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First Mover: ‘Boring’ Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack as Stablecoins Co-Opt Satoshi’s Dream
16.7.2020
Prices for bitcoin barely budged, even as a scam involving the cryptocurrency appeared to be the motivation for a massive Twitter hack
Blockchain Bites: BitLicense Feedback, Digital Yuan Trial and How US Bills Could Threaten Privacy
15.7.2020
A mega food retailer may trial the digital yuan, an a16z alum is launching a VC firm focused on distributed tech and Ethereum's new client is "basically ready."
First Mover: UK Economy Setback Renews Questions of Bitcoin’s Resilience
15.7.2020
The U.K. is recovering from the economic effects of the coronavirus more slowly than expected. Would a fresh market drop pull down bitcoin too?
Blockchain Bites: Chainlink’s Interest, Ethereum’s ‘ReGenesis’ and Crypto Taxes
14.7.2020
Retail interest in Chainlink is booming, Ethereum may follow Cosmos on its path to upgrade and the U.K. central bank is mulling a CBDC
First Mover: Bitcoiners Not Worried Fed Money Printer Has Stopped Going ‘Brrrr’
14.7.2020
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is shrinking, but bitcoin investors are betting it's only a matter of time before the economic toll of the coronavirus leads to more money printing
Blockchain Bites: It’s Never Been Harder to Mine Bitcoin
13.7.2020
Bitcoin's mining difficulty is at a record high, Singapore's CBDC may find commercial use and Chinese companies are going in on Filecoin
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin America
10.7.2020
Coinbase will host its first investor day while a protocol arms race unfolds in Latin America
First Mover: Kyber Token’s Eightfold Increase Reveals Bet on Future Market-Share Growth
10.7.2020
Prices for decentralized exchange Kyber's KNC token have jumped eightfold in 2020, outshining the performance of Binance's BNB coin
Blockchain Bites: CENTRE’s Blacklist, Brazil’s Stablecoin Boom and Coinbase Is Going Public?
9.7.2020
Coinbase is reportedly looking to go public, CENTRE has blacklisted a USDC address and U.S. sanctions could restrict crypto firms in China
First Mover: Pie Anyone? DeFi Pushes ETF-Style Investing Toward Decentralization
9.7.2020
PieDAO's push to decentralize itself shows the fast-growing DeFi industry's efforts to retrofit investment vehicles for digital-asset markets
Blockchain Bites: DiDi to Trial the Digital Yuan and a Look at Chainlink’s Gains
8.7.2020
The "Chinese Uber" will join the nations CBDC project, TikTok threw Dogecoin a treat and Nexo tapped Chainlink
First Mover: With Trading Volumes Slumping, Are There Too Many Crypto Exchanges?
8.7.2020
As bitcoin's volatility tumbles to a 15-month low, is there enough trading volume to go round for the world's 400-plus cryptocurrency exchanges?
Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Bailout Millions, Brazil’s Binance Ban, Lightning’s Bug
7.7.2020
Crypto firms received at least $30 million in government-backed loans, Brazil bans Binance's derivatives trading and Mercedes Benz' parent tests blockchain
First Mover: As Bitcoiners Watch Dollar, Deutsche Sees Trump Win Hurting Reserve Status
6.7.2020
Add the U.S. presidential election to the growing list of volatility drivers as the bitcoin market enters the second half of 2020
Blockchain Bites: BlockFi’s Revenue, DEX Volume and a Wallet Bug
2.7.2020
A federal appeals court effectively said blockchain data is not protected under the Fourth Amendment while decentralized exchange volume explodes
Blockchain Bites: DeFi and DEXs Surge, Bitcoin’s Negligible Adjustment and an ICO Class Action
1.7.2020
DeFi's agricultural revolution, Bitcoin's negligible adjustment and the novel legal strategy bringing an ICO project to court
First Mover: Crypto.com’s Chain Token Dominated Markets in June With 33% Gain
1.7.2020
The Chain (CRO) token gained 33% last month, the top performer among the largest digital assets during a month when bitcoin, ether and XRP all fell
Blockchain Bites: Digital Dollars, Ethereum’s Gas and ASX’s Blockchain ‘Lacks Clarity’
30.6.2020
Thought leaders are decending on Washing to talk digital money while the Australian Securities Exchange may delay its blockchain settlement solution
Blockchain Bites: EY’s Auditing Slip and Bitcoin’s Long Line of Pseudonymous Developers
29.6.2020
Balancer fell victim to a "flash loan" exploit while a shareholders association said EY should have caught Wirecard's multi-billion blackhole earlier
First Mover: The Return of the Bitcoin Retail Investor (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
29.6.2020
It's been assumed for years that well-heeled financial institutions would become the main driving force and primary investor class in crypto. That narrative may underestimate the power of the retail investor