Categorie: Coindesk

The guy who coined the term “hodl” has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger. Source: Coindesk Original Post: My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin…

The word “blockchain” isn’t used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword? Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitcoin and…

Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin’s might have come close. Source: Coindesk Original Post: About That Orange B… The History of Bitcoin’s Logos

More details emerge about Facebook’s secretive crypto firm, Libra. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Facebook Registers Secretive ‘Libra’ Cryptocurrency Firm in Switzerland

Titan is a one-step crypto miner management system from Bloq Labs. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bloq Labs’ Titan Aims to Simplify Crypto Farming

Most at Token Summit 2019 seemed to agree: U.S. regulators need to decide what to do about tokens, whatever the decision may be. Source: Coindesk Original Post: SEC Uncertainty Looms Over Token…

Bitfinex will list its LEO exchange token on Monday, trading against bitcoin, ether, EOS, tether and the U.S. dollar. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitfinex Will List Its New Exchange Token Starting Monday

The OneCoin project has responded to the suggestion it is a Ponzi or pyramid scheme, arguing it does not fit a narrow definition of either. Source: Coindesk Original Post: OneCoin Claims It’s…

Ethereum clients that still haven’t patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Unpatched Ethereum Clients Pose 51% Attack Risk, Says…

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas is pushing for a new token framework to draw blockchain businesses to the island nation. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bahamas Securities Regulator Proposes Rules for Token…

Amid extremely overbought conditions, bitcoin has fallen by $1,700 on Friday – its biggest intraday price drop since January 2018. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitcoin Suffers Biggest Intraday Price Drop for Over…

Tech giant Amazon has been granted a patent for a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptographic system similar to those used by many blockchains. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Amazon Wins Patent for Proof-of-Work Cryptographic System

Around a dozen banks are said to be spending $50 million to build a blockchain-based digital cash settlement system, according to Reuters. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Top Banks ‘Investing Million’ to Build…

Anonymous, cryptocurrencies could become more important in an environment where government money is closely controlled, says Dovey Wan. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Digital Renminbi: A Fiat Coin to Make M0 Great Again

Bitcoin has once again come into contact with a greater crypto market sell-off, slashing its price by more than $1000. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitcoin Drops ,000 In Value Amid Market Sell-Off

A New York Supreme Court judge ordered stablecoin issuer Tether to refrain from loaning any funds to Bitfinex or other parties during an ongoing investigation by the NY Attorney General. Source: Coindesk …

Veil says no one has been able to support long-running markets on Augur, so they’re creating AugurLite for early bets on the presidential election. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Startup Veil Forks Augur…

Kik’s CEO says the company has spent more than $5 million talking to the SEC about whether its kin ICO was an unregistered securities sale. Source: Coindesk Original Post: SEC Negotiations Have…

Poloniex has stopped US customers from buying and selling nine potentially non-regulated tokens. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Poloniex, Fearing Regulatory Backlash, Prevents Sale of 9 Crypto Assets In US

Privacy-centric web browser Brave is raising a Series A round at a valuation of roughly $133 million, sources tell CoinDesk. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Brave Browser to Raise Over Million in Series…