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Virtual Property Sells for $1.5M in Ether, Smashing NFT Record
9.2.2021
The eye-popping 888 ETH virtual land sale is said to mark the largest NFT transaction of all time
Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Names Jason Les CEO
9.2.2021
Les has served as the board's director since 2017
Canaan CFO Resigns Citing ‘Personal Reasons’
9.2.2021
The company's director of finance will serve as acting CFO
Beijing’s $1.5 Million Digital Yuan Giveaway: China to Airdrop Digital Currency for Chinese New Year
9.2.2021
China is giving away 10 million yuan in its central bank digital currency in Beijing. Recipients can spend the digital yuan during the Chinese New Year festival. Beijing has become the third major city in China to test the central bank digital currency. 50,000 People to Receive Free Digital Yuan...
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An Escape Hatch From Tyranny’
8.2.2021
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and that there is more to it than its price. In comments made via a short video, Gladstein, who is the chief strategy officer (CSO) at HRF, asserts that “people...
WandaVision's Showrunner Says 'True Emotional Catharsis' Is on the Way
8.2.2021
Between WandaVision’s most recent pair of episodes, the show’s gone from being a kooky, slightly mysterious love letter to television itself (with some superheroes thrown in) to Marvel’s bold attempt at synthesizing some of the Scarlet Witch and the Vision’s most convoluted, iconic arcs from...
Ex-OCC Chief Brooks Calls Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy a Bit ‘Scary News’ for Rest of World
8.2.2021
Brooks noted that the U.S. money supply will have risen 40% over the last 12 months once the most recent round of stimulus is done
Introducing CoinDesk TV: Industry-Leading Crypto News, Now in Living Color
8.2.2021
Amid turbulence in markets, economy and society, there's no better time or purpose to launch CoinDesk TV, writes Executive Producer Joanne Po
Children’s Charity Creates Bitcoin Superhero to Attract Crypto Donations
8.2.2021
The "Billy Bitcoin" hero is part of the charity's efforts to drum up more crypto donations
Paxful Celebrates the Real Reasons People Use Bitcoin Everyday With #BitcoinForAll Giveaway
8.2.2021
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplaces in the world, is celebrating the real reasons people use bitcoin everyday with a special $15,000 giveaway. The platform helps millions to have access to payments, e-commerce, remittances, wealth preservation and philanthropy with...
Unlike the Early Web, Crypto Does Not Need State Patronage
6.2.2021
Blockchain doesn't need ARPANET-type government support. But co-ordination and collective action are vital to avoid duplication of effort
A Mysterious Dogecoin Address Absorbed 27% of the Supply, the Top 20 Addresses Captured 50%
5.2.2021
Just recently, the crypto asset dogecoin has seen some significant price gains and on Wednesday, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk tweeted about the digital currency incessantly. While people have been discussing the dogecoin pumps and Elon’s suggestive tweets, crypto supporters have been...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Has Set up His Own Bitcoin Node
5.2.2021
Dorsey will now have a hand in keeping the bitcoin network running
How To Play A Single-Player Game With Two People
4.2.2021
A co-op game doesn’t necessarily have to be a multiplayer game. You can turn any single-player game into a cooperative one by simply...taking turns passing the controller back and forth. What a concept! But before you start, keep in mind that there’s a code of etiquette at play. Stick to it as best...
Analysis Shows Bitcoin Whales Are Stockpiling, but ‘BTC Ownership Is Not Highly Concentrated’
4.2.2021
During the last few months, a few reports from mainstream media (MSM) outlets tried to prove that a large sum of bitcoin is controlled by a small group of people. Recently, Bloomberg claimed that “2% of accounts control 95% of all bitcoin,” a claim that doesn’t hold weight...
Crypto Is the Libertarian Cheat Code in the Final Battle Over State Coercion
4.2.2021
A normie Mario fights Bowser to save Princess Peach; a libertarian Mario builds her an escape hatch
FTX Boss Bankman-Fried Says He Is Worth a ‘Mostly Illiquid’ USD 10B
4.2.2021
Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/FTX Official
One of President Joe Biden’s biggest campaign backers in the 2020 presidential election has been grabbing the limelight in the mainstream media – as Sam Bankman-Fried (28), the CEO of the crypto derivatives platform FTX, continues...
Rare Hashmasks Digital Artwork Sells for $650K in Ether
4.2.2021
"The piece itself is chaotic, yet ordered. It invokes a concept of biblical dualism with the demon and halo," said the buyer
Doge Token Pumps After Elon Musk Tweets ‘Dogecoin Is the People’s Crypto’
4.2.2021
Elon Musk has tweeted that dogecoin is people’s crypto shortly after the billionaire pledged to go off the social media platform for while. Incidentally, the token, which traded at $0.0411 on February 3, surged to $0.0588 just as Musk was tweeting. However, at the time of writing, the token...
Elon Musk Is Back Tweeting About Dogecoin as Price Rises 50%
4.2.2021
Musk was apparently welcoming dogecoin's latest price bounce