CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Firms Tout Dispersed Workforces as Coronavirus Contingency Plan

They don’t need to shut their headquarters; they don’t have headquarters.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Crypto and Blockchain Firms Grapple With Coronavirus Outbreak

The outbreak has complicated tech upgrades, product development, logistics and business travel at crypto exchanges and other blockchain firms in China.

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CryptoCurrency News: Yemen’s Civil War Shows the Dangers of Crypto

The ongoing civil war in Yemen highlights the contradictions underlying bitcoin adoption.

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CryptoCurrency News: As Fed Contemplates Coronavirus-Prompted Easing, Bitcoin Traders Bet on Halving

Investors are betting the Fed will quickly slash rates amid coronavirus jitters. Whether they turn to bitcoin as a crisis hedge remains to be seen.

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CryptoCurrency News: Understanding This Week’s Market Whiplash, Featuring Scott Melker

What one of the worst weeks in recent history can teach us about market fundamentals, featuring prominent crypto trader Scott Melker.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ex-Employee Steals User Data From Derivatives Exchange Digitex

Digitex has claimed that only email addresses were stolen in a data breach earlier this month.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coronavirus Is Changing How Crypto Markets Are Trading

Cryptocurrency traders are contending with volatile markets due to the coronavirus).

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CryptoCurrency News: How to Contact CoinDesk’s Editors and Reporters (the Right Way)

We've made it a lot easier to reach us. Our new masthead lists all CoinDesk reporters and editors, their beats and verified contact information.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 28, 2020

Bitcoin in the dumps along with the Dow, top miners are racing to the halving, and Microsoft kills crypto jackers. It's the Markets Daily Podcast from CoinDesk.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum’s DAOs Continue to Gain Momentum

Ethereum’s largest hackathon in North America, ETHDenver, showcased DAOs for event management and more.

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CryptoCurrency News: Microsoft Updates Edge Browser to Protect Against Illicit Crypto Miners

Later versions of Edge can now be set to block downloads of malicious mining apps.

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CryptoCurrency News: Third-Party Cryptos Could Launch on XRP Ledger, Says Ripple’s David Schwartz

Schwartz said a feature is being developed to allow asset-backed tokens to be minted on the platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: ICE’s New Intel Program Used in Every Homeland Security Crypto Investigation

ICE’s recently-revealed “Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program” is deployed in all crypto-facing Homeland Security investigations, says the agent whose unit built the tool.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Is Testing Clearview’s Controversial Facial Recognition Technology

A Coinbase spokesperson said customer data had not been used in its trial of the tech.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Closes on First February Price Loss Since 2014

The cryptocurrency risks ending the second month on a negative note for the first time in years and could suffer deeper declines in the short-term.

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CryptoCurrency News: Major Crypto Exchanges Bitfinex and OKEx Hit by Service Denial Attacks

Both cryptocurrency exchanges have reported distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on their systems in the last 24 hours.

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CryptoCurrency News: US House Committee to Hold Hearing on Blockchain Benefits for Small Businesses

The Committee on Small Business will discuss how blockchain technology can help startups in March.

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CryptoCurrency News: Human Resources Giant Randstad Explores Blockchain to Quickly Match Talent With Recruiters

The world's largest HR firm has begun using a combination of the Cypherium blockchain and Google Cloud to match talent to corporate needs more efficiently and securely.

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