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Blockchain Bites: Making Sense of the Halving, Consensus Distributed’s First Day
12.5.2020
Get all the news from the first day of Consensus: Distributed, including the latest on Bitcoin's third halving. (And, who had the best Zoom backgrounds?)
Crypto Hedge Funds Doubled Assets Under Management in 2019, PwC Report Says
11.5.2020
Cryptocurrency hedge funds’ assets under management doubled in 2019, but the launch of new funds depends on Bitcoin prices
YouTube Cancels Cointelegraph's BTC Halving Livestream for Being 'Harmful Content'
11.5.2020
What a twist! YouTube pulled the plug on our seven-hour livestream
The Kings of Crypto: An Inside Look at the History of Coinbase
11.5.2020
Author Jeff John Roberts is joined by Fred Ehrsam to talk about the rise of CoinBase and Ehrsam’s experience in crypto. Fred Ehrsam, who co-founded Coinbase, said that crypto has been good to him. “I feel like as somebody who works in crypto, we’re pretty lucky in this...
Bitcoin’s Third Halving Complete: Reward Cut Surprisingly Faster Than Previous Time Estimates
11.5.2020
The Bitcoin blockchain has experienced its third block reward halving on May 11, 2020, at approximately 3:21 p.m EST, even though quite a few countdown clocks estimated that the halving would occur on May 12. Bitcoin miners now get 6.25 BTC per block rather than the 12.5 BTC they acquired before...
Donate to Help Fight COVID-19 With CoinDesk and NY Blockchain Week
11.5.2020
During Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk is raising money for COVID-19 relief using an innovative method called quadratic funding
Digitized Europe: The Shift to a Cashless World
11.5.2020
Emerging technologies such as blockchain are reshaping the landscape of the traditional financial system in Europe
Leaders of the Digital Dollar Project Talk Privacy and the Next Century of Money
11.5.2020
Former CFTC royalty and current leaders of a U.S.-based think tank to promote a digital dollar talk privacy in new AMA
S Korea to Welcome Blockchain-powered Unlisted Stock Trading Platforms
11.5.2020
Two new blockchain-powered unlisted over-the-counter (OTC) stock trading platforms should launch in South Korea next year, with a third, rival platform already ready to open its doors for business.
Per Fn News, a potentially groundbreaking cooperation between Dunamu, the operator of market-leading...
Korean Luxury Retail Clients To Manage Reward Points on Blockchain
11.5.2020
Blockchain-powered rewards startup MiL.k stikes a partnership with a retail cluster in Seoul downtown, brings the technology to “millions.”
Blockchain Bites: Your Guide to Consensus Distributed
11.5.2020
Blockchain Bites will publish twice daily throughout Consensus: Distributed, setting the schedule and rounding up what you may have missed
South Korea Sees Influx of Blockchain Platforms for Unlisted Stocks
11.5.2020
The South Korean blockchain space sees many new platforms trading for unlisted stocks, following an offering from state-backed Koscom last year
DBS Bank Joins Global Blockchain Network to Digitize Trade Settlement
11.5.2020
Singapore-based DBS bank joins blockchain trade-finance network Contour to disrupt its letters of credit settlement process
SBI Holdings CEO: Ripple Partners Could Help Pandemic Supply Chain
11.5.2020
SBI Holdings is proposing Ripple partner with multinational corporations to increase transparency and traceability across supply chains
Tokenized Real Estate Booms While Security Tokens Struggle
11.5.2020
Despite a nearly double-digit retraction in the combined capitalization of the security token sector, real estate tokens gain over 4% during April
Loom Network Responds to Rumors of the Project’s Demise
11.5.2020
Representatives from the Loom Network have clarified that, though they have pivoted to an enterprise solution, the project remains active
$270M in Longs Liquidated as Pre-Halving Hype Backfires
10.5.2020
98% of liquidations on BitMEX yesterday were long positions, indicating over-exuberant pre-halving bullishness at $10,000
Celsius Targets New Users With Tokenized Gold and Commodities
10.5.2020
Celsius believes tokenized non-correlated commodities can attract new users to decentralized finance
Halving Hype Drives Second-Strongest Spot Volume on Record
10.5.2020
While spot volumes held strong, monthly derivatives trade fell by 25% last month
Bitcoin Halving Is Almost Here: Will Bitcoin Go to the Moon?
10.5.2020
The upcoming halving and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis may suggest a bright future for Bitcoin