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Jun 29, 2020 at 08:46 UTCUpdated Jun 29, 2020 at 09:09 UTCSeoul, South Korea. (Shutterstock)The South Korean government wants to develop a blockchain registry to help analyze, anonymize and store clinical data for diabetes. Blockchain startup Sendsquare has been selected by the government to develop a proof-of-concept project for the nation, which has around 3.6…

Dec 1, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTC(Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)Why Europe Bests the US at Attracting Crypto StartupsFor years lawyers have warned of the risks associated with running a cryptocurrency business in the United States, especially when a token is involved. Regrettably, those risks are more apparent than ever. As New York- and Austrian-licensed attorneys, we’ve talked…

May 11, 2020 at 13:56 UTCUpdated May 11, 2020 at 14:23 UTCGavin Wood (Credit: CoinDesk archives)Gavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create, calling out its lack of “agency” when upgrading to its next version, Ethereum 2.0. Wood, the founder of Parity Technologies, said Ethereum…

The developer of popular alternative Solana client Jito on Friday abruptly pulled the plug on its mempool functionality, a key part of its tech stack that had nonetheless enabled a spate of costly sandwich attacks on traders.Jito Labs said in a tweet Friday that the mempool function would go offline tonight. Mempools are the place

Glenn C Williams Jr, CMT is a Crypto Markets Analyst with an initial background in traditional finance. His experience includes research and analysis of individual cryptocurrencies, defi protocols, and crypto-based funds. He owns BTC, ETH, UNI, DOT, MATIC, and AVAXNick Baker is CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He owns small amounts of BTC and ETH.“There’s no reason…

Nov 12, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 12, 2020 at 2:20 p.m. UTCPlaceholder partner Chris Burniske at Consensus Invest 2017(CoinDesk archives)‘Chainlink Killer’ API3 Closes $3M Funding Round With Placeholder and PanteraWhen it comes to solving the so-called “oracle problem,” or the way blockchains are connected to outside data sources, we can do better.So says…

The first and most essential response to famine, war, natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis, or other crises is food, clothing and shelter. These are the essentials to staying alive. But once disaster victims are made stable and have the clothes and food they need, giving them more can actually become a burden.In recent years,…

PodcastsMarkets Daily Crypto RoundupLISTEN: Jesse Powell, Bitcoin Banker – Most Influential 2020Listen onIcons/Big/Google-PodcastsApple PodcastsIcons/Big/SpotifySpotifyIcons/Big/PocketcastsPocket CastsIcons/Big/Apple-PodcastsGoogle PodcastsIcons/Big/CastboxCastboxIcons/Big/StitcherStitcherIcons/Big/RadioPublicRadioPublicIcons/Big/RssRSS FeedDec 29, 2020Adam B. LevineHostLyllah LedesmaHostIn this special episode of Markets Daily, CoinDesk Podcasts editor Adam B. Levine reads Nathan DiCamillo’s profile of Jesse Powell, one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential People in 2020.This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io.Other…

NEWSINBRIEF U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has warned users against the perceived risks of trading the new bitcoin cash token, Bitcoin SV (BCH SV) – one of two competing versions of the cryptocurrency created when the blockchain split during last week’s hard fork upgrade. Kraken said in a blog post on Sunday that, while it has credited BCH…