The EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 24, 2020
With BTC up 3.5% on the week and ETH up a lot more, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another news roundup.
Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business?
More than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the US are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship?
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 23, 2020
With BTC finally breaking out and ETH up even more, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another crypto news roundup.
A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words
A primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 22, 2020
With the price of BTC taking a breather following yesterdays jump, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.
What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation?
Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 21, 2020
With the price of BTC catching a bid in early trading, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.
What Is GPT-3 and Should We Be Terrified?
The internet is alive with demos of what the latest artificial intelligence language model can do. Should we be nervous?
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 20, 2020
With bitcoin’s trading range getting even tighter, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 20, 2020
With bitcoin’s trading range getting even tighter, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup.
Are Stablecoins Eurodollars 2.0? Long Reads Sunday
Long Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020.
The Origins of the World’s Oldest Bitcoin Metric, Explained
Bitcoin days destroyed (BDD) was first introduced as a concept back in 2011. At the time, it had only been two years since the creation of the world’s first cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Individuals were already beginning to innovate ways to measure on-chain transaction activity and value.
Social Media Is Democracy’s Faultline: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
From PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week.
What If the Too-Strong Dollar Is a Solved Problem? Feat. Jon Turek
Finance writer Jon Turek argues that between Federal Reserve swap lines, Europe stabilization and a few other factors, the strong dollar problem may be (temporarily) solved.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 17, 2020
With Binance expanding its miner ambitions and Thailand’s CBDC seeing early use, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.
No, the Twitter Hack Wasn’t About Bitcoin
The motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 16, 2020
With much of the social-media world reeling from yesterdays massive, unprecedented breach at Twitter HQ, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.
The Issues Shaping the US and China’s ‘New Cold War’
From control of the digital realm to territorial skirmishes, these are the issues shaping an increasingly troubled relationship.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 15, 2020
As the race for Central Bank Digital Currencies heats up, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup!