Dubai Plans to ‘Disrupt’ Its Own Legal System with Blockchain

Feb 15, 2020 at 14:00 UTCPhoto by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashWe Think 10-Minute Settlement Is Slow but That’s Crazy, Feat. CoinDesk Research’s Noelle AchesonCoinDesk Head of Research Noelle Acheson joins the Amun State of Crypto crew to discuss the advantages, disadvantages and eccentricities of crypto markets, exchanges, settlement and more.In this deep-dive conversation, the group…

Sep 28, 2020 at 10:28 UTCBitwise Head of Research Matthew Hougan(CoinDesk archives)Accredited investors worried about out-of-control inflation have poured millions into Bitwise’s bitcoin fund as a means to preserve the value of their portfolios. An amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week showed the asset manager had raised, in total, just…

feature “I’m interested in blockchain, not bitcoin.” Admit it, you’ve heard this hundreds, if not thousands, of times. (You might have even said it yourself.) And sure, people know what you’re saying, you’re talking about the “technology underlying bitcoin” and you sound smart enough. Once it became known – or at least presumed – that…

Internet hosting giant Cloudflare has unveiled a new connection to the "uncensorable" web.Jan 13, 2021 at 6:26 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 13, 2021 at 6:39 p.m. UTCCloudflare Unveils Gateway to Distributed Web With ENS, IPFS IntegrationInternet hosting giant Cloudflare has unveiled a new direct gateway to support the distributed web.According to a Wednesday blog post, Cloudflare…

Jul 15, 2020 at 13:00 UTC(Michael Dziedzic/Unsplash) Quantstamp Audit Greenlights Ethereum 2.0 Client Prysm for LaunchEthereum 2.0 client Prysm is “basically ready” to launch, Richard Ma, CEO of Quantstamp, said in a phone call with CoinDesk. A technical thumbs up for Prysm from the smart-contract auditing firm comes on the heels of last week’s announced…

Apr 29, 2020 at 17:42 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/naskamiBlockchain Bites: What the Bitcoin Halving Means for Miners and PricesPredictions and price models proliferate ahead of Bitcoin's programmatic halving, expected in less than two weeks. While some are turning to esoteric economic models to make the claim that the occasion will be bullish for the largest cryptocurrency by…

This past year has been a testament to the blockchain space’s ability to recover from even the harshest external conditions. From the depths of the “crypto winter” at the beginning of the year, the overall market cap of the crypto space has grown by 90% to $1.69 trillion, with bitcoin more than doubling from its

news The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined blockchain author Alex Tapscott and his investment firm NextBlock Global over securities violations. The SEC says that Canada-based NextBlock had been offering securities that were not registered with the SEC “in any capacity” and that false misrepresentations were made about the firm when soliciting investors.…

Yat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Yat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Yat…