COVID-19

COVID-19 Stimulus Checks Fueled ‘Modest’ Jump in Bitcoin Price Last Year: Cleveland Fed

Policymakers should not be concerned, the researchers wrote: Only 0.02% of coronavirus-relief checks ended up in bitcoin.

News  ·  16 July 2021

Fake Covid Certificates, Stolen Vaccines Sold on Dark Web for Bitcoin

The dark web vendors like the ubiquity and anonymity of the top cryptocurrencies, a new report said.

News  ·  2 July 2021
Newsletters

2 Tweets Make a Story: Bloomberg’s Bitcoin Miami Report

The first story about COVID out of Bitcoin 2021 needed significantly more reporting than it had, and unfortunately, it drove copy-paste follow-ons instead.

News  ·  14 June 2021
COVID-19

Was Bitcoin Miami a COVID Superspreader Event? Too Early to Say

The plural of anecdote is not data.

People  ·  11 June 2021
Bitcoin Payments

Florida Health-Care Company Accepting Bitcoin for COVID-19 Tests

The service is available at Progressive Care's PharmoRx locations in North Miami Beach.

News  ·  4 June 2021
India

Buterin, Srinivasan Donate to COVID Relief Fund for India ‘Shaken’ by Second Wave

Buterin donated more than $600,000 in crypto while Srinivasan donated $50,000 and pledged up to $100,000 more.

News  ·  25 April 2021
New York

NY’s Blockchain-Based COVID-19 Passport Is Now Live

The pass will be used to confirm an individual's recent negative PCR or antigen test result or proof of vaccination to help fast-track the reopening of businesses and event venues.

News  ·  28 March 2021
CoinFlash

NY Gov. Announces Pilot Project Using IBM’s Blockchain-Based COVID-19 App

The health app built with IBM has been named the Excelsior Pass and will be tested in New York City.

News  ·  3 March 2021
CoinFlash

Singapore Uses Blockchain for Verification of COVID-19 Test Results

The city state's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have developed a set of open-source digital standards used to issue COVID-19 test results, known as HealthCerts.

News  ·  26 February 2021
Bitcoin

Why a Chinese New Year Sell-Off May Not Happen This Year

It's the year of the ox, and many traders and investors are holding their bitcoin in anticipation of a bullish market trend.

Markets  ·  5 February 2021
UK

UK Man Offers Council $72M if He Finds Discarded Bitcoin Trove at Landfill

The town of Newport in Wales could get a hefty reward if the treasure is found in the trash.

News  ·  14 January 2021
Privacy

Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don’t Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report

Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws.

Tech  ·  7 December 2020
Markets

The Biggest Macro Event Since March

According to the bright minds of FinTwit, the biggest event isn’t the U.S. presidential election but today’s Pfizer vaccine update.

People  ·  9 November 2020
COVID-19

The World Is Never Getting Off Government Stimulus

The Breakdown weekly recap looks at bitcoin buying by Iran, JPM Coin and the latest round of lockdowns coming to Europe.

People  ·  31 October 2020
COVID-19

The ‘Everything Crash’ Is Coming? Markets Go Risk-Off as European Stocks See Worst Day in 5 Months

Stocks, oil, even gold are down on fears of resumed COVID-19 lockdowns, but bitcoin hodlers are keeping the faith.

People  ·  28 October 2020