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No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.
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Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.
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InterPlanetary File System Is Uncensorable During Coronavirus News Fog
Digital citizens are turning to decentralized protocols like IPFS to share news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Cloudflare Launches Decentralized Web Gateway at Its First 'Crypto Week'
Cloudflare intends to announce a new cryptography-related product every day this week. The first: a gateway to access the InterPlanetary File System.
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Major Crypto Companies Form DC Lobbying Group
A number of major cryptocurrency firms are forming the Blockchain Association to lobby Washington, D.C. lawmakers on regulations in the space.
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BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale
Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.
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Filecoin Creators Launch $5 Million Crypto Grant Program
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.
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Where SAFT Falls Short
Limiting ICOs to accredited investors almost feels like a retreat from the goal of democratizing capital markets, columnist Michael J. Casey writes.
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SAFT Arrives: 'Simple' Investor Agreement Aims to Remove ICO Complexities
The opaque market for initial coin offerings is moving toward clarity with the release of a new framework for investors and issuers.
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Albert Wenger
Investor Albert Wenger to Fund 'XPRIZE' for Blockchain-Powered Blogs
Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger has said he will fund a prize aimed to incentivize the creation of blockchain-powered blogging platform.
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