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Bitcoin Briefly Revisits $40,000 as Bulls Pare Week’s Losses
14.1.2021
Bitcoin has rallied nearly 15% in the past 24 hours. Ether hits $1,200
Flash’s Web Tech Legacy
11.1.2021
Tiffany B. Brown on how Flash paved the way for some things we might think of as fairly modern web technologies:
Flash wasn’t just good for playing multimedia. It was also good for manipulating it. Using ActionScript, you could pan
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The 2020 altcoin Hype-to-Activity index
5.1.2021
Tracking the hype and price action of several of your favorite cryptocurrencies
'Bullish year ahead' — Bitcoin primed for Q1 2021 gains, strength index suggests
29.12.2020
The monthly RSI of Bitcoin has surpassed 80, which historically led to larger rallies in the past
Bitwise Liquidates XRP Position in Crypto Index Fund Following SEC Suit Against Ripple
23.12.2020
Crypto money manager Bitwise has liquidated $9.3 million worth of XRP in its crypto index fund
XRP Crash Burns Other Crypto Asset Values, BTC Price Remains Unscathed
23.12.2020
Digital currency markets have seen some volatile action this week and during the last 24 hours following the XRP charges, a number of coins shed a great deal of value. At the time of publication, the entire crypto-economy is valued at $629 billion and because XRP lost so much value, bitcoin’s...
‘Bitwise 10’ crypto index trades at 369% premium in record breaking debut
17.12.2020
A top ten crypto index by Bitwise has outperformed the assets themselves as FOMO takes hold
PowerPool launches 'meta-governance token' for Yearn ecosystem
10.12.2020
Powerpool has launched an index and meta-governance token for the recently consolidated Yearn.finance ecosystem
Bitwise's crypto index fund now trading through US brokerage accounts
9.12.2020
The news follows Bitwise withdrawing its SEC application for a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund earlier this year
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Shorts In, MicroStrategy Stock Downgraded, Bitwise Index Trades
9.12.2020
Bitcoin’s options market has flipped bearish for the short term while Citi analysts downgrade MicroStrategy's stock
Bitwise’s Crypto Index Fund Becomes Available To U.S. Investors
9.12.2020
Bitwise has launched the first crypto index fund available to investors in the U.S
Wells Fargo Investment Institute Report Compares Bitcoin to the 1850’s Gold Rush
9.12.2020
On Monday, the U.S. bank Wells Fargo’s wholly-owned subsidiary and registered investment adviser the Wells Fargo Investment Institute published an investment strategy with a page dedicated to the crypto asset bitcoin. The institute’s contributing author and Head of Global Asset...
Cryptocurrency Indexes Are Set to Launch in 2021 by S&P Dow Jones Indices
3.12.2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has made it official: they will launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021, becoming the latest major finance company to make its inception into the digital asset industry. More than 550 of the top traded coins to be included in the indexes As Reuters reported initially...
Can DeFi indices finally make crypto-based passive investing worthwhile?
30.11.2020
The concept of a DeFi ETF sounds promising, but it’s not without pitfalls
Overexposed: DeFi indexes aren't as diversified as you think
26.11.2020
Research has found overexposure to a few 'blue chip' DeFi tokens is an issue for indexes
Some Are Calling All-Time Highs for Bitcoin. Here’s Why CoinDesk Hasn’t Yet
25.11.2020
In a fragmented global market, price quotes are all over the place. That's why CoinDesk created the Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) and is standing by it
Bitcoin price drop in 3, 2...1? Fear and Greed Index nears dangerous record high
19.11.2020
A Bitcoin price reversal may be incoming if the historically accurate metric calls the top like in 2019
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to Launch Bitcoin Fund in Canada
18.11.2020
Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment management firm founded by bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz, has revealed plans to launch a bitcoin fund in Canada. In a statement published Nov. 16, Galaxy Digital said it has partnered with major Canadian fund manager CI Global Asset Management for the launch....
Pfizer’s Pandemic Vaccine News Fails to Dampen Interest in Bitcoin
11.11.2020
The recent announcement by Pfizer of a potential Covid-19 vaccine sparked an immediate rally of global stocks worst hit by the pandemic response. The rally helped major indices including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Composite Index and Europe’s Stoxx to go up by approximately...
Chapter 5: Publishing
9.11.2020
Not long after HotWired launched on the web in 1994, Josh Quittner wrote an article entitled “Way New Journalism” for the publication. He was enthusiastic about the birth of a new medium.
I’m talking about a sea change in journalism itself, in the way we do the work of reporting and presenting...