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Finance
China
Money Reimagined: COVID-19's Lessons in Innovation
Though its impacts are deadly, the coronavirus is a product of an advanced innovation ecosystem. We can learn from its ability to mutate and adapt.
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By Michael J. Casey
May 1, 2020 at 4:51 p.m. UTC
May 1, 2020
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Markets
Telegram
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Boom Roils Markets and a16z Makes a Long-term Play
While FOMO drives up bitcoin's price and derivatives market, Telegram announces another delay and Andreessen Horowitz raises a $515 million fund.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 30, 2020 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
Apr 30, 2020
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Markets
Price-news
First Mover: Bitcoin Now Crushing Gold After Biggest Price Jump in Six Weeks
"Digital gold" has surged past the yellow metal to become one of the year's best performing assets, up more than 20% in 2020.
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By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Apr 30, 2020 at 11:32 a.m. UTC
Apr 30, 2020
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Markets
News roundup
Blockchain Bites: What the Bitcoin Halving Means for Miners and Prices
Predictions and price models abound ahead of Bitcoin's halving, expected in less than two weeks.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 29, 2020 at 5:42 p.m. UTC
Apr 29, 2020
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Markets
Mining
Blockchain Bites: WEF, IBM and a Chinese City Show Support for Blockchain
IBM and the WEF both have plans for solving disruption to supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus crisis.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 28, 2020 at 5:29 p.m. UTC
Apr 28, 2020
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Markets
Compliance
Blockchain Bites: Capital-Constraining Compliance and Tether's 'Interoperability Bridge'
The researchers developing the "digital yuan" have tapped an AI firm to look for financial use cases while Dole unveiled a 5-year blockchain plan.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 27, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2020
ComplianceNews RoundupNewslettersBlockchain Bites
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Markets
Ethereum
First Mover: Ether Trounces Bitcoin as Network Sees Surge in Stablecoins
Ether is up more than 50 percent this year, outpacing bitcoin. Is this year's surge in stablecoin issuance playing a role?
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By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Apr 27, 2020 at 11:13 a.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2020
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Markets
Commodities
Crypto Long & Short: How Oil Going Negative Could Open the Door for Bitcoin ETFs
The economic repercussions of oil going negative are staggering. Also compelling is what it says about biases in the bitcoin market.
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By Noelle Acheson
Apr 27, 2020 at 1:15 a.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2020
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Markets
News roundup
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Oracle, Gun Sirer’s Grants and Lightning-Powered Private Messages
Coinbase's new service may outcompete Chainlink while AVA Labs is looking to fund DeFi development on its public testnet.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 24, 2020 at 4:57 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2020
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