Ethereum Foundation Announces Millions in Grants for Scaling Research

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has announced two new subsidy programs. Teams can now apply to work on scaling proposals for the blockchain network. | Continue reading


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Crypto Market Sets New High as Bitcoin Dominance Drops to Historic Low

The cryptocurrency market sets all-time-high above $660 billion while bitcoin dominance dropped to its historic low. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

New Bitcoin Cash Tech Takes Aim at Accidental Spending Issue

Bitcoin ABC, a full node implementation for bitcoin cash, released a new BCH address format to prevent funds from going to BTC addresses instead. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Egypt's Religious Leader: Crypto Trading Forbidden Under Islamic Law

Egypt's Islamic religious leader says the cryptocurrency trading is not legal based on the Islamic religious law. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

South Korea Sets Date for Anonymous Crypto Trading Ban: Report

South Korea will reportedly begin implementing new regulations banning anonymous cryptocurrency exchange accounts on or around Jan. 20. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Malaysian Minister: No Bitcoin Trading Ban Planned

A Malaysian finance minister has said the government will not ban cryptocurrency trading, though it will remain cautious on the technology. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Aim, Fire: Bulletproofs Is a Breakthrough for Privacy on Blockchains

Taking the spotlight from zk-snarks, new privacy tech bulletproofs is garnering significant attention from a handful of blockchain developers. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

ECB's Yves Mersch Calls Bitcoin a 'Major Threat' to Financial Stability

Yves Mersch has said bitcoin could pose a threat to economic stability if financial infrastructure institutions get involved with the cryptocurrency. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Over $900: Ether Starts 2018 at All-Time Price High

The native token of the ethereum platform, ether, hit an all-time high of over $900 this morning. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Putin Investigating 'Cryptorouble' as Way to Avoid Western Sanctions

President Vladimir Putin has reportedly commissioned Russian officials to work on developing a national cryptocurrency dubbed the "cryptorouble." | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

UK Central Bank Mulls Cryptocurrency Linked To Pounds Sterling

A research unit at the Bank of England is reportedly investigating the introduction of a cryptocurrency linked to pounds sterling. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

My New Year's Resolution? Revisit Blockchain's Fundamentals

Entering what could be another growth year, author William Mougayar invites the blockchain industry to take a step back and remember the basics. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

What Do We Do With All This Money?

All dressed up and nowhere to go? VC Wendy Schadeck argues this may be the problem for funding-rich ICO projects as they enter 2018. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Video: Joe Lubin on Building One of Blockchain's Biggest Startups

The impact of blockchain may be in the future, but entrepreneur and investor Joe Lubin is blazing a path today. Here's his take on the industry today. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Video: How ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees Makes Sense of Crypto Assets

Think all crypto assets are cryptocurrencies? ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees breaks down how he sees the evolving taxonomy of the blockchain industry. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Video: Bitcoin or Litecoin? Charlie Lee on Which Crypto Had a Better 2017

Litecoin's creator sits down for a Q&A on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, talking bitcoin scaling, ICOs and where the industry is headed. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Video: Bitcoin Sign Guy Tells All About Infamous Janet Yellen Photobomb

The man behind the sign steps into the light to talk about bitcoin's philosophy, its future and just what he was doing in D.C. that day. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin Sign Guy

The man behind the sign steps into the light to reveal his motives. In a year beset by savage infighting, Bitcoin Sign Guy took a stand, with a small action that not only broke the internet, but raised the spirits of a beleaguered bitcoin community then ravaged by a years-long in … | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Jamie Dimon

"Bitcoin is a fraud." Four small words ignited a maelstrom when JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took the stage at a conference in September. The blockchain world was never quite the same again. In response, bitcoin became the talk of Wall Street, and in that dialogue a beast was unleash … | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2017: A Defining Year for Cryptocurrency Regulation

This Year in Review article look at some of the major regulatory developments from 2017. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Where Are All the Quick Wins for Blockchain?

Was 2017 too long-term focused? Entrepreneur Tom Klein believes quick wins are what's needed to bootstrap corporate blockchains in 2018. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

China on a Blockchain? Maybe in 2018

China may have moved to ban crypto activities in 2017, but that doesn't mean the country won't be a major player in the year ahead. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

What DAO? Charting Ether's Epic 2017 Price Climb

Ether's price began 2017 below $10, shooting to as high as $800 earlier this month. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2017: The Year Crypto Became a New Asset Class

Crypto assets may have become an asset class in 2017, but that doesn't mean there's work yet to be done to bring the technology to main street. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Blockchain Asset Registries: Entering the Slope of Enlightenment?

