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Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Leaves to Take Senior Role at US Bank Regulator
16.3.2020
Coinbase chief legal officer Brian Brooks will be the new COO and first deputy at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees banking regulation in the U.S
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 16, 2020
16.3.2020
It's the first lockdown week in the United States and the markets are going wild. Here's what happened in crypto
Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers
16.3.2020
The search engine developer downloaded monero mining scripts onto 200 of Baidu's servers
Bank of Russia Says New Digital Assets Bill Will Outlaw Crypto Trading, Issuance
16.3.2020
The central bank is in favor of digital securities, but maintains cryptocurrencies shouldn't be allowed in Russia
Bakkt Raises $300M Series B From Microsoft, Pantera
16.3.2020
Bakkt raised $300 million from its parent firm ICE, as well as Microsoft's M12, Pantera and a number of other funds
Extreme Social Distancing: Self-Quarantine Diary, Day 1
16.3.2020
How did we get in this mess? How do we get out of it? What will the post-coronavirus world look like? First in an occasional series
Vertalo to Tokenize 22 Securities Worth $200M on Tezos Blockchain
16.3.2020
Transfer agent Vertalo will tokenize 22 different private securities on Tezos after a new partnership with DealBox
Bitcoin’s Ransomware Problem Won’t Go Away
16.3.2020
By the end of 2019, at least $128 million in bitcoin had been paid to ransomware hackers. That's not good optics for a payment system
Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate
16.3.2020
A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?
Bitcoin Sinks Below $5K Despite Fed Reserve’s Slashing of Interest Rates
16.3.2020
The Fed's cutting of interest rates has done little to calm the markets
US Woman Gets 13 Years in Jail After Funding ISIS With Cryptocurrency
16.3.2020
The woman fraudulently obtained credit card numbers in order to buy $62,000 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
SEC Proposal Could (Eventually) Unleash Security Token Sales
16.3.2020
Companies looking to raise funds via security token offerings (STOs) might soon get some relief from regulatory burdens in the U.S
Price Drop Casts Pall Over Bitcoin Miners’ Equipment Upgrades
16.3.2020
Bitcoin miners spent $500M+ over the past six months preparing for May’s “halving”. Last week’s price crash means they may wait longer for the payoff
QE4 Begins: Fed Cuts Rates, Buys $700B in Bonds; Bitcoin Rallies 7.7%
15.3.2020
Effectively, this is “QE4,” the fourth major round of quantitative easing by the American central bank since the global financial crisis a little more than a decade ago
‘Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized’ 6 Years Later
15.3.2020
After one of the most challenging weeks in recent memory we're talking about a new consensus driven approach to DeFi oracles and revisiting Johnston's Law (anything that can be decentralized will be decentralized) with the man who coined the phrase so many years ago
Udi Wetheimer on Cyperpunk Myths and Bitcoin in Real Life
14.3.2020
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by VR meetup organizer Udi Wertheimer to talk about how bitcoin (BTC) fits into the broader cypherpunk movement
$100M+ in Margin Calls: Crypto Lenders Demand Collateral as Market Buckles
14.3.2020
“As of five minutes ago, everyone who needed to post collateral has,” Genesis CEO Michael Moro said Friday afternoon
Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi
13.3.2020
So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended
Bitcoin Ekes Out Gains but Remains in Red Amid Broader Market Rebound
13.3.2020
Bitcoin has recovered slightly from Thursday’s brutal selloff as global financial markets creep back into the green
Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle East
13.3.2020
Bitcoin fell 40 percent this week from coronavirus shocks, but it's still seen as a safe haven in the Middle East