Dear JK Rowling: Bitcoin is Magic

As part of a recent tweet calling on all novelists to message her with their questions on Bitcoin, CoinDesk journalist Leigh Cuen publicized a tweeted response from none other than beloved Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling.    “I don’t understand Bitcoin,” Rowling said, adding, “Please explain it to me.” Dear JK Rowling: The first thing you need to understand is that Bitcoin is magic. It allows you to exchange money with anyone in the world instantly, cheaply and securely, without the need for any centralized, Goblin-based banking authority. Chapter 1:…

OKEx Exec Calls Binance’s CoinMarketCap Ranking ‘Shameless’

OkEx chief strategy officer, Alysa Xu, called out crypto data site CoinMarketCap, or CMC, for its recent exchange ranking rationale, proclaiming the platform dead.  “Fairness and justice are the basis of all rankings,” Xu said in a May 15 post on Chinese microblogging site Weibo. “CMC is dead, and we mourn together tonight.” CoinMarketCap recently changed its ranking metrics Binance recently rose to the top of CMC’s crypto exchange rankings after the data site changed the rationale by which it composed its list. CMC now shows exchanges ranked in order…