CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides, Stocks Tread Water on Trump China Comments

Stocks across Asia and Europe took a dip Friday and so did bitcoin in anticipation of Trump’s comments on “deeply troubling situations” in Hong Kong.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Amazon Patents Blockchain-Based Product Authenticator

Amazon has patented a distributed ledger-based system for proving the authenticity of consumer goods.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: The Battle for the Future of Money, Feat. Lawrence Summers, CZ, Michelle Phan, the Winklevoss Brothers, The Chainsmokers and More

As the current economic crisis comes into clearer focus, how leading voices from pop culture to crypto including Carlota Perez, The Chainsmokers, Ray Yousseff and many others are reimaging money.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: To Get Serious About Decentralization, We Need to Measure It

Blockchains aim to democratize influence and control, broadening access to capital and data. But we lack metrics to whether projects achieve decentralization.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Behind ‘Prime Broker’ Buzzword Lies a Complex Strategy Game for Crypto Firms

Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all announced plans to become prime brokers this month. Here's what the trend reveals about the state of the industry.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Money Reimagined: What CoinDesk’s Style Debate Says About Crypto as Public Tech

Blockchains are flexible new forms of public infrastructure, says Michael Casey. Plus: with China rushing in, Africa is a prime battleground for the future of money.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Magic’s Raise, Compound’s Distribution and Trump’s Twitter War

In the war between Trump and Twitter, decentralized systems may win.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Russia Is About to Drop the Crypto ‘Iron Curtain,’ Industry Warns

Russia's crypto community is pushing back against a set of bills that could impose onerous restrictions on startups and individuals in the country.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for May 29, 2020

With bitcoin and many traditional markets down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: In Trump Versus Twitter, Decentralized Tech May Win

Campaigners against Section 230 said Trump’s intervention might derail their cause, but it could offer an opportunity for decentralized tech.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Discovery Science to Premier Crypto-Funded TV Series About … Dragonchain?

A new TV series tracking the story of Disney-linked blockchain firm Dragonchain was fully funded in cryptocurrency. It's scheduled to go live July 4 on Discovery Science.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: ‘Passwordless Login’ Startup Magic Raises $4M From Naval Ravikant, Placeholder

Ethereum startup Magic just raised $4 million from investors like Naval Ravikant, SV Angel, Placeholder and Volt Capital to make passwords less of a pain.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Digital Dollar Project Calls for 2-Tiered Distribution System in First White Paper for US CBDC

The Digital Dollar Project's first white paper describes how a two-tiered system underpinning a tokenized dollar could modernize the U.S. financial system.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Shows Traders Don’t Care That Goldman Hates Their Asset Class

Traders can also gloat over how much better bitcoin is performing in 2020 than Goldman Sachs shares.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Rally Falters as Stocks Drop Ahead of Trump’s China Speech

Bitcoin's bulls are taking a breather as the traditional markets get the jitters over rising tensions between the U.S. and China.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: GSX Group’s New Digital Securities Venue Tokenizes First Client Shares

Gibraltar Stock Exchange Group's recently launched GRID venue has tokenized the shares of adtech firm tribeOS.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain ID Solution Aims to Tackle Spike in Delivery Fraud Amid Coronavirus Measures

Nuggets, a digital identity and payments platform, has developed a way to accept deliveries without needing a physical signature to combat a spike in fraud during the coronavirus pandemic.

via CoinDesk

CryptoCurrency News: It’s Tough Getting Approved in Gibraltar, Says Green-Lighted Crypto Derivatives Exchange

It's tough getting regulated on "the Rock," says crypto derivatives exchange, ZUBR.

via CoinDesk