COVID-19

Privacy

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don’t Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 March 2020
COVID-19

Bitcoin News Roundup for March 18, 2020

How can you help during the COVID-19 crisis? Some techies have an idea. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.

Markets  ·  18 March 2020
Coronavirus

Thieves Swindle $2M From Coronavirus Preppers With Hand Sanitizer, Face Mask Scams

Scammers purporting to sell face masks, hand sanitizer and medication have stolen at least $2 million in cryptocurrency from panicking consumers, claims blockchain security firm AnChain.AI.

News  ·  18 March 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum Community Grapples With Coronavirus as EthCC Cases Tick Upward

A number of attendees who contracted COVID-19 at an Ethereum conference in Paris have gone public with their diagnoses in what some are calling an act of "radical transparency."

People  ·  16 March 2020
Surveillance

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.

Tech  ·  12 March 2020
Ether

Ether Suffers Record-Setting 33% Drop Amid Global Market Turmoil

Ether fell from $197 to $132 in early morning trading Thursday.

Markets  ·  12 March 2020
SEC

New York Crypto Companies Move to ‘Work From Home’ in Face of Rising COVID-19 Threat

The New York metropolitan area’s surging coronavirus count is forcing more of the region’s cryptocurrency and blockchain companies to act decisively.

News  ·  11 March 2020