The Facebook-led cryptocurrency project has been scaled back while investors try to take advantage of market turbulence. Here’s the story.
Vinay Gupta’s Big Idea: An Identity Layer for Your Things
Vinay Gupta wrote about responding to pandemics in 2008, then helped launch Ethereum in 2015. Now he has another far-out idea.
‘Digital Dollar’ Reintroduced by US Lawmakers in Latest Stimulus Bill
The idea of a digital dollar was again floated by U.S. lawmakers as a means of issuing stimulus payments to residents.
Coinbase Custody Double Downs on DeFi Governance Options
Coinbase is making it easier for its Custody clients to vote their tokens on more DeFi protocols. New tools for Compound were announced Thursday.
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 16, 2020
Bitcoin did something weird last night and Facebook pulls back on stablecoin plans. It’s CoinDesk’s Markets Daily podcast.
EPAM Joins Effort to Help Cryptocurrency Exchanges Comply With FATF ‘Travel Rule’
EPAM Systems has joined forces with OpenVASP, pledging to use its programming expertise to help crypto businesses comply with the FATF’s “Travel Rule.”
Libra Scales Back Global Currency Ambitions in Concession to Regulators
The Facebook-spawned Libra Association has scaled back its original vision of a global digital currency backed by a basket of fiat currencies.
Libra Scales Back Global Currency Ambitions in Concession to Regulators
The Facebook-spawned Libra Association has scaled back its original vision of a global digital currency backed by a basket of fiat currencies.
Bitcoin Maximalism, Entrepreneurs and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe (Part 5 of a Six-Part Documentary Podcast Series)
On this episode, we’ll join Anita Posch in Zimbabwe as she speaks with Tongayi Choto, a software developer, entrepreneur and a bitcoin maximalist.
Grayscale Says It Raised a Record $500M in First Quarter
The crypto investment firm says it raised almost as much in Q1 2020 as it did over the whole of 2019.
Judge ‘Puzzled’ by Craig Wright’s Objections to Producing Evidence of Over 1.1M Bitcoin
The judge pointed to the fact that Wright has previously been accused of abusing attorney-client privilege in the Kleiman case.
This App Tracks the Impact of Your Donation to Combat Coronavirus
“Let’s start a positive epidemic,” says the team behind the #SpreadLoveNotCorona app. “The more people get infected, the more money goes to charity.”
First Mover: Coronavirus Trillions Get Bitcoiners Wondering if Halving Still Matters
The much talked about halving looks to have been replaced by the coronavirus easing measures as crypto investors’ top concern.
Bitcoin Price Spikes Above $7.1K, Liquidating $23 Million on BitMEX
Bitcoin’s price jumped by nearly $500 during the early European trading hours on Thursday, triggering mass liquidations on the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.
Ethereum Now Matches Bitcoin on One Key Metric
The use of the Ethereum network to move value around has shot to record levels, thanks to the growth of stablecoins.
Mystery Hacker Tries to Steal Crypto Through Fake Google Chrome Wallet Extensions
Google has removed 49 Chrome extensions masquerading as legitimate crypto wallets, including Ledger, MyEtherWallet, MetaMask and Jaxx, according to MyCrypto’s Harry Denley.
Swiss Crypto Firm Closes $14.5M Series B to Help Secure Brokerage License
Crypto Finance AG’s $14.5 million funding round will go toward international expansion and courting institutional investors.
Solana Blockchain Adds Korean Stablecoin Terra for Better Payments
Solana is adding the Terra stablecoin in an effort to bring “novel applications that require price-stable payments” to its high-throughput blockchain.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Price Volatility Declines in Contrast to S&P 500
As coronavirus upends economic patterns, the S&P 500 continues a rocky run while bitcoin’s volatility has declined.
Ask Consensus Speakers Anything at CoinDesk Live
Twice a week, the Lockdown Edition will feature discussions and public AMAs via Zoom with key speakers from the Consensus: Distributed agenda.
