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Blockchain Bites: BlockTower Reports Returns After Goldman Sachs Denounces Bitcoin
28.5.2020
BlockTower Capital reported 73% returns over the hedge fund's lifetime, a day after Goldman Sachs said cryptos "are not an asset class."
First Mover: Chainlink ‘Marines’ Are HODLing and Here’s Why You Should Care
28.5.2020
Chainlink, the blockchain oracle provider, apparently has not only a devoted group of backers known as "LINK Marines," but a surprisingly committed crew of long-term investors. Here's why
Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo Eye Crypto Prime Brokerage
27.5.2020
Polkadot launched the blockchain of blockchains while an IMF official said CBDCs could spur financial innovation
First Mover: EOS Has Still to Prove Itself After Spiraling Down This Past Year
27.5.2020
Nearly two years after EOS first launched, the so-called "ethereum killer" has been able to surmount some of the problems that have previously hamstrung it. But is that enough?
Blockchain Bites: Facebook’s Calibra Facelift and Tencent’s ‘New Infrastructure’ Investments
26.5.2020
Facebook's digital wallet subsidiary has rebranded as Novi while a series of bitcoin transactions cast doubt on Craig Wright's claims
First Mover: Bitcoin Could Get a Boost From Central Bank Digital Currencies
26.5.2020
CBDCs might seem to be anathema to the mission statement of bitcoin, but they may prove to be a valuable on-ramp for new investors
Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors
25.5.2020
With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook that they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles
Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later
22.5.2020
Ten years ago today someone spent 10,000 bitcoin on about $30 worth of pizza. Today, nations are redrafting crypto regulation and crypto firms report millions in revenues
Blockchain Bites: Satoshi’s Sword of Damocles
21.5.2020
Yesterday, some of the earliest mined bitcoin moved after more than a decade of dormancy. Whale Alert – a popular, mostly-automated Twitter account that tracks major crypto transactions – broadcasted the message across the cryptoverse, saying 40 coins mined in the first month of the network’s...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment and More
20.5.2020
Big Tech firms outlined the dangers of letting the US fall behind in strategic blockchain initiatives while a former Coinbase lawyer is moving to a top government seat
First Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine, But for How Long?
20.5.2020
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" just fell 6%, giving small-scale miners a reprieve. But this is only a small dip before an even steeper ascent
Blockchain Bites: BlockFi Hacked, Block.one Sued, BitMEX Down
19.5.2020
A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations
First Mover: Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustment Feels Like Post-Halving Easing Party
19.5.2020
Bitcoin mining is set to get easier, as the network undergoes an expected difficulty adjustment on Tuesday – the first since last week's reward halving
Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s Grim Outlook
18.5.2020
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period
First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Sends Message to Capitalists as Despair on Wall Street Grows
18.5.2020
Bitcoin's recent price rally and industry optimism contrast with the downbeat tone in the U.S. stock market. Even Visa's CEO says digital currencies could be "additive to the payments ecosystem."
Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication
18.5.2020
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto Save the Internet?
16.5.2020
It broke J.K. Rowling's Time Line
Blockchain Bites: What You Need to Know About the Last Day of Consensus: Distributed
15.5.2020
From bitcoin mining workshops to VR meetings about VR meetings, everything you need to know for the last day of Consensus: Distributed
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Hot Again, and Crypto Miners Are Hoarding – Or Are They?
15.5.2020
Bitcoin is rallying again, and some analysts are taking a closer look at data extracted from the underlying blockchain for signals on whether cryptocurrency miners are buying or selling. Or if they're HODLing
Blockchain Bites: Will Enterprise Blockchain Find a ‘Killer App’ or Be Killed?
14.5.2020
IBM, We.Trade and Microsoft executives spoke about the trials and tribulations of capitalizing on enterprise-grade blockchain at Consensus: Distributed