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At World Economic Forum This Year, Panels Debated Blockchain 'Case Studies'

In efforts to avoid association with the FTX collapse, conversations shifted away from "crypto" and more to specific applications of the underlying blockchain technology.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 24, 2023 at 6:10 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2023

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Crypto Update | Europe Gets Serious About Crypto Rules

With bitcoin holding steady near $23K for another day and ether remaining above $1.6K, plus a look at what you missed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Jan 24, 2023 at 4:37 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2023

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World Leaders Warmed to Blockchain at Davos This Year, Despite Crypto Winter

Crypto advertising has dropped at Davos in 2023, but discussions and panels from industry leaders are in full swing.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 18, 2023 at 10:46 p.m. UTC

Jan 18, 2023

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Solana Foundation, Ripple, GBBC and Others Form Partnership to Promote Crypto Solutions for Climate Change

Climate solutions "makes the most sense" for real-world applications of blockchain, a co-founder of the initiative told CoinDesk.

By Eliza Gkritsi Sandali Handagama

Jan 17, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. UTC

Jan 17, 2023

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Crypto Bankruptcies Are Very Complicated

The FTX, Voyager, Celsius and BlockFi bankruptcy proceedings are proving how complicated they really are.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 13, 2023 at 5:07 p.m. UTC

Jan 13, 2023

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World Economic Forum Head of the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems Matthew Blake (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Industry Is Still 'Embryonic,' WEF Finance Lead Says

I spoke recently with Matthew Blake, who looks at the future of finance (among other things) at the World Economic Forum, on the industry’s prominence during this year’s meeting.

By Nikhilesh De

Jun 21, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. UTC

Jun 21, 2022

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Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, governor at the Bank of Thailand, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Nikhilesh De/ CoinDesk)

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‘This Is the Usual’: Thai Central Bank Governor on CBDC Pilot Delay

A retail central bank digital currency will probably replace cash but not other means of payment out there, including private methods, the governor said.

By Sandali Handagama

Jun 1, 2022 at 3:12 p.m. UTC

Jun 1, 2022

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'I Don't Push Anything': Mayor Francis Suarez on MiamiCoin

Suarez, who praised the MiamiCoin initiative last year, said bad tokenomics may have led to the private cryptocurrency created to benefit the U.S. city shedding 95% of its value in a matter of months.

By Sandali Handagama

May 31, 2022 at 2:38 p.m. UTC

May 31, 2022

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