Meeting Bitcoiners Online When They Live in the Same City

Jan 7, 2020 at 21:35 UTCUpdated Jan 7, 2020 at 21:46 UTCDecred's Akin Sawyerr (center) speaks on a CES panel with Libra Association Vice Chair Dante Disparte (right), photo by Brady Dale for CoinDeskLibra Association Exec: World Needs Us Because Bitcoin Is ‘Not a Means of Payment’LAS VEGAS — "Bitcoin as an asset class has proven…

Los brasileños adquirieron $496 millones en criptomonedas en agosto y ya han comprado $4.270 millones en lo que va de 2021, reveló el viernes el Banco Central de Brasil (BCB).Según la autoridad monetaria brasileña, en mayo se dio el pico de adquisición de criptomonedas, con $756 millones en compras. Desde entonces la cifra bajó a…

news Canadian police have frozen assets owned by the founders of blockchain services company Vanbex, as part of a fraud investigation into a 2017 initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $22 million. According to court documents dated March 13, the company, led by Kevin Hobbs and Lisa Cheng, raised $30 million CAD (about $22 million) worth…

Some traders warned of a further market-wide pullback if bitcoin lost the $69,000 level in the coming days.Dogecoin jumped 6%, while Bitcoin Cash saw a 13% rise ahead of an expected halving event on April 4, which historically has preceded a bull market for the token.Bitcoin (BTC) prices were little changed over the past 24

news Four more major institutions including the Shinhan and NH Nonghyup banks have joined a South Korean decentralized identity initiative that’s aimed to secure and share personal information using blockchain. According to a report from CoinDesk Korea on Sunday, the program, which was first released in July, is now officially named as the Initial DID…

news Ukraine’s top law-enforcement and counterintelligence agency uncovered crypto mining equipment on site at a nuclear power plant. According to local media reports, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confiscated six Radeon RX 470 GPU video cards, a motherboard, power supplies and extension cords, a USB and hard drive, and cooling units installed in the…

news Investment management company Invesco is launching a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange today. For the effort, Invesco has partnered with London-based Elwood Asset Management, an investment firm specializing in digital assets, to launch the product called the “Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain UCITS ETF.” Elwood announced the news Monday, saying the ETF…

I’ve always tended to be heterodox in my beliefs, my social attitudes and the way I reason outside of scholarly consensus.Patrick Dugan is the founder of the Omni Foundation, CEO of TradeLayer and coiner of the term "crypto-dollarization".This article is part of CoinDesk’s “Future of Bitcoin” package.It was about 11 years ago that I sent

Featured SpeakerDaniel AlegreCEOYuga LabsHear from Yuga Labs new CEO in his first public appearance since assuming the position.Cam Thompson is a news reporter at CoinDesk.Featured SpeakerDaniel AlegreCEOYuga LabsHear from Yuga Labs new CEO in his first public appearance since assuming the position.After months of speculation following Elon Musk’s takeover of the popular social media platform,…