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The Business of Geopolitical Competition
14.9.2020
As Oracle wins a bid for TikTok US, a look at how tech competition, culture competition and currency competition shape the business of geopolitics
NFT Economy Grows Exponential: $1M in Non-Fungible Token Sales Last Week
14.9.2020
While a number of people are focused on decentralized finance (defi), the non-fungible token (NFT) industry has also exploded in demand in 2020. Last week, NFT sales soared nearing a million dollars in volume, as the blockchain-based Sorare fantasy soccer card game saw over $221,000 in sales during...
Rapper TI Cryptocurrency Fraud: Charged and Fined $75,000 by SEC
13.9.2020
Rapper TI and four other people, including film producer Ryan Felton, have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over fraudulent token sales. TI, or Tip as the rapper is also known, is also fined $75,000 by the securities regulator. Rapper TI and Film Producer Charged...
Is Being the ‘Saudi Arabia of Money’ Good for America?
13.9.2020
A reading of “How to Diagnose Your Own Dutch Disease,” a look at the problems of America’s dollar trade
The Raw, Savage Capitalism of Open-Source Protocols
12.9.2020
Recapping the biggest stories of the week, including Joe Biden’s China plan, a market holding pattern and, of course, the strange competitive saga of SUSHI
A Day in the Life of an Ethereum 2.0 Validator
12.9.2020
With Ethereum 2.0's much anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ben Edgington and Vijay Michalik on what would-be validators need to know
‘As Toppy as It Gets’: Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa
11.9.2020
The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin
Help Us Find the Best University for Blockchain
11.9.2020
Which U.S. university has the best overall offering on cryptocurrency and decentralized tech? We need your help to find out
Internet 2030: The Future and How We Get There
11.9.2020
We explore Filecoin’s Space Race and Web 3.0’s future on CoinDesk Live, Sept. 15-16
Former Central Bank Official: Japan Should Take a Digital Yen Seriously
11.9.2020
In an interview with CoinDesk Japan, a former Bank of Japan official said the country has many reasons to seriously consider a digital yen
SushiSwap Co-Founder Sees Future Users in China and on Other Blockchains
11.9.2020
SushiSwap cofounder Maki believes the project can expand to include other chains, he told CoinDesk China in an exclusive interview
Defi Project Yfdex.Finance Vanishes With $20M Investors’ Funds Just Two Days After Launch
11.9.2020
Yfdex.Finance (Yfdex), a new liquidity mining pool, has reportedly exit scammed, making off with up to $20 million of investors’ funds. The decentralized finance (Defi) project convinced people to hand over their life savings following just two days of aggressive marketing on social media...
How Monetary Policy Undermined American Resilience
10.9.2020
A legacy of artificially low interest rates is not just the death of savings, but a forced buying into the perpetual growth machine of financial asset prices
Kraken Taps Casa Co-Founder, Former CEO Jeremy Welch as VP of Product
10.9.2020
Crypto exchange Kraken announced Thursday that former Casa CEO Jeremy Welch has joined its team as VP of product
Chinese authorities charge six people over $5.8B PlusToken ponzi scheme
10.9.2020
Six individuals associated with the multi-billion dollar PlusToken Ponzi scheme have been prosecuted by Chinese police
‘Absolute Raging Mania’: Famed Investor Druckenmiller Thinks 10% Inflation Is Possible
9.9.2020
The Hedge Fund legend says in a new interview the Federal Reserve’s policies have created a massive asset bubble while making both inflation and deflation more likely
Central Banks Are Driving People to Bitcoin - Morgan Stanley Exec
9.9.2020
Central banks may be inadvertently driving a generation of investors to bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets, said a Morgan Stanley executive.
In an interview with CNN, Morgan Stanley’s Head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro Ruchir Sharma, opined that central banks’ actions were pushing...
Bitcoin Obituaries Lists Another Crypto Eulogy, 2020 BTC Deaths in the Single Digits
9.9.2020
The infamous “Bitcoin Obituaries” has seen another addition to the long list of deaths since bitcoin’s oldest death on December 15, 2010. According to the list of articles with 382 deaths to-date, bitcoin was declared dead again on September 4, 2020. Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto...
Why Bitcoin Investors Aren’t Worried About This Price Pullback
8.9.2020
Critiques of correlation between bitcoin and equities miss the fact that bitcoin adoption within traditional markets has been driven by a fiat collapse concern
Sorry, Governments, We’re Entering the Era of Private Money
7.9.2020
Whether the U.S. government likes it or not, the world is demanding crypto-dollars and the private market is ready to supply them