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Finance
Prediction markets
Prediction Markets' Time Has Come, but They Aren't Ready for It
After the pundits so badly misjudged the 2016 U.S. presidential election, prediction markets should be booming ahead of Nov. 3. Why aren’t they?
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By Benjamin PowersBrady Dale
Sep 2, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 2, 2020
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Markets
New york
The Queens Politician Who Wants to Give New Yorkers Their Own Crypto
Assemblyperson Ron Kim has proposed a decentralized contact tracing protocol and a blockchain-based public banking system for New Yorkers.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 19, 2020 at 6:36 p.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2020
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Tech
Cybersecurity
'Snake Oil and Overpriced Junk': Why Blockchain Doesn't Fix Online Voting
More people are wiling to try online voting these days. But experts say it isn't safe, and - despite what you might have heard - blockchain doesn't help much. Not yet, at leas...
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By Benjamin Powers
Jun 18, 2020 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
Jun 18, 2020
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Patrick Nelson is running for New York State Senate after making a name as a pro-bitcoin and anti-BitLicense local politician (Credit: Patrick Nelson)
Markets
Bitlicense
Meet the Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-BitLicense Democrat Running for State Office
Patrick Nelson has been an advocate for bitcoin in his seven-year political career. He wants to see New York's BitLicense reformed and blockchain voting used in special cases.
Patrick Nelson is running for New York State Senate after making a name as a pro-bitcoin and anti-BitLicense local politician (Credit: Patrick Nelson)
By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 10, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. UTC
Jun 10, 2020
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Markets
Bitlicense
Ex-Yang Aide Is Running for Congress With Bitcoin and UBI on His Mind
A former Yang aide running for Congress sees Bitcoin as a liberator, New York’s BitLicense as a hindrance and universal basic income as an imperative.
Credit: Herzog Campaign
By Benjamin Powers
Jun 4, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. UTC
Jun 4, 2020
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Tech
Twitter
The Decentralized Web Has Plans, if Not Solutions, for the Misinformation Nightmare
Donald Trump's recent spat with Twitter over the limits of free speech poses a question: Could decentralized media do better? It hasn't yet, as Civil and TruStory show, but Ja...
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 2, 2020 at 8:09 p.m. UTC
Jun 2, 2020
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Markets
Survey
Crypto Wants Stronger Public Response to Coronavirus, CoinDesk Survey Shows
People in blockchain tend not to love government. But they don't want it to be idle in a crisis, a CoinDesk survey suggests.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2020
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Tech
Ethereum
In Defense of Blockchain Voting
Recent election tech foul-ups have people scrambling for paper ballots. But they're not really the future of voting, says Intercoin's Greg Magarshak.
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By Greg Magarshak
Mar 12, 2020 at 4:13 p.m. UTC
Mar 12, 2020
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Markets
Podcasts
Markets Daily Gets Political: The Post-Trust Election
Today on Markets Daily we're taking a break from our quick-hit news roundup format for a brief discussion about the U.S. election in the age of bitcoin with CoinDesk features...
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By Adam B. Levine
Mar 4, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 4, 2020
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Policy
Posttrustelection
How Democracy Breaks: Everything That Could Go Wrong With the Election
From supply chain attacks to disinformation campaigns, the risks to US election machinery are numerous. Here's a scary rundown, according to security experts.
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By Jeff Wilser
Mar 3, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 3, 2020
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