Putting real-world assets on a blockchain may be a promise worth pursuing, but field reports suggest it's an idea still just out of reach. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2017 Review: What Bankers Think of Bitcoin

To short or to long? Is bitcoin in a bubble? We summarized the various views from prominent figures in the finance world and the academia. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Payment Provider Bitrefill Runs Successful Lightning Transaction Test

This may have been the first real consumer transaction using the Lightning network. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Blockchain in Healthcare: 2017's Successes

Blockchain in healthcare might not be sexy, but it's moving forward according to one of the sector's leading female CEOs. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Indian Finance Ministry: Cryptocurrencies Are 'Like Ponzi Schemes'

The India government doubled down its skepticism over cryptocurrencies, calling them like "Ponzi Schemes." | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Avoiding Digital Feudalism Built on Blockchains

Blockchains may be transformative for society, but if that's the case, we should ask what society will remain, regulator Cab Morris argues. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Ripple Approaching $2 as XRP Price Doubles in Weekly Trading

Ripple's token XRP nearly doubled within one week, becoming now the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

From $900 to $20,000: Bitcoin's Historic 2017 Price Run Revisited

Bitcoin's price started the year off by crossing $1,000, culminating with a run that brought it close to $20,000. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin or Blockchain? Bet That Both Will Thrive in 2018

Competing technologies? Not so much argues Symbiont executive Caitlin Long who believes the best of both bitcoin and blockchain will prevail in 2018. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Crypto Exchange Poloniex to Impose Customer ID Requirements

Cryptocurrency exchange service Poloniex is taking steps to ramp up the information it gathers on customers. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Hacks, Scams and Attacks: Blockchain's Biggest 2017 Disasters

Hackers and scammers netted nearly $490 million in 2017. In this recap, CoinDesk takes a look at the most important incidents and their impact. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin Among Year's Top Searches, Google Data Says

New data from Google suggests internet users searched for information on bitcoin at a rate that outpaced some of the top news stories this year. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Singapore Court Dismisses Dispute Over $43 Million in Bitcoin

The Singapore court dismisses B2C2's attempt to reclaim 3,092 bitcoin from Quoine. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

2018 and Beyond: Tokens Are Slowly Eating the Firm

Think DAOs and tokens are just a joke? This lawyer believes they may be coming to bring an open-source ethos to your business model. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Massachusetts Securities Regulator: Bitcoin Fails "The Smell Test"

The top securities regulator in Massachusetts raised concerns on the bitcoin bubble and called the bitcoin market "entirely speculation." | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

South Korea to Tighten Bitcoin Exchange Rules Amid ‘Speculative’ Boom

The South Korea now bans domestic cryptocurrency exchanges from allowing users to make transactions through anonymous accounts. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

ICOs: The Beauty, the Beast and JFK

What did ICOs get right in 2018? What went wrong? Attorney and entrepreneur Christine Duhaime unpacks a chaotic year. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

El-Erian Predicts Bitcoin Crash if Savvier Investors Sit Out Correction

Either the investor base diversifies during this price correction or bitcoin will crash very hard, former Pimco chief predicts. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

No One Should Control the Blockchain Supply Chain

Blockchain supply chains are coming to market, but they might not look the same as they were once envisioned. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Former FDIC Chair: Bitcoin Policies Shouldn't 'Feed the Frenzy'

Sheila Bair, ex-chair of FDIC, argued that bitcoin shouldn't be banned. Instead, policies should be in place to protect investors. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Privacy on the Blockchain: Where Are We Headed?

Privacy may be an issue with major blockchains today, but 2017 saw innovations by leaps and bounds, argues VC Arianna Simpson. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

ATB Coin the Latest to Face Class-Action Suit After ICO

Early motions may force the court to rule on whether or not this coin should be considered a security under U.S. law. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Israeli Finance Watchdog Seeks to Ban Public Firms from Bitcoin Trading

Bitcoin trading companies in Israel may soon face a tighter rule imposed by the country's financial watchdog. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 6 years ago

Chinese Investor Buys Stake in Delaware Blockchain Exchange

A Chinese-based cloud company, headed by a high-profile media mogul, has moved to purchase a Delaware blockchain-based stock exchange.  | Continue reading


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