Christie Harkin

Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Pause as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement
Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Pause as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement
Blockchain software development firm Tari Labs sued Bitcoin infrastructure firm Lightning Labs in December for trademark infringement over the use of the name “Taro.” CoinDesk...
Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Pause as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement

U.S. Treasury Suggests 30% Excise Tax on Crypto Mining Firms
U.S. Treasury Suggests 30% Excise Tax on Crypto Mining Firms
The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a 30% excise tax on the cost of powering crypto mining facilities. CoinDesk Editor at Large Christie Harkin weighs in on the reasons...
U.S. Treasury Suggests 30% Excise Tax on Crypto Mining Firms

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable
TBD, a division of Jack Dorsey's financial-technology company Block, has launched a new business entity named “c=” that focuses on improving liquidity and routing on the Light...
Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

The State of Bitcoin Development in 2023
The State of Bitcoin Development in 2023
Last month, Bitcoin developer James O'Beirne sounded the alarm: the dominant blockchain might lose some very talented contributors if someone doesn’t step up to pay them for t...
The State of Bitcoin Development in 2023

Bitcoin Rose Nearly 15% This Past Week; What To Expect From CoinDesk’s BUIDL Week
Bitcoin Rose Nearly 15% This Past Week; What To Expect From CoinDesk’s BUIDL Week
CoinDesk Managing Editor of Tech and Protocols Brad Keoun discusses the outlook for the bitcoin price in the coming week after the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalizat...
Bitcoin Rose Nearly 15% This Past Week; What To Expect From CoinDesk’s BUIDL Week

This New Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Resembles a BlackBerry
This New Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Resembles a BlackBerry
Canadian crypto hardware manufacturer Coinkite has designed a bitcoin hardware wallet reminiscent of an old-school BlackBerry phone straight out of the 2000s. CoinDesk Editor...
This New Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Resembles a BlackBerry

Bitcoin’s NFT Hype Attracts Interest of BSV Developer Twetch
Bitcoin’s NFT Hype Attracts Interest of BSV Developer Twetch
Twetch has already built a suite of NFT apps on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. So the new push by Ordinals to bring NFTs to the Bitcoin blockchain looks like an opportunity for ex...
Bitcoin’s NFT Hype Attracts Interest of BSV Developer Twetch

Craig Wright’s UK Case Against 16 Bitcoin Developers To Go To Full Trial
Craig Wright’s UK Case Against 16 Bitcoin Developers To Go To Full Trial
The U.K. Court of Appeal ruled that a claim by Craig Wright's Tulip Trading against 16 Bitcoin developers should go to trial in London. The claim was originally dismissed in M...
Craig Wright’s UK Case Against 16 Bitcoin Developers To Go To Full Trial

Bitcoin Falls After Jan. Jobs Report; Charlie Munger Hasn't Taken the Time to Study Bitcoin: Michael Saylor
Bitcoin Falls After Jan. Jobs Report; Charlie Munger Hasn't Taken the Time to Study Bitcoin: Michael Saylor
Bitcoin (BTC) fell after the U.S. economy added 517,000 jobs in January, massively beating economist forecasts of 185,000. CoinDesk Co-Regional News Chief for the Americas Ste...
Bitcoin Falls After Jan. Jobs Report; Charlie Munger Hasn't Taken the Time to Study Bitcoin: Michael Saylor

Bitcoin Price Outlook Ahead of Key Fed Meeting
Bitcoin Price Outlook Ahead of Key Fed Meeting
CoinDesk Editor-at-Large Christie Harkin and crypto markets analyst Glenn Williams Jr. share their bitcoin (BTC) outlook ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meet...
Bitcoin Price Outlook Ahead of Key Fed Meeting