German Startup Pitches Decentralized ID for Prescription Pickup During COVID-19
Berlin-based blockchain startup Spherity has developed a decentralized identity prototype that would help people get the…
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After Coronavirus ‘War,’ Bretton Woods-Style Shakeup Could Dethrone the Dollar
For governments, fighting the coronavirus pandemic is like fighting a war. The leaders of Italy, Spain and Germany have used…
World Health Organization Teams With IBM, Oracle on Blockchain-Based Coronavirus Data Hub
Big names including IBM, Oracle and the World Health Organization (WHO) are among the collaborators on an open-data hub that…
How a Flurry of ‘Digital Dollar’ Proposals Made It to Congress
The “digital dollar” took just eight days to get into Congress.Advocates for digitizing coronavirus relief payments began…
Don’t Apply 2008 Thinking to Today’s Crisis
Jill Carlson, a CoinDesk columnist, is co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization working to…
UK Counties Warn of Bitcoin Scams Using Coronavirus as a Hook
U.K residents are being warned against scammers claiming to offer information on locals infected with coronavirus for payments…
Workplace Harassment Suit Against TRON Going to Arbitration
A court has moved two fired Tron Foundation employees’ claims of wrongful termination and workplace harassment to…
Users See ‘Buying Opportunity’ in Coronavirus Market Downturn, Says Crypto.com
Even as markets were shaken by the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, exchange and payment provider Crypto.com says…
ASX’s Long-in-the-Works DLT Plan on Ice Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has postponed the launch of its long-awaited distributed ledger technology (DLT)…
US Senate Floats ‘Digital Dollar’ Bill After House Scrubs Term From Coronavirus Relief…
A draft bill posted Tuesday to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs defines a "digital dollar" and…
‘Digital Dollar’ Stripped From Latest US Coronavirus Relief Bill
Mentions of a "digital dollar" in a coronavirus-related relief bill before the U.S. House of Representatives have been…
Alleged Architects of $720M BitClub Ponzi Request Jail Release Over Coronavirus Risk
Two men, accused of defrauding investors of $722 million in a crypto mining pool scam, have requested an early release from…
Into the Unknown: No Limit on Fed Money Injections
The Federal Reserve pledged Monday to buy bonds in an unlimited quantity while allocating at least $300 billion to new…
Privacy Advocates Are Sounding Alarms Over Coronavirus Surveillance
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across Asia, nations leveraged significant surveillance networks to trace the virus’s…
House Stimulus Bills Envision ‘Digital Dollar’ to Ease Coronavirus Recession
Proposed legislation meant to shore up the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic includes a recommendation to create a…
The US Needs a Wartime Effort to Win the Coronavirus Battle
Teddy Fusaro is the chief operating officer at Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency asset management firm in San…
The US Should Use Stablecoins for Emergency Coronavirus Payments
Catherine Coley is the CEO of Binance.US. Previously she was Head of XRP Institutional Liquidity at Ripple after working for…
How to Escape Contracts That Are Killing Your Company During Coronavirus
Preston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk's Opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill's Technology, Media and Distributed…
What an Uptick in ‘Coinjoins’ Says About Bitcoin’s Value Proposition
With the global economy reeling from the coronavirus crisis, bitcoiners are increasingly turning to crypto wallets with privacy…
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They’re Working on Coronavirus…
CoreWeave, the largest U.S. miner on the Ethereum blockchain, is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer…
The Coronavirus API Delivers Vital Statistics Unmediated by Government Hands
The COVID-19 pandemic arrives as Americans' trust in institutions is faltering.According to a January 2019 Pew Research Center…
Data Sets You Free: Self-Quarantine Diary, Day 3
Michael J. Casey is CoinDesk's chief content officer. The views expressed here are his own.Due to a prior medical condition…
Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Are Holding Their Own Amid Coronavirus Chaos
As the global equities markets continue along their uncertain path, most major stablecoins are holding up to the "stable" part…
Controversial Group Behind Coronavirus Tracking App Has Crypto Ties
The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry. The Israeli…
Thieves Swindle $2M From Coronavirus Preppers With Hand Sanitizer, Face Mask Scams
Scammers purporting to sell pandemic essentials – such as face masks, hand sanitizer and medication – have stolen at least $2…
