BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin’s Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates
The chief banker at the bank for central banks, Agustín Carstens, cast doubt on bitcoin’s long-term viability Wednesday, saying it was only a matter of […]
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Ex-Goldman CEO Blankfein Says Governments Would Likely Try to Shut Down Bitcoin if It Becomes Too Successful
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein pooh-poohed bitcoin’s “store of value” and “medium of exchange” propositions on CNBC Monday, stressing that if the cryptocurrency ever […]
Colombia, Estonia Upload the Bitcoin White Paper to Their Governmental Websites
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State of Crypto: Unpacking the Trump Presidency’s Crypto Legacy
Welcome to State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. I’m your host, Nikhilesh De. A number of crypto […]
Bitcoin Donations to Navalny Surge After Russian Opposition Leader Is Jailed
The standoff between Russia President Vladimir Putin and his main opponent, Alexey Navalny, rose to a new level last week – and so did bitcoin […]
We Have Entered the Age of Anonymous Crypto
Recently, following a change to Whatsapp’s privacy policy, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world left for other services. Signal, an encrypted […]
Why Did Bill Miller and His Son Buy MicroStrategy Debt? It’s the Bitcoin
Taking part in MicroStrategy’s recent $650 million convertible senior note offering was basically getting an almost-free call option on bitcoin, Bill Miller IV, the son […]
How Cultural Differences Drive User Adoption in DeFi
At the end of 2020, I wrote about the cultural differences of Eastern and Western crypto communities. As we kick off 2021, I’d like to […]
Ripple is Hiring Director of Engineering for RippleX Platform
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Fixing Crypto’s Silos
It’s an established truth the cryptocurrency sector is more fragmented than shattered glass. Industry devotees have long made the most of working piecemeal, accepting ever-increasing […]