Author: CoinDesk

The SEC hits crypto asset fund and “ICO superstore” with penalties in a double whammy.

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Ethereum developers are hard at work on new ways to fend off ASICs.

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Le crypto is coming for French sports fans in the form of a new cryptocurrency for a major Parisian soccer team.

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CoinDesk’s editor-in-chief Pete Rizzo joins host Marc Hochstein to discuss the week’s biggest news: the combination of Stellar and Chain to form Interstellar.

Recorded September 11, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Interstellar is born. The long-awaited union of Chain and Lightyear.io has delivered a new company.

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The WeChat crackdown on cryptocurrency-related accounts continues! This week’s victim: mining giant Bitmain.

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More stablecoins! No fewer than two companies announced new crypto tokens pegged to the US dollar.

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CoinDesk’s Brady Dale joins host Bailey Reutzel to discuss new information about BitTorrent’s acquisition by Tron founder Justin Sun.

Recorded September 10, 2018 in New York, NY.

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The era of big ticket ICOs may be over, at least according to some cryptocurrency industry observers.

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The pioneer of the proof-of-stake consensus system wants to get into… hardware?

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Crypto payments firm Wyre has acquired a smart contract startup originally backed by investor Tim Draper.

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CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De joins host Marc Hochstein to discuss new developments in the EOS network that may be welcome news for developers.

Recorded September 7, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Officials in China want to use blockchain to track the movements of paroled convicts. Maybe Chinese ICO backers will get to use blockchain after all?

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IBM is working with a blockchain organization that believes personal data ownership is a human right.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told Congress this week that the social media platform is looking at blockchain technology for potential fraud prevention.

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CoinDesk researcher Peter Ryan joins host Stan Higgins to discuss the steep market downturn and its potential causes. One mysterious Silk Road-linked wallet has everyone guessing...

Recorded September 6, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Good news out of China? The People’s Bank of China’s digital currency researchers are expanding.

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Ripio is expanding its crypto-powered loan offering across South America.

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R3’s attempt to take over a “settlement coin” project didn’t quite work out.

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CoinDesk’s Brady Dale joins host Marc Hochstein to discuss a $43 million plan by Civic to boost its user base.

Recorded September 5, 2018 in New York, NY.

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A new paper co-authored by Vitalik Buterin proposes to solve the network’s “free rider” problem.

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The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has pushed back the launch of a blockchain replacement for the decades-old CHESS clearing and settlement system.

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EOS developers are shelling out big bucks to pay for network resources.

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CoinDesk’s Annaliese Milano joins host Bailey Reutzel to discuss new details about BitTorrent’s acquisition by Tron founder Justin Sun, and a competing bid from blockchain project NEO.

Recorded September 4, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Developers move to change the economics of the Ethereum blockchain.

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Messaging giant LINE launches a live blockchain and plans to issue 1 billion of its own tokens.

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Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten will buy cryptocurrency exchange Everybody’s Bitcoin, and its plans don’t end there.

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CoinDesk’s Brady Dale joins host Bailey Reutzel to discuss a decision by Coinbase to remove the crypto collectible game War Riders from its iOS app. Do Apple’s rules ban non-fungible tokens?

Recorded August 31, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Ethereum’s biggest test is fast approaching, and an important decision regarding issuance is up in the air.

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Secret contracts provider Enigma has signed eight partners to test its service at launch.

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Bitcoin mining juggernaut Bitmain is coming to Ethereum, and possibly other blockchains.

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CoinDesk researcher Peter Ryan joins host Nikhilesh De to discuss forks, airdrops, and the five possible forks heading for Bitcoin Cash.

Recorded August 30, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Binance backs $32 million funding for a new stablecoin from the creator of a billion-dollar Korean online commerce site.

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After the acquisition of BitTorrent, Tron’s founder Justin Sun also acquired a share in the Chia Network, a new protocol developed by a BitTorrent co-founder.

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Hong Kong is tweaking its immigration policies to attract blockchain professionals from all over the world.

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CoinDesk’s Anna Baydakoba joins host Stan Higgins to discuss how the Russian capital of Moscow is using blockchain to improve public services.

Recorded August 29, 2018 in New York, NY.

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Lloyd's of London, the centuries-old insurance marketplace, is quietly providing cover against the theft of cryptocurrencies.

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China is encouraging its citizens to report illegal token sales.

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Crypto exchange Huobi wants to buy a public company.

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CoinDesk researcher Peter Ryan joins host Nikhilesh De to discuss Bitcoin’s changing fees and what it means for the future of the cryptocurrency.

Recorded August 28, 2018 in New York, NY.

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