One Year Later, A Wave of Apps Is Emerging on Bitcoin Cash

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Helene is a U.S. markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the US economy, the Fed, and bitcoin. She is a recent graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place…

One Man’s Mission to Deploy Solar-Powered Bitcoin Nodes Across AfricaLook below at the map of public nodes on Bitcoin’s Lighting Network. Europe and the U.S. are filled with them. The rest of the world is an ocean of blankness with a few scattered islands. Source: Lighting Network ExplorerAfrica appears to have eight nodes total. From…

24H Low$1.7324H High$1.85PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Feen/aAbout AlgorandAlgorand is a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain that supports smart contracts. Its protocol uses Pure PoS, through which users are selected on a random and secret basis to propose blocks and vote on proposals. In that way, the blockchain ensures that each user’s influence on the choice of a…

Oct 31, 2020 at 17:54 UTCDecentralized finance is "the most interesting thing happening in crypto," says acting OCC head Brian Brooks. He wants to assess how new tools can be used to strengthen the banking system. (Credit: Coinbase)US Banks Could Seek to Partner With or Buy Crypto Custodians, OCC’s Brooks SaysU.S. banks are looking at…

It’s bulls on parade as analysts see upward momentum for bitcoin. Here’s CoinDesk’s Markets Daily Podcast. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. For early access before our regular noon Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica or RSS. DisclosureThe leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk…

Jul 23, 2020 at 20:35 UTCUpdated Jul 23, 2020 at 20:36 UTCSignature Bank chairman Scott A. Shay (Signature Bank)Out of the nearly $8 billion in deposit growth that Signature Bank saw in the second quarter of 2020, $1 billion was raked in by the firm’s digital assets team, according to the bank’s most recent earnings…

This has been a year of triumphs and not a few tribulations for Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group (DCG).Under his leadership, the company has cemented its position as a key player in the crypto industry despite facing a series of challenges related to last year's epic scandals. Not least of these was FTX, whose downfall

Fiat currency derives its value from the laws of supply and demand, assigning economic value to goods and services. (Most) cryptocurrencies largely follow the same logic. What these models are not particularly good at doing is encompassing other types of value; social, environmental and ethical. Perhaps that’s why the unintended consequences of transactions are known…

opinion To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the nation-state’s demise are greatly exaggerated. The exits of Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and four other firms from the Libra consortium came after France and Germany moved to block the global “stablecoin” cryptocurrency project and after U.S. lawmakers delivered stern warnings to Libra members. This was more than a…