Microsoft Resumes Bitcoin Payments After Halt Over 'Instability'

Tech giant Microsoft is once more accepting bitcoin payments after it halted transactions in the cryptocurrency last week. | Continue reading


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Venezuela's Planned Petro Cryptocurrency 'Illegal,' Says Congress

Venezuela's opposition-run congress has declared that a planned new oil-backed cryptocurrency called the petro is illegal. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Beyond the Red Tape: The Path Ahead for Token Sales

Mason Borda is a tech entrepreneur focusing on blockchain infrastructure and security. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of TokenSoft Inc, a crypto treasury management and white label token sale platform. The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk's 2017 … | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Quebec Lures Cryptocurrency Miners as China Sours on Industry

Cheap and abundant electricity, cold weather and a stable political climate are making the Canadian province attractive to bitcoin mining operators. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Telegram's $1.2 Billion ICO Could Be the Most Ambitious Token Sale Yet

Not only in size, but also in scope: the messaging app provider wants to bring crypto payments to the masses and decentralize online communication. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Report: South Korea Eyes Joint Crypto Regulations With China, Japan

Finance regulators in South Korea are reportedly looking to cooperate with authorities in China and Japan on new rules for cryptocurrency trading. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin ETF Proposals Withdrawn After SEC Pushback

Several firms seeking to list exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to bitcoin have withdrawn their filings at the request of officials from the SEC. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Smart Contracts Proposal MAST Inches Closer to Bitcoin's Code

A long-standing proposal to bring "smarter" smart contracts to bitcoin's main net has just taken one step closer to implementation. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Kodak Is Launching a Cryptocurrency for Photographers

U.S. technology firm Kodak has announced that it will launch its own cryptocurrency, with plans to host an initial coin offering (ICO). | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Nebraska Lawmaker Files 3 Blockchain Bills

A lawmaker in Nebraska has filed a trio of bills focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Malaysia Securities Watchdog Issues ICO Cease-And-Desist

Malaysia's securities market watchdog has issued a cease-and-desist to a startup ahead of its planned initial coin offering (ICO). | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Swiss Government Launches Blockchain Task Force

The Swiss government has launched a new initiative to cement its regulatory framework surrounding blockchain startups and ICOs. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ether Bucks Bearish Trend to Hold Above $1,200

The price of ether, the native token of the ethereum platform, is bucking the downtrend seen across the top 10 cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Jamie Dimon Says He Regrets Calling Bitcoin a Fraud

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon now reportedly regrets calling bitcoin a "fraud," though he is still not a fan of the cryptocurrency. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

$35 Million: Smart Contracts Platform Mobius Completes ICO Presale

Smart contracts provider Mobius has successfully raised $35 million in a token presale based on the Stellar network. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ethereum Price Highs Overshadow New Wave of Tech Issues

With ether price reaching all-time-highs, fundamental issues that relate to the most basic operation of ethereum's blockchain are popping up. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Below $15K: Bitcoin Plays Defense Amid Bear Move

Bitcoin is on the back foot today, despite yesterday's sharp recovery from $14,000 levels. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

TD Ameritrade: Bitcoin 'Great Opportunity' to Get Millennials Trading

Investment services firm TD Ameritrade sees cryptocurrencies as the "greatest opportunity" to get millennials to trade, says its chief strategist. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bank of Israel: Digital Currencies Are an Asset Not a Currency

The deputy governor of Israel's central bank has said that digital currencies like bitcoin are more of a financial asset than a currency. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin Mining Wastes Energy? What If That's a Good Thing?

Long-term, the incentives bitcoin creates may drive efficiency and green energy solutions in the crypto world and even spur them in the wider economy. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Nvidia Curbs Data Center GPU Use – But Crypto Miners Are Excluded

GPU maker Nvidia has tweaked its software license agreement to limit the use of its products by data centers – unless they're mining cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

A Blockchain a Day? Big Pharma Seeks DLT Solution for Drug Costs

Pharma heavyweights open up about how they envision a blockchain system improving the research and development process of new drugs. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2018: The Year We Democratize Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies may be in a market mania, but that interest will spark a new wave of blockchain growth according to Deloitte's top blockchain lead. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

South Korean Banks Face Scrutiny Over Crypto Exchange Ties

South Korea's financial regulators began inspecting commercial banks to monitor their compliance with new cryptocurrency exchange rules. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

SEC Branch Trolls Blockchain Stock Pumpers

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Fort Worth branch joked about the recent fad of companies adding "blockchain" to their names on Twitter. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

ViaBTC Announces Shutdown of Crypto Mining Contract Market

Chinese bitcoin mining pool ViaBTC has announced that it will close its marketplace for mining contracts this week. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Vermont Could Collect Taxes in Crypto Under Proposed Law

A state legislator in Vermont has proposed a bill to create a regulatory framework for blockchain tech, including a transaction tax payable in crypto. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

The Crypto Market Just Dropped on One Data Adjustment

CoinMarketCap, perhaps the go-to source for cryptocurrency market data, has sparked an uproar after it moved to exclude South Korean exchanges from its price average calculations. The unannounced move to remove data from Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit from its average calculations s … | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

SEC Suspends Trading of Hong Kong Blockchain Firm's Stock

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted trading of a Hong Kong-based firm UBI Blockchain. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ripple Down 30 Percent as Bull Run Fades

Ripple's XRP token is down more than 30 percent today, amid losses across the wider cryptocurrency market. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Banks and the Blockchain Blues

Banks excited about their blockchain work may do well to monitor their signal-to-noise ratios in 2018. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Delaware State's Blockchain Lead is Leaving

The founding director of the government-backed Delaware Blockchain Initiative has departed for a consultancy based in the state. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Overstock Leads $2 Million Funding for Blockchain Voting Startup

Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of online retail giant Overstock.com, has led the seed funding round of mobile voting platform Voatz. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin Faces Bear Move as Price Drops Toward $15K

Bitcoin is looking weak today after prices failed to hold above $17,000 levels at the weekend. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Indian Lawyer Files Petition Demanding Cryptocurrency Regulations

An Indian lawyer has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to force action on the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the country. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

IBM, Comcast Back New Blockchain Startup Fund

IBM and Comcast Ventures are backing a blockchain investment fund aiming to scale early stage start-ups focused on enterprises. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

I Love Bitcoin. That's Why I Sue Exchanges

The lawyer who's filed more crypto class actions than any other speaks out on his outlook on the blockchain industry. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Weathering the Altcoin Shitstorm (And Investing for the Next One)

The crypto markets may be divorced from fundamentals, but that doesn't they're devoid of patterns and rhythms you can read. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

An Anti-Virus Token? Polyswarm Seeks Safer Internet With $50 Million ICO

There's never enough eyes out there looking for threats against internet users. Take the recently disclosed Specter and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities, which showed how threats can linger for years undetected. Though as much as such giant engineering failures get attention, e … | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2018's Challenge: What Are Crypto Assets Really Worth?

We've bought in, but how much are these assets really worth? Turing Group's top quants talk about a major token challenge ahead. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2017: A Legal Renaissance, Blockchain Style

Last year, lawyers and law firms finally got over themselves and worked together in the blockchain space. In 2018, such teamwork will be critical. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Regulatory Whack-a-Mole Won’t Beat Cryptocurrency Sanctions Evasion

If the U.S. government just tries to go after each problematic example of crypto on an ad-hoc basis, it'll never get ahead of the issue. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ripple's Frenzied Price Rise Could Herald Long-Term Growth

Ripple's recent price rise could lead to a self-fulling cycle of appreciation for the cryptographic asset. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

What Crypto Didn't Give Us in 2017

The cryptocurrency market may have exceeded expectations in 2017 – but there's plenty of goals left on the industry wishlist. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

What the 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' CPU Flaws Mean for Cryptocurrency

Newly discovered computer vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre could have an impact on cryptocurrency users. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Texas Regulator Orders BitConnect to Call Off Token Sale

The Texas State Securities Board ordered BitConnect to halt its upcoming token sale, which the regulator deemed an unregistered securities offering. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Overstock Gets $100 Million from Soros Fund for Blockchain and More

Overstock.com just got a fat chunk of change from a big-name investor, and CEO Patrick Byrne says much of it will fund the company's blockchain work. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ex-Iced Tea Maker Long Blockchain Is Buying a Bunch of Bitcoin Miners Now

The former beverage company is buying $4.2 million of AntMiner gear and setting up a mining facility in a Nordic country, according to an SEC filing. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago