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Tech
Privacy
The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics
The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.
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By Benjamin Powers
Aug 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2020
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Markets
Irs
IRS Seeks Elliptic’s Crypto Tracing Software in Response to COVID-19
President Donald J. Trump invoked the Stafford act in March, authorizing federal agency funding.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 17, 2020 at 4:07 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Markets
London
Binance Gives 27,000 COVID-19 Masks to UK National Health Service
Binance has donated 27,000 KN95 masks worth over $60,000 to the U.K. National Health Service’s Pru Trust to aid the fight against COVID-19.
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By Ian Allison
Jul 7, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Jul 7, 2020
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Alexey Andryunin (CoinDesk archives)
Markets
Exchanges
To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper's Business Is Still Thriving
Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.
Alexey Andryunin (CoinDesk archives)
By Anna Baydakova
Jun 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
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Markets
Economy
Welcome to the Groundhog Day Economy (PS, It Sucks)
As states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jun 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 27, 2020
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Markets
Apple
Is Scam Selling Suppressing the Price of Bitcoin?
Scam selling, a big win for privacy from Apple, new jobless claims in the “whack-a-mole” economy and the biggest BTC options expiry ever.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jun 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 25, 2020
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Markets
Kadena
Kadena Launches Blockchain App to Verify COVID-19 Tests
Hybrid blockchain maker Kadena wants to verify COVID-19 testing kits by recording their provenance on its network.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Jun 25, 2020 at 6:27 p.m. UTC
Jun 25, 2020
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Markets
Russia
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 18, 2020
With an Austrian app that aims to track COVID-19 now including blockchain, CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin news roundup is back!
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By Adam B. LevineJohn BiggsLyllah Ledesma
Jun 18, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 18, 2020
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Finance
Austria
Austrian Government Funds Development of Blockchain-Based COVID-19 App
Austria's economic affairs ministry awarded a $67,600 grant to a project called QualiSig, which uses the Ardor blockchain to verify COVID-19 testing.
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By Ian Allison
Jun 17, 2020 at 6:55 p.m. UTC
Jun 17, 2020
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Finance
Indonesia
An Indonesian Chef and the Remittance Industry's $554B Problem
When the coronavirus forced Chef Bagus to conduct his cooking classes online, he needed a good payment system. There wasn't one, but his customers helped find a workaround.
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By Leah Callon-Butler
Jun 13, 2020 at 10:59 a.m. UTC
Jun 13, 2020
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