The World Economic Forum wants to create guidelines for data storage and distribution, in hopes of making it easier for researchers and governments to make informed decisions.
Bermuda Is Planning a Comprehensive Crypto Framework
Denis Pitcher, chief fintech advisor to the Premier of Bermuda, talks about the island nation’s blockchain plans.
Hyperledger’s Brian Behlendorf Says Blockchain’s Potential Is “Hitting a Tipping Point”
Hyperledger’s Brian Behlendorf talks with Michael Casey about blockchain’s “tipping point.”
Davos, CBDCs, and the Rise of Bitcoin Art
The word from Davos is blockchain not crypto, cashless futures, and CBDCs, while Brekkie von Bitcoin gives us his take on the emergent field of bitcoin art.
Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash
Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead.
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse Hints Firm May Seek IPO Within 12 Months
The Ripple CEO said at Davos that an initial public offering is seen as the “natural evolution for the company,” perhaps even this year.
Cypherpunk Harry Halpin Takes on Davos
Nym Technologies CEO Harry Halpin speaks to CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen about the waning power of the Davos elite.
Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance.
Hyperledger to Explore How Blockchain Can Help World Meet Climate Goals
The new climate group will allow participants to share ideas for a new distributed database to track emissions.
CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at this yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on.
Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain ‘Bill of Rights’
Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse.
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they’ll confront an essential question, says Circle’s Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain’s ability to create value for people around the world?
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz.
Fake News on Steroids: Deepfakes Are Coming – Are World Leaders Prepared?
What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”
Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?
“I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous.”
Storming the Gates: How ‘Crypto Davos’ Became a Thing
How the crypto industry can (and has) influenced the premier gathering of the world’s economic and political elite.