Day: February 4, 2020

No, a Blockchain Wouldn’t Have Prevented the Iowa Caucus Debacle

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Adam B. Levine is CoinDesk’s podcast editor. The views expressed are his own.  We’d be the first to tell you: No, a blockchain wouldn’t have prevented the voting debacle in Iowa. The question is inevitable, if at this point cringe-inducing. Inevitable because the problems that delayed the results of Monday’s Democratic presidential caucus are, conceptually, some of the same ones that blockchains (and distributed ledger technology broadly) seek to solve: a lack of transparency, centralization and inefficiency. Cringe-inducing because blockchain’s record with political elections has been iffy at best. As…

ConsenSys Acquires SEC-Registered Broker-Dealer to Tokenize Bonds

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ConsenSys, a major blockchain firm founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, has acquired an American broker-dealer, Heritage Financial Systems. Heritage, a broker-dealer registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been acquired by ConsenSys’s own broker-dealer, ConsenSys Digital Securities. ConsenSys’ blockchain-powered commerce and finance arm ConsenSys Codefi announced the news on Feb. 4. Heritage acquisition to bolster ConsenSys advisory and broker-dealer capabilities By purchasing Heritage, ConsenSys intends to reinforce its advisory and broker-dealer capabilities that will help the firm to implement blockchain technology for issuing tokenized bonds…

LISTEN: How Crypto and Porn Go Hand in Hand

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In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Spankchain community manager Allie Eve Knox talk about the conjunction of porn and crypto. From performers who accept BTC and XRP to decentralized delivery services, Cuen and Knox explore what happens when financial companies meet censorship-resistant systems. The biggest problem? Knox and other performers and sex workers face semi-secret discrimination from payment platforms. She recalls being shut out of PayPal early on. “I think it’s a morality thing. I know when I got shut down on PayPal in 2014 they were like,…

Yes, We’re Talking About Voting on the Blockchain

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Yes, We’re Talking About Voting on the Blockchain

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With Iowa election results still unconfirmed, Markets Daily is back and digging into the question… Would a blockchain have helped? Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source

Can XRP Price Rally 180% Again if It Breaks 2-Year Downtrend?

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While many altcoins have been showing significant strength during the recent weeks, some have been lagging. One of these coins is XRP (XRP), which is still hovering around key support and has yet to show any upwards pressure recently.  Exactly what is keeping XRP pinned under the descending trendline? Let’s find out through the charts.  Crypto market daily performance. Source: Coin360 XRP/BTC faces a 2-year downtrend XRP BTC 12-hour chart. Source: TradingView The XRP/BTC chart shows the digital asset currently attempting to overcome the significant downwards trendline. As of late,…

Will RIFT Protocol and Other Layer Two Solutions Make Blockchain Operational in 2020?

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The grip of cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain infrastructure is slowly but surely gaining a foothold in our world. Businesses are increasingly turning to decentralized solutions for improving the efficiency of their operations and cutting costs. But the solutions available now are no longer coping with the requirements that modern operations and future outlooks on the applications of decentralized systems are placing on the infrastructure. Major cryptocurrencies are proving their limited natures with Bitcoin’s maximum size of 1MB per block and capacities of 3-4 transactions per second (TPS), which are…

Winklevoss’ Crypto Exchange Gemini Partners with TradingView

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Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has integrated popular trading chart analysis service TradingView. According to a TradingView’s announcement on Feb. 4, Gemini has added the trading service as a trading partner, allowing its institutional customers to trade or invest directly through TradingView. As part of the integration, Gemini is now listed in the TradingView’s Trading Panel as well as in the new Brokerage Section.  In a blog post on Feb. 4, Gemini provided short instructions on how to connect a Gemini account to TradingView. The…

Visa to Change PoS Fees to Merchants to Adjust to New Business Categories

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Payments behemoth Visa is reportedly planning to change merchant fees rates for United States-based merchants as part of a major update of its point-of-sale system. The development was revealed in a document Visa sent to banks announcing an upgrade of its system, which will be rolled out in April and October, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 4. With the move, the payments giant aims to push merchants to stop using checks, as well as adjust its new fee structure for new businesses. What to expect? Visa is reportedly planning to introduce…

Ethereum Incubator ConsenSys Slashes Headcount 14% in Latest Strategic Shift

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Ethereum venture studio ConsenSys is shifting focus – and downsizing as a result. The Brooklyn, N.Y., company announced at an all-staff meeting Tuesday that its latest restructuring would shrink the firm’s headcount by approximately 14 percent. “In the coming months, ConsenSys will finalize the transition from its venture production model and spin out a number of its internally funded projects into the ConsenSys Investments portfolio,” the company said in a statement. The move is meant to prioritize the development of some of the ethereum ecosystem’s leading infrastructure platforms. ConsenSys said…