CoinDesk Monthly Review November 2020

CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is partner at Castle Island Ventures, a public blockchain-focused venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass. He is also the co-founder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup.Veterans of the blocksize war that raged from 2015 to 2017 in Bitcoin were met with a curious sight this week: Bitcoiners complaining about high…

May 29, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated May 29, 2020 at 13:48 UTCDIGITAL DOLLARS: Former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo said building a digital dollar could take years, but work needs to start now to achieve this. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)Digital Dollar Project Calls for 2-Tiered Distribution System in First White Paper for US CBDCThe Digital Dollar Project…

Tigran Gambaryan’s bail was refused by a Nigerian court on Friday.Nigeria has taken Binance and its executives to court and is pursuing tax evasion and money laundering charges.Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan’s bail application was denied by a Nigerian court on the grounds that there is a likelihood that he will manage to jump bail

Oct 18, 2020 at 12:26 UTCA Day in the Life of the SplinternetIn 2030, at the interminable tail end of another hot, smoky summer in Mexico City, the power went out again and she went down into the basement where it was cooler. Other people from the apartment block were already sitting on the gritty…

Private Swiss bank Maerki Baumann’s new crypto trading service shows there’s a growing market for providing premium execution for an institutional or wealthy clientele. The entity promised its new crypto trading and custody service would provide clients with the best trading experience in a blog post last week. “The trading orders placed with Maerki Baumann…

Jun 10, 2020 at 16:05 UTCUpdated Jun 10, 2020 at 16:10 UTCAs Chinese students prepare for bitcoin questions on their university entrance exams, some analysts say BTC is near the start of a multi-month bull run. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace…

A wide swath of the crypto industry signed a letter to the top lawmakers in the U.S. House of Represenatives, explaining why they should get behind the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.As House lawmakers are poised for a floor vote next week on the bill, the letter says passage would help

news Volkswagen Group has announced it will use blockchain tech to track its mineral supply chains. The German automaker said Thursday that, in order to “responsibly source” minerals such as cobalt (used in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles), it has joined an open industry collaboration, which also includes Ford as a member. Currently, miners and…

Oct 29, 2020 at 20:13 UTCBinance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says the centralized exchange's BNB tokens might benefit from the decentralization trend. (CoinDesk archives, modified by CoinDesk)Cryptocurrency trading colossus Binance Holdings Limited created a corporate plan for profiting from the U.S. market while avoiding the country’s regulatory scrutiny, Forbes reported Thursday, citing a 2018 document…