BREAKDOWN: A 101 Guide to Ethereum's ProgPOW Controversy
Last Friday on Ethereum’s core developer call, the devs agreed to push forward a controversial anti-ASICs consensus algorithm switch known as ProgPoW. The broader Ethereum community was not pleased, ...
27 Feb 202025min
BREAKDOWN: Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven or 'Schmuck Insurance'?
Bitcoin is having a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day. Many are using the dump - which from a timing perspective aligns with a broader market selloff among Coronavirus fears - as a way to dimin...
26 Feb 202019min
COINDESK EXPLAINS: Sim Card Hacks
In the pantheon of crypto hacks, “SIM jacking” is one of the worst. The hack, which is less a hack and more social engineering, is basically a form of identity theft, with the attacker swapping a vict...
26 Feb 20206min
BREAKDOWN: 6 Explanations for Crypto's Fascination With Coronavirus
The spread of Coronavirus has dominated the news cycle across industries, but the discussion has been particularly fierce in both the finance and tech worlds, with crypto right in the lead. For a mon...
25 Feb 202022min
BREAKDOWN: Caitlin Long on Coronavirus, Crypto Custody and Building a Bank
An incredible amount of work has gone into convincing institutional investors that bitcoin and crypto should be on their radar. Now that many are convinced, however, they face some significant limitat...
24 Feb 202019min
LTB!: Decentralization Philosophy Part 2 - Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss catalysts and CEOS in the world of blockchain projects, the organizationa...
23 Feb 202053min
LEIGH: 'Pandora's Box, but for Freedom': Author Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin's Impact
Coindesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by Isaiah Jackson, author of “Bitcoin and Black America '' and co-founder of KRBE Digital Assets group, to talk about financial discrimination in the United Stat...
22 Feb 202017min
BREAKDOWN: Why Today's Crypto Exchange Leaders Are Powerful, but Not Inevitable
After settling in to the $10,000 price level, BTC suddenly and rapidly dipped more than 5% in an hour on Wednesday. As the market discusses possible explanations, some floated the unexpected simultane...
21 Feb 202012min
