Features

Bitcoin

What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code

CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software.

Tech  ·  19 July 2019
Exchanges

For $15K, He’ll Fake Your Exchange Volume – You’ll Get on CoinMarketCap

A 20-year-old college student explains how he made a business of faking trade volumes at crypto exchanges.

Business  ·  18 July 2019
Polkadot

Polkadot Tokens Valued at $75 Pre-Launch in Crypto ‘Futures’ Offering

They don't exist yet, but you can soon buy Polkadot tokens from CoinFLEX via a new mechanism: the initial futures offering (IFO).

Business  ·  16 July 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Could Help Stop News Censorship – From Space

An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship.

Tech  ·  12 July 2019
Payments

Wala Was Africa’s Perfect Crypto Success Story – Until It Collapsed

Wala went from serving customers in Uganda to shuttering its payments app. Here's what sources say happened.

Tech  ·  11 July 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase Is in Talks to Launch Its Own Insurance Company

Coinbase is exploring plans to set up its own regulated insurance company with the help of broker Aon, sources told CoinDesk.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 July 2019
Ethereum

Safety Without Silos: Why Businesses Will Learn to Love Public Ethereum

Enterprises are finally realizing that mainnet ethereum is a way to end decades of brittle, balkanized and bespoke system integration, writes John Wolpert.

Business  ·  9 July 2019
Facebook

Billion-Dollar Returns: The Upside of Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency

If Libra achieves even modest adoption, the payoff for Facebook and its partners could be in the billions.

Business  ·  5 July 2019
Bitcoin

Casa Launches Lightning Node Mobile App for Bitcoin Newbies

Casa's new wallet aims to help aspiring cypherpunks graduate from getting their first bitcoin to running their own lightning node.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 July 2019
Sberbank

‘Disappointed’ by Central Bank Blockchain, Russia’s Largest Bank Eyes Alternatives

Enterprise blockchain project Masterchain is falling short of expectations – and Russia's largest bank is looking for other options.

Tech  ·  2 July 2019
Monero

Monero and Zcash Conferences Showcase Their Differences (And Links)

The future of privacy coins relies on technologists getting the governance setup right. Here are both sides of the zcash debate.

Tech  ·  30 June 2019
Facebook

Facebook’s Libra Crypto Code Draws Critiques and Clones on GitHub

Would-be coders and eager trolls are digging into the early code for Facebook's Libra blockchain.

Tech  ·  29 June 2019
Business News

Billions to Trillions: Crypto Assets and the Inevitability of Digitization

As with the evolution of music consumption, digitization of securities will have far-reaching effects, writes Ami Ben David of Ownera.

Business  ·  29 June 2019
Europe

A Wannabe Netflix Raised $575 Million on Ethereum – Then Ditched Crypto

From yachting with Selena Gomez to doling out TaTaTu tokens to movie stars, one producer's road to Hollywood was paved with ICO excess.

Business  ·  28 June 2019
Facebook

Buried in Facebook’s Libra White Paper, a Digital Identity Bombshell

Buried in Facebook’s Libra white paper are two sentences hinting the project's ambitions go even further than minting a global currency.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2019