On Feb. 19, Coinbase announced that it has become a principal member of Visa. In an apparent first for the cryptocurrency industry, the firm is now able to issue debit cards withoutRead More…
25Feb/20
25Feb/20
MoneyGram Got Another $11M From Ripple to Use Its Cross-Border Payments Tech
Payments firm Ripple has given MoneyGram, a remittance firm, over $11 million dollars in the past half year, according to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The funds areRead More…
25Feb/20
Coincheck Announces Qtum Soon Available for Trading
Japan may be on its way to creating a state-issued digital currency, but local companies in the world’s third-largest economy can still innovate and provide some healthy competition. Coincheck, the crypto exchangeRead More…
25Feb/20
Lightning Solves Bitcoin’s Speed Problem, But Watch Out for Fraudsters
J.P. Koning, a CoinDesk columnist, worked as an equity researcher at a Canadian brokerage firm and a financial writer at a large Canadian bank. He runs the popular Moneyness blog. I don’tRead More…
24Feb/20
Tyler Winklevoss’ Had a $3 Million ‘Bitcoin Pizza Moment’ With Space Travel
Tyler Winklevoss, a billionaire Bitcoin (BTC) investor and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, bought the world’s most expensive ticket to space. The purchase was made back in January, 2014, according to aRead More…
24Feb/20
How to Protect Bitcoin for Your Heirs With the Push of a ‘Dead Man’s Button’
What happens to your bitcoin after you die? This is more than just a philosophical question: It could involve a substantial amount of currency. The question of crypto and the Great BeyondRead More…
23Feb/20
Bitcoin’s Bullish Battle, Ethereum 2.0, BCH Faces ‘Slow Death’: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 17–23
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and muchRead More…
23Feb/20
Decentralization Philosophy – Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss catalysts and CEOs in the world of blockchain projects, the organizational and organicRead More…
23Feb/20
Half of Predictions Are Right Half the Time — BTC’s Halving Divides Opinions
The renowned Mike Novogratz, founder of digital assets merchant bank Galaxy Digital, has once again voiced his predictions on the price of Bitcoin (BTC) in light of the impending Bitcoin halving setRead More…
22Feb/20
‘Pandora’s Box, but for Freedom’: Author Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin’s Impact
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Isaiah Jackson, author of “Bitcoin and Black America” and co-founder of KRBE Digital Assets Group, to talk about financial discrimination in the United States andRead More…