With companies closing, unemployment rising and investors spooked in the age of the pandemic… https://www.coindesk.com/starting-a-bitcoin-startup-during-the-covid-19-crisis-feat-yan-pritzker
The “Great Lockdown” is redrawing the bitcoin mining landscape as the economic crisis makes smaller operations less profitable and access to China’s hardware supply chains crucial… https://www.coindesk.com/in-canada-theyre-essential-in-argentina-theyre-shut-down-bitcoin-miners-reckon-with-covid-19
Reddit is experimenting with recording points and perks on a blockchain… https://www.coindesk.com/reddit-may-use-ethereum-for-a-new-token-based-points-system
Speaking to CoinDesk at the CryptoCompare Digital Asset Summit in London earlier this month, Paolo Ardoino said the DeFi space faced systemic risk if it only leveraged value from the digital asset space… https://www.coindesk.com/tether-cto-claims-usdt-stablecoin-can-boost-defi-liquidity
The Telegram messaging platform has appealed a U.S. court ruling prohibiting it from distributing its gram cryptocurrency… https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-appeals-court-ruling-barring-gram-token-distribution
The Israeli tech company NSO Group, best known for selling spyware to Saudi Arabia and other governments… https://www.coindesk.com/controversial-group-behind-coronavirus-tracking-app-has-crypto-ties
The digital assets lending field seems to be heating up with Blockchain.com starting to offer lending directly to retail consumers globall… https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-com-borrow/
Indian cryptocurrency exchanges are bringing back banking support after the Supreme Court of India struck down the banking ban on the crypto industry… https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-legal-india-supreme-court-verdict-cryptocurrency/
As the third Bitcoin halvening approaches, a handful of OGs will wistfully recall the first such event, which occurred in November 2012… https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-history-part-24/
Announcing the news on its blog Wednesday, the firm said the news marks it as the “first pure-play crypto company” to be approved by the credit card giant… https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-becomes-first-pure-crypto-firm-approved-as-visa-principal-member