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First Mover: As Bitcoin’s Halving Finally Arrives, a Price Retreat Deflates the Hype
11.5.2020
The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin's price pulls back just before the event
Blockchain Bites: Paul Tudor Jones, Open Options and Why Bitcoin Looks Strong Heading to the Halving
8.5.2020
Bixin is launching a $66M fund, Massive Adoption's Jacob Kostecki is getting sued and Filecoin is delivering physical hard drives
First Mover: Search Interest in Bitcoin’s Halving Reaches Fever Pitch as Price Hits $10K
8.5.2020
Google Trends, a barometer for gauging interest in trending topics, shows searches for "halving" or "bitcoin halving" are far higher than for the same event in 2016
Blockchain Bites: Introducing the CoinDesk 50 and a Roadmap to Consensus: Distributed
7.5.2020
In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving
First Mover: Bitcoin’s ‘Halving’ Is Coming Even Sooner Than You Realize
7.5.2020
More activity on the bitcoin blockchain means the blockheight, which triggers the halving event, is probably coming faster than anticipated
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus Relief
6.5.2020
It's all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus Relief
6.5.2020
It's all about labor. Tron applies for employment protection while Dutch officials tell crypto companies to comply or die
First Mover: U.S. Arms of Binance, FTX Push Into Margin Trading, But Likely Not at 100x
6.5.2020
Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors
Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’ and Buffett’s Not ‘Halving’ It
5.5.2020
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed
First Mover: Amid Economic Meltdown, Bitcoin Is Winning as ‘No Value’ Buffett Eats Crow
5.5.2020
Bitcoin is beating stocks this year, but it's also crushing the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, whose billionaire CEO said in February that the cryptocurrency had "no value."
Blockchain Bites: Bitfinex Sues, Miners Prepare, Congress Considers
4.5.2020
The U.S. Senate is considering blockchain voting during the COVID-19 crisis, while crypto becomes a mainstay in the Middle East
First Mover: Capitalism’s Biggest Crisis Isn’t Driving People to Bitcoin – It’s the Volatility
4.5.2020
The post-Bretton Woods system is on the ropes, but what's driving interest into bitcoin is price volatility and the upcoming halving event
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales and American Buyers May Be Driving This Rally
1.5.2020
Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here
Money Reimagined: COVID-19’s Lessons in Innovation
1.5.2020
Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Boom Roils Markets and a16z Makes a Long-term Play
30.4.2020
While FOMO drives up bitcoin's price and derivatives market, Telegram announces another delay and Andreessen Horowitz raises a $515 million fund
First Mover: Bitcoin Now Crushing Gold After Biggest Price Jump in Six Weeks
30.4.2020
"Digital gold" has surged past the yellow metal to become one of the year's best performing assets, up more than 20% in 2020
Blockchain Bites: What the Bitcoin Halving Means for Miners and Prices
29.4.2020
Predictions and price models abound ahead of Bitcoin's halving, expected in less than two weeks
First Mover: For Bitcoin Prices, Inflation Headlines May Matter More Than the Reality
29.4.2020
Money printer goes brrr, but does it necessarily mean big inflation?
Blockchain Bites: WEF, IBM and a Chinese City Show Support for Blockchain
28.4.2020
IBM and the WEF both have plans for solving disruption to supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus crisis
Blockchain Bites: Capital Constraining Compliance and Tether’s ‘Interoperability Bridge’
27.4.2020
The researchers developing the "digital yuan" have tapped an AI firm to look for financial use cases while Dole unveiled a 5-year blockchain plan