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Nov 28, 2019 at 12:30 UTCUpdated Nov 28, 2019 at 11:53 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian ArmstrongCoinbase Patents Automated KYC Enforcement ToolCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has patented a self-learning compliance enforcer that shutters “bad” user accounts.The U.S Patent and Trademark Office-issued patent, published on Nov. 19, describes an automated system and accompanying scoring mechanism that together root out…

Apr 6, 2020 at 18:00 UTCUpdated Apr 6, 2020 at 18:08 UTCOne of Zoom's view options. (Credit: Zoom)Zoom Has Privacy Issues, Here Are Some AlternativesZoom, the popular-by-necessity video conferencing platform, has seen an explosion in users as the coronavirus pandemic forces people to work from home. In a recent blog post, CEO Eric S. Yua…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's mysterious new crypto business plans to offer access to "high-yield" opportunities, according to a clue embedded in the website for the project called World Liberty Financial. Metadata on worldlibertyfinancial.com says "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump" will connect users to "decentralized finance's best tools for secure

Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Alex…

May 21, 2020 at 19:09 UTCUpdated May 21, 2020 at 19:13 UTCKik CEO Ted Livingston is one of two board members for the Kin Foundation. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)Kin Foundation Publishes First Transparency Report Amid SEC Court FightThe Kin Foundation is offering a peek under the hood. The group published a transparency report Thursday, laying out…

Interoperability has long been one of the biggest challenges within the crypto space.Nikhil Suri is the product lead at the Wormhole Foundation, which acts as a steward of the cross-chain messaging platform Wormhole. Prior to that, Nikhil was a software engineer at Jump Crypto, Uber and PayPal.The ability to perform cross-chain transfers is critical to

Aoyon Ashraf is managing editor with more than a decade of experience in covering equity marketsMichael Saylor's MicroStrategy (MSTR) booked a far smaller accounting writedown tied to its bitcoin (BTC) hoard last quarter versus the final three months of 2022, helped by the cryptocurrency's giant rally to begin the year.MicroStrategy's impairment loss was $18.9 million…

news U.S. authorities seized more than $200,000 worth of bitcoin after alleged drug manufacturer and dealer met with undercover law enforcement officers to exchange the digital currency for cash at a hotel in Norwood, Massachusetts. The arrest — which occurred on March 27, 2019 — was part of a wider investigation into a Boston-based drug…

Feb 20, 2020 at 17:11 UTCUpdated Feb 20, 2020 at 17:44 UTCA look at Decentraland's Vegas Plaza. (Courtesy image)Decentraland opened for gameplay on Thursday and anyone who thinks they might like it is better off playing now rather than later, because free stuff.For regular gamers, Decentraland may be a new kind of experience, what they…