Bitcoin News Roundup for April 29, 2020

Sep 9, 2020 at 12:49 UTCUpdated Sep 9, 2020 at 13:19 UTCThe Nasdaq is the primary venue for U.S. listed tech stocks (Shutterstock)First Mover: Bitcoin Acts Like a Tech Stock and Ethereum Classic Traders Shrug Off 51% AttacksYou’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team and edited by Bradley Keoun,…

news A number of apps in Microsoft’s app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a script for mining the monero cryptocurrency that has proved popular with cyber criminals. In a blog post on the discovery, Symantec said it had reported the…

Jun 22, 2020 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Jun 22, 2020 at 14:40 UTC(Benedek Alpar/Shutterstock)A hedging instrument for decentralized finance (DeFi) has closed a $2.16 million funding round, led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from 1kx, Version One Ventures, DTC Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures and A.Capital. The funding is for Opyn, which offers crypto-based derivatives, beginning with the…

Riding the artificial intelligence (AI) popularity wave, investment data analytics firm Chain of Demand is providing a widget that examines bitcoin (BTC) price movements around the time of U.S. interest-rate changes just ahead of Wednesday's Federal Reserve rate announcement.The Chain of Demand dashboard creators, who have worked on complex machine-learning engines with financial institutions and…

PodcastsCoinDesk Podcast NetworkThe Bitcoin Whales Won’t Stop BuyingListen onIcons/Big/Google-PodcastsApple PodcastsIcons/Big/SpotifySpotifyIcons/Big/PocketcastsPocket CastsIcons/Big/Apple-PodcastsGoogle PodcastsIcons/Big/CastboxCastboxIcons/Big/StitcherStitcherIcons/Big/RadioPublicRadioPublicIcons/Big/IHeartiHeart RadioIcons/Big/RssRSS FeedJan 25, 2021Nathaniel WhittemoreHostAccording to a number of different data points, bitcoin whales saw last week’s volatility and price declines as a chance to accumulate. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Download this episodeToday’s grab-bag episode looks at five different topics:Bitcoin whales kept…

Dec 13, 2019 at 17:27 UTCUpdated Dec 13, 2019 at 17:28 UTCWith bitcoin recovering after four straight days of decline we're talking about what may be the most illegal ICO ever, tokens for Mongolian taxi fares, Bitmain’s Texas hedge and one "suicidal" startups surprising success...Tune in as CoinDesk podcasts editor Adam B. Levine and senior…

Aug 26, 2020 at 20:45 UTCUpdated Aug 26, 2020 at 20:52 UTC(Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)How the Battle for Thailand Is Being Fought on TwitterThailand’s protests highlight the vulnerabilities of major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.  Thai residents began protesting the nation’s military regime earlier this year, giving voice to frustrations that have been…

Dec 27, 2019 at 19:00 UTC"Account Book Ledger" by John Carlin is licensed under CC0 1.0An organization that combats corporate fraud will issue guidance for firms using blockchain technology.The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), commonly referred to as the Treadway Commission, will issue guidance to strengthen controls over uses of blockchain…

feature ING’s blockchain team is testing a privacy technology called “bulletproofs,” the latest in a series of seemingly unlikely cypherpunk experiments at the Netherlands-based global bank. Developed and refined by hardcore cryptographers at Stanford University, University College London and startup Blockstream, bulletproofs are designed to hide the amounts being transferred in bitcoin transactions, which are…