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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
Dutch Central Bank Wants to Be European Union’s CBDC Proving Ground
21.4.2020
The Dutch Central Bank is making a bid to become the European Union’s proving ground for a central bank digital currency
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
Multi-Chain DeFi Protocol Raises $750K in Token Sale With Framework Ventures
21.4.2020
DeFi fund Framework Ventures has purchased roughly 5 percent of Kava Labs' outstanding token supply ahead of the CDP platform's launch next month
Blockchain Bites: DeFi Hacker Is Back, Oil Craters and Big Tech Won’t Sue You
21.4.2020
Big Tech vows not to sue developers using their patents to build solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while a hacker returns funds stolen this weekend
Crypto Payments for Child Porn Grew 32% in 2019: Report
21.4.2020
Nearly $1 million in bitcoin and ethereum flowed into child sexual abuse material-linked wallet addresses in 2019
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 21, 2020
21.4.2020
Bitcoin drops thanks to the oil crisis while a hacker returns $25 million in stolen crypto. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast
Dogecoin
21.4.2020
Dogecoin is a parody cryptocurrency created by Adobe Systems employee Jackson Palmer and programmer Billy Markus in 2013. Its name is derived from the “Doge” meme, whose many iterations usually feature a Shiba Inu dog surrounded by Comic Sans text. The meme gained popularity in 2013...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Money Printer
21.4.2020
Money printer go brrrrrrr. In a world inherently short of dollars, refusing to increase supply is anything but responsible and rational, says columnist Jill Carlson
First Mover: 10 Takeaways for Bitcoin From Negative Oil Prices
21.4.2020
Oil futures crashed into negative territory, making bitcoin look like a beacon of stability. But what does the news really mean for the top cryptocurrency?
Bitcoin Under Pressure After Oil Prices Crash to Record Lows
21.4.2020
The top cryptocurrency is looking weak after Monday's big crash in the oil markets
Argentina’s Central Bank Trials Blockchain for New Interbank Settlement Layer
21.4.2020
The trial for a faster, more transparent clearing system involves some of the country's largest banks
Blockchain Association Tries to Draw Legal Line Between Kik’s Token and Its 2017 Pre-Sale
21.4.2020
The Blockchain Association is claiming that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is wrongfully conflating Kik's exempt offering of securities during a 2017 ICO with the issuance of kin tokens
Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments
21.4.2020
Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information
dForce Hacker Returns Almost All of Stolen $25M in Crypto
21.4.2020
The hacker had drained $25 million in cryptocurrency from decentralized finance protocol dForce over the weekend
Facebook’s ‘Scaled Back’ Libra Proposal Is More Dangerous Than You Think
21.4.2020
With stablecoin announcements from China and Libra in the same week, the war over the future of money is reaching a new height, says our columnist
Big Tech Signs Rare Open Source Pledge to Boost Supplies During COVID
21.4.2020
Major tech firms are opening their patents to allow developers to build much needed tools during the coronavirus crisis
MARKET WRAP: Oil Futures Plunge, Bitcoin Dips and Tether Has a $7B Day
20.4.2020
Oil futures went negative today, bitcoin dipped below $7,000 and tether issuances went to $7 billion in today’s market wrap
Negative Oil Prices Could Hurt Bitcoin Miners Who Use Flared Gas
20.4.2020
North American bitcoin miners who've bet on fossil-fuel extraction to power their rigs are watching the oil markets closely as prices sink to historic lows
Just a Test: China Central Bank Confirms Digital Yuan Mobile App Trials
20.4.2020
China’s central bank confirmed it will be testing a mobile app for the digital yuan in four cities, with a fifth in the works, and emphasized it’s a test