Categorie: Coindesk

Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s…

Renewables provider WPO has been granted an “ICO visa” from the French financial markets regulator. Source: Coindesk Original Post: French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator’s Approval for €10M Token Sale

Vodafone and Energy Web are using SIM cards and blockchain to build more nimble renewable power grids. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Vodafone Enlists Blockchain Nonprofit for Tracking Renewable Energy Use in Europe

Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many…

Comments from Minnesota Public Safety commissioner John Harrington comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Minnesota Official Alarms…

Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next. Source: Coindesk Original Post: No,…

An Iranian lawmaker wants his country’s central bank to take bitcoin seriously. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Iranian Lawmaker Says Bitcoin Should Be Central Bank’s Turf

Crypto bank Avanti has raised an angel round from the University of Wyoming Foundation, Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital and other investors. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Caitlin Long’s Avanti Raises M, Submits…

Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Market Wrap: Traders ‘Whack the Beehive’ as Bitcoin Surges Then Plunges

Donald Trump’s recent spat with Twitter over the limits of free speech poses a question: Could decentralized media do better? It hasn’t yet, as Civil and TruStory show, but Jack Dorsey wants…

Blockchain media startup Civil is shutting down after three years, with its team pivoting to building decentralized identity tools at parent firm ConsenSys. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Media Startup Civil Shuts Down,…

As protests mount in the U.S., we sit down with an outspoken pro-bitcoin, anti-surveillance human-rights advocate. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Cellphones, Bitcoin and the Citizen Tools of Anti-Authoritarianism, Feat. Alex Gladstein

Blockchain firms led the charge of fintech companies that relocated to Hong Kong in 2019. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Blockchain Firms Flocked to Hong Kong in 2019: Report

With the price of bitcoin briefly breaking above $10,000, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back! Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitcoin News Roundup for June 2, 2020

Bitcoin’s price fell more than $800 in under five minutes on Tuesday, pushing the broader cryptocurrency market into the red. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Bitcoin’s Price Drops by 8% in Less Than…

Square Crypto supports Bitcoin’s lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar’s creator. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s…

The head of Venezuela’s state-backed petro cryptocurrency has been added to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Most Wanted list. Source: Coindesk Original Post: US Offers M Bounty for Arrest of Venezuela’s…

Derivative contracts on ether are more popular than ever, as evidenced by record open positions in options listed on the Panama-based derivatives exchange Deribit. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Open Interest in Ether…

While Bitcoin created an alternative financial system independent of government, Libra’s architecture depends on the existing fiat currency system – and on the whims of the governments that control it. Source: Coindesk …

The figure puts 2020 on track to become the second-costliest year in the history of crypto. Source: Coindesk Original Post: Crypto Criminals Have Already Stolen .4B in 2020, Says CipherTrace