Erik Voorhees is the CEO of ShapeShift. This exclusive opinion piece is part of CoinDesk’s “Bitcoin at 10: The Satoshi White Paper” series. There’s an old adage that “the…
Tag: Cryptocurrency
Crypto Mining Becomes Less Profitable, Shifts Towards ‘Bigger Players,’ Report Shows
Bitcoin (BTC) miner revenues for the first six months of 2018 have already surpassed results in 2017, but the miners themselves see little profit, weekly crypto outlet Diar reports…
CEO of Blockchain Browser Brave Urges US Senate to Consider European Privacy Standards
Brendan Eich, the CEO of decentralized browser Brave, has urged members of the U.S. senate to consider the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a regulatory model, according to…
Blinded by the Light: Why Top Economists Are Wrong About Bitcoin
A long list of award winning economists have railed against Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, predicting spectacular failure. Nobel prize winner Paul Krugman has predicted the total collapse of Bitcoin because…
Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency and What It Could Mean for You
We often tell you that blockchain is the future of not just finance, but everything from social media, to shipping, to football. And it’s true that any industry which keeps…
Crypto Research Firm Adds Nobel Prize Winners as Advisors
Blockchain research firm and accelerator Cryptic Labs has just taken on two Nobel-winning economists as advisors. Announced in a press release Monday, joining the firm’s economics advisory board are Dr….
Majority of Investors Want to Buy More Digital Currency in 2018, Survey Shows
A majority of accredited and retail investors plan to increase their crypto asset holdings over the next 12 months, according to a survey published September 5 by investment platform…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: 1 Billion People Will Be in Crypto Ecosystem in 5 Years
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts the number of people in the cryptocurrency ecosystem to grow from the current 40 million to 1 billion in the next five…
Winklevoss Brothers Win Patent for Crypto Key Storage System
Crypto exchange Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have won a patent for a cold storage method involving air-gapped computers, geographically remote vaults, plastic cards and, possibly, papyrus. Filed…
Iran’s Recognition of Crypto Mining Prompts Local Bitcoin Price Spike
The Iranian government has recognized cryptocurrency mining as a lawful activity as part of its effort to introduce a national cryptocurrency – a move that saw bitcoin’s price briefly…
