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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Crosses $11K While DOJ Takes Aim at Crypto

Bitcoin crossed the $11,000 threshold, central banks enumerate "core principles" for a CBDC, Coinbase sees 60 employees walk.

News  ·  9 October 2020
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Money Reimagined: Fixing the Internet’s Big Flaw

In an age when data leads to economic domination, shifting control is a really impactful way to empower individuals.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Hits $11K as Square Exposes $2.3T Corporate Money Pot

Square's $50M bitcoin purchase has analysts doing back-of-the-envelope math on the possibility of rising allocations from corporate treasurers.

Markets  ·  9 October 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Square’s $50M BTC Investment, MetaMask’s 1M Users, BitMEX’s New CEO

Square became the latest publicly traded firm to pile cash reserves into bitcoin while members of BitMEX's founding team resign.

News  ·  8 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Comatose’ Under $16K for Rest of 2020, While Ether Traffic Eases

Bitcoin is stuck in an ever-tightening range between $10.5K and $10.8K and appears set for a breakout, though options trading suggests $16K might represent an upper bound in 2020.

Markets  ·  8 October 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Top Universities, Bitcoin’s New Addresses, MetaMask’s Token Swaps

MetaMask unveiled token swaps, a rise in new bitcoin addresses invites speculation and Ripple threatened to leave the U.S. for a friendlier regulatory environment.

News  ·  7 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Steady as Trump Tweets and Neo Takes on Ethereum

Trump's back-and-forth tweets over U.S. stimulus whipsaw bitcoin prices along with traditional markets, and Neo ratchets up competition with Ethereum.

Markets  ·  7 October 2020
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Blockchain Bites: FCA’s Crypto Crackdown, McAfee’s Charges, Ethereum’s Store of Value

John McAfee was charged with promoting ICOs without disclosing his payments while the U.K.'s FCA has banned certain crypto derivatives.

News  ·  6 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoiners May Not Care if Dollar Keeps Its Reserve Status

What if the dollar keeps its reserve status? PLUS: FCA ban, McAfee arrest, commercial real-estate wipeout.

Markets  ·  6 October 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum’s Economy, Estonia’s CBDC Research, Coinbase’s Severances

Estonia will research the viability of blockchain-based digital currency, the SEC is open to the idea of a tokenized ETF and Coinbase employees have begun taking severance packages.

News  ·  5 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk

Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance.

Markets  ·  5 October 2020
Coinbase

Crypto Long & Short: Coinbase’s ‘Apolitical’ Stance Isn’t Nearly as Simple as It Sounds

Coinbase raises important questions about employee activism, plus what the BitMEX indictments say about the future of the industry.

Markets  ·  4 October 2020
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Money Reimagined: Trump, Crypto and Fairer Taxes

Trump's tax returns show the unfairness of the tax system and the need for reform. Blockchain governance offers some ideas.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2020
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Blockchain Bites: BitMEX Investigation, Trump’s Diagnosis, Babel’s Leaked Audio

Elsewhere, another European central banker has called for a "digital euro," Atari's cryptocurrency has a sale date and Venezuela built a national stock exchange on Ethereum.

News  ·  2 October 2020
Bitcoin

Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks for Bitcoin

Crypto analysts scramble to assess U.S. charges against BitMEX, home of 100x bitcoin perpetual swaps and a venue for getting "rekt."

Markets  ·  2 October 2020