprise blockchains are prone to insider attacks and don’t benefit from constant testing by an open community, experts at Kaspersky and EY say
Bitcoin Halving 2020: How the World’s Largest Mining Pool Is Helping Miners ‘De-Risk’
2.5.2020
F2Pool, the largest bitcoin mining pool in the world, controls 20% of the network's hashrate. F2Pool's Thomas Heller explains the economics of mining
Digital Dollars Give the State Too Much Control Over Money
2.5.2020
Arming the Federal Reserve with a digital dollar would harm the free market, says Max Raskin, an NYU adjunct professor of law
Bitfinex, Tether Seek Subpoenas Across US in Hunt for Missing $800M
2.5.2020
Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company wants to question employees of at least three U.S. banks about Crypto Capital – Bitfinex’s payment processor – accounts and holdings in an effort to recover more than $800 million
Bitcoin Miners Usually Create 6 Blocks per Hour. They Just Banged Out 16
1.5.2020
In a significant deviation from the norm, bitcoin miners just produced 16 blocks in 63 minutes
Blockfolio Quietly Patches Years-Old Security Hole That Exposed Source Code
1.5.2020
The security vulnerability, which appeared in older versions of its application, could have allowed a bad actor to steal closed source code and possibly inject their own code into Blockfolio’s Github repository and, from there, into the app itself
Market Wrap: May Opens With Equities Lower While Bitcoin Steady at $8.7K
1.5.2020
Traditional markets continue to get whalloped on terrible economic numbers while bitcoin holds ground ahead of the halving
Interest in Gold-Backed Token Trading Grows Amid Supply Disruptions
1.5.2020
On Thursday, hourly trading volume in Tether Gold climbed to over $13 million, up from roughly $1 million the day before
Why the Dollar Has Never Been Stronger or More Set Up to Fail
1.5.2020
With trillions in money printing, the dollar should be getting weaker. Instead, it’s stronger than ever. What gives? The first of a four-part microseries on the battle for the future of money
What We Can Learn From Telegram’s Token Troubles
1.5.2020
Telegram's success blinded investors to the risks inherent in building blockchains and raising a token sale
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales and American Buyers May Be Driving This Rally
1.5.2020
Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here
Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Lessons in Innovation
1.5.2020
Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 1, 2020
1.5.2020
Bitcoin beats the markets while wallet demand rises. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast