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Consensus Hackathon 2017: Into the Smart City Blockchain ‘Rabbit Hole’
"How do I parse this string? I need to get the digital asset ID." Alongside excited chatter about how blockchain technology might...
Weekly Altcoin & Bitcoin Analysis: Time to Short Bitcoin?
It was an exciting week for crypto traders. It seems like there are an ever-increasing number of traders joining the party doesn’t...
History is Made: Bitcoin Prices Top $2,000 to Set New All-Time High
The price of bitcoin surpassed $2,000 for the first time in history today, pushing the cryptocurrency to a fresh, new record amid...
‘Spiritual Experience’: Hot, Wild Ethereum Summit is Sign of the Times
Sweltering, crowded, and filled to capacity. If there were a sign that blockchain may be overhyped, or that the industry is in the...
Weekly Analysis: Bitcoin Takes on $2000 as Stocks Hit by Trump-Scandal
Weekly Recap Asset Current Value Weekly Change S&P 500 2380 -0.45% DAX 12638 -1.22% WTI Crude Oil 50.48 4.77% GOLD 1255.00...
Analysis: Bitcoin Energy Point is Today (+ Litecoin, Ethereum, Augur, Monero, Zcash & Ripple)
Bitcoin Bitcoin has been rallying for what seems like forever, but there is a fairly significant set of resistances in the chart...
Project recreates cities in rich 3D from images harvested online
People are taking photos and videos all over major cities, all the time, from every angle. Theoretically, with enough of them, you...
Bitcoin’s Price Climbs But Falls Short in Bid to Top $2,000
Bitcoin prices came within striking distance of $2,000 today, falling short by about $50, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price...
Away nears 100K stylish suitcases sold as it raises $20M
What do people actually want in luggage? A phone charger, unbreakable exterior, and maximum packing space at a resonable price is...
Daily Analysis: Stocks Bounce Back as Trump Plays War Card & Bitcoin With a New High
Friday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2379 0.67% DAX 12635 0.34% WTI Crude Oil 50.20 1.72% GOLD 1251.00...
Russia’s Largest Exchange is Using Blockchain to Lure Global Investors
As Russia slowly emerges from a lengthy recession in the wake of collapsing energy prices, the Moscow Stock Exchange may have...
Crazy Cryptos on Another Rip
It looks like the Japanese have finally upped their volumes. According to coinhills.com, bitflyer – the company who will be...
Mokase turns your phone in to a coffee machine
Attention all caffeine addicts. Your smartphone is about to get a whole lot smarter with this Mokase tech add-on. Take your...
Trading Analysis: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Ripple, Ethereum, Stellar Lumens & Zcash
Bitcoin Bitcoin continues it’s epic run toward $2100. I note that there is an energy point on the daily chart tomorrow, and that a...
Bitcoin is Just $100 Away From Doubling its Price in 2017
The price of bitcoin has hit a new high on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), reaching an $1,902 average across global...
Analysis: Watch Litecoin again | Hacked: Hacking Finance
Litecoin Litecoin has successfully closed above the arc that had been dragging it down. I believe the low is in and a rally will...
Cryptocurrency Market Cap Tops $60 Billion to Hit All-Time High
The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies reached an all-time high today, passing $60bn as the innovative assets...
The Damage Done | Hacked: Hacking Finance
The total damage from the WannaCry virus has been counted. See, the thing most people don’t know about Bitcoin is that it’s only...
Daily Analysis: Markets Tank as Trump Fears Escalate
Thursday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2351 -0.35% DAX 12530 -1.23% WTI Crude Oil 48.80 -0.11% GOLD...
Decentralized Ethereum Token Trading Goes Live With 0x Launch
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange protocol 0x has gone from white paper to functioning early-stage application in three months...
Meet the 5 Finalists for CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017 Startup Contest
After sorting through hundreds of applications, we're down to the final five. CoinDesk's second annual "Proof-of-Work" startup...
Swiss watch exports dropped for a third year in a row
According to the watch press, this year’s Baselworld in Switzerland was a graveyard. “The Baselworld show, ended March 30, was...
Bitcoin Exchange Spreads Are Narrowing But Gaps Remain
Bitfinex's banking challenges seem to be slowly fading into the background. As the exchange makes progress toward providing...
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Apple Pay is now available in Italy
Apple’s wireless payment system Apple Pay is now up and running in Italy. The company partnered with a handful of banks and popular...
Google has an indoor positioning tech in the works, called VPS
Google has announced it’s working on a service to offer detailed indoor location positioning using its Tango 3D sensing computer...
Everything Google announced at its Google I/O keynote
Google just kicked off its annual Google I/O developer conference. It’s a great opportunity to get a sneak peek at...
Daily Analysis: Stocks Turn Lower as Trump Gets in Real Trouble
Wednesday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2374 -0.98% DAX 12685 -0.93% WTI Crude Oil 48.88 -0.13% GOLD...
Android