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Many believe that general-purpose blockchains like Ethereum, Cardano, Avalanche and Solana will come to power everything on the web, including financial apps, social apps and even Amazon-like marketplaces. But there’s a show-stopping problem that’s being widely overlo

Black-owned businesses and their finances were disproportionately impacted by COVID, but now the tides are turning as this demographic is utilizing the technologies behind blockchain to own the cryptocurrency market.

Since the launch of initial coin offerings (ICOs) like EOS and Tezos, a steady stream of alternative smart contract platforms have been labeled “Ethereum killers,” immediately pitting them against one another.During 2021, which has arguably been the biggest year of ad

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a type of digital asset, have exploded in popularity this year, with NFT artworks selling for millions of dollars.

Since cryptocurrency is an asset class that does not correlate with traditional stocks and bonds, adding it to an investment portfolio will only diversify it further.

On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal ran a tantalizing headline: “Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Could Be Unmasked at Florida Trial.” Nakamoto, of course, is a pseudonym used by the person or people who laid out the basic principles of Bitcoin, helped develop it bet

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put the kibosh on VanEck’s latest attempt to launch a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click he

Winter is here; however, the biggest fear among crypto traders is whether crypto winter is here. No one wants to see another crypto winter as it is difficult to forget the dire consequences of the previous one.

In a recent interview, Bitstamp’s Chief Technology Officer, David Osojnik, discussed how Nasdaq’s trading technology has contributed to Bitstamp’s strategic objectives and commitment to providing best-in-class services to over four million customers around the world. 

In recent months, the fast-growing pace of the decentralized finance (DeFi) market has captured the attention of regulators looking to fit this new area of crypto into existing regulatory frameworks. Attractive yields and very unique financial instruments are regularly pushing th

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Over the weekend, bitcoin enthusiasts huddled around their screens as they waited for miners to mine Bitcoin block 709,632. The block was mined sometime around midnight EST and, with it, three highly anticipated technological upgrades to Bitcoin were officially implemented into t

Over the weekend, Bitcoin enthusiasts huddled around their screens as they waited for miners to mine Bitcoin block 709,632. The block was mined sometime around midnight EST and with it, three highly anticipated technological upgrades to Bitcoin were officially implemented into th

Supply chains are having a moment.Many of the world’s most successful systems and products are invisible, but it’s no surprise that supply chains are suddenly being noticed – not because of their immense success, but because they have been taken for granted for

This morning, my colleague Andrew Thurman put out a piece for this website about the government of Barbados, and its plans to establish a so-called “metaverse embassy.”The metaverse is a kind of multiplayer social space in virtual reality; think Second Life or Playsta

Despite the incredible progress it has made in a relatively short time (Bitcoin is little more than a decade old), crypto is stuck in the chasm between the early adopter and early majority phases of the adoption curve and is struggling to dig itself out.

Internet culture has long been synonymous with memes. However, 2021 has seen the emergence of meme investing across both Wall Street and the world of cryptocurrency.

As a musician and video artist, M.I.A. has always made expressly political work. Throughout a bracing, eclectic catalogue she’s tackled colonialism, immigration crises and other forms of systemic oppression head-on. Even when the sounds are chaotic, or the message isn&rsquo

This week, the U.S. consumer price index for October showed a 6.2% increase from a year ago, the highest inflation rate since 1990, news that directly contributed to bitcoin’s mid-week surge to new all-time highs.What’s causing that inflation? Well, Bitcoin advocates

For critics of Tether, the new economy of digital assets is based on the world’s oldest profession: real estate speculation.Crypto markets took a dip Thursday just around the time it was reported that China’s Evergrande Group was on the verge of defaulting on a bond p