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Feb 27, 2020 at 08:10 UTCZcash Foundation Executive Director Josh Cincinnati speaks at ETHDenver 2020. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)WATCH: Zcash Foundation Explains ‘Compromise’ Path to Funding ZEC DevelopmentDemocracy is tough – maybe even more so for decentralized crypto networks.Zcash investors, community members and its flagship firms – Electric Coin Company (ECC) and the Zcash…

Feb 17, 2020 at 12:14 UTCUpdated Feb 17, 2020 at 12:20 UTCCity of London image via ShutterstockCrypto custody provider Copper has raised $8 million in a Series A round – an investment it plans to use launching in new markets. Participants in the Series A included two U.K.-based venture capitals, LocalGlobe and MMC Ventures, as…

There are many words that could be used to describe Amir Taaki – but today, ambitious is best. The infamous bitcoin developer – known for co-creating Dark Wallet, Darkleaks and DarkMarket – took the stage during a hackathon he hosted in the wake of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) in Barcelona last week, the same city where…

Jun 8, 2020 at 16:15 UTCUpdated Jun 8, 2020 at 16:27 UTCThe Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real. (Credit: Bank of Lithuania)Lithuania Is Trialing a CBDC No One Can Use – And That’s by DesignLithuania’s central bank is one month away…

Feb 13, 2020 at 11:55 UTCUpdated Feb 13, 2020 at 11:59 UTCAn executive formerly working on Apple's payments products has joined Banco Santander.Trish Burgess joins the Spain-based multinational as the new global head of Peer-to-Peer Payments and will direct its expansion of digital payments services globally, according to an announcement Thursday.Burgess worked at Apple for…

NEWS Aug 28, 2018 at 16:05 UTC  |  Updated  Aug 28, 2018 at 16:06 UTC The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced that there are "more than 200 active investigations" by state or provincial-level agencies into initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other crypto-related investment products. NASAA, composed of securities regulators from the U.S., Canada, Puerto…

Sep 28, 2020 at 13:32 UTCUpdated Sep 28, 2020 at 13:33 UTC(FOTO:FORTEPAN / Korenchy László / Wikimedia Commons)Ebang has said the knock-on effects of the coronavirus outbreak caused revenue to fall by half in the first six months of 2020.Total net revenue for the Nasdaq-listed mining equipment manufacturer slumped to $11 million in H1 2020,…

news The mobile bitcoin wallet project Samourai Wallet is partnering with the French hardware retailer Nodl to create a bitcoin node device that syncs with Samourai’s privacy-centric mobile wallet. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Nodl co-founder Michel Luczak said this new product will be a “full, self-validating, bitcoin and lightning node” that allows people to use…

One bitcoin costs roughly $17,700, not $0, to mine, and there isn't an unlimited supply, but instead a hard cap of 21 million tokens. Unlike with shares, no single company can increase the total number of bitcoin. Ethereum has a negative supply schedule, and so its native token, ether, decreases in supply. USDC is backed…