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Bitcoin Bumps Up, but for How Long?
20.3.2020
Traditional markets continue to struggle during the coronavirus crisis while cryptocurrencies are seeing an upswing
State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack
20.3.2020
An off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism, and where bitcoin meets politics with Peter McCormack
ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing
20.3.2020
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two
The Puell Multiple Is Turning Bullish on Bitcoin
20.3.2020
You might not have heard of the Puell Multiple but right now it appears to show bitcoin is undervalued
‘Skyweaver’ Didn’t Plan for a Captive Audience of Millions but It Sure Helps
20.3.2020
Skyweaver is among a crop of blockchain-based games looking to prove the value of digital scarcity in the gaming industry
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 20, 2020
20.3.2020
CoinDesk goes to Africa in a new podcast and America's biggest Ether mine turns to COVID-19 research. It's the CoinDesk Markets Daily podcast
Tether Stablecoin Launches on Its Seventh Blockchain
20.3.2020
The world's largest stablecoin by market value is now live on the Bitcoin Cash network via the Simple Ledger Protocol
Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don’t Know Google
20.3.2020
Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious
Customized Crypto Options Seeing Record Demand From Funds, Miners, Says GSR
20.3.2020
The Hong Kong-based firm is seeing soaring interest in its customizable options contracts amid high price volatility
How to Escape Contracts That Are Killing Your Company During Coronavirus
20.3.2020
Our “Not Legal Advice” columnist reviews options for changing or terminating business contracts during this crisis
Crypto Lender Cred Is Offering Investors 10% Interest With Spencer Dinwiddie Partnership
20.3.2020
Crypto investors can "pledge" five different cryptos, including two stablecoins, to Cred and earn up to 10 percent interest in a new partnership with NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie
Steem Will Hard Fork in Just Hours Over Community Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab
20.3.2020
The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance
Bitcoin Claws Back Over 40% of Recent Price Selloff With Surge Above $6.8K
20.3.2020
Bitcoin passed $6,900 on Friday, helping the cryptocurrency erase a significant portion of the recent losses
80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study
20.3.2020
Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia
What an Uptick in ‘Coinjoins’ Says About Bitcoin’s Value Proposition
20.3.2020
A bitcoin privacy technology is seeing more usage as the global markets tank
Traders Finding More Arbitrage Opportunities in Bitcoin
19.3.2020
Prices in the crypto market are seeing such a steep upward trend that arbitrage traders are able to trade between exchanges to easily capture profit
The Coronavirus API Delivers Vital Statistics Unmediated by Government Hands
19.3.2020
Coronavirus API aggregates and presents real-time information related to the coronavirus pandemic
Israeli Bitcoiners See Surveillance as Unavoidable During Coronavirus Crisis
19.3.2020
Tracking mobile-phone data may save lives during the pandemic, but will it become a permanent feature of the surveillance state?
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They’re Working on Coronavirus Research
19.3.2020
CoreWeave, the largest U.S. miner on the Ethereum blockchain, is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a therapy for the coronavirus. These graphics processing units (GPUs) will be pointed toward Stanford University’s Folding@home,...
Huobi Adds Crypto ‘Circuit Breaker’ After Last Week’s Mass Liquidations
19.3.2020
The new liquidation mechanism would pull the plug on futures trading should prices become too volatile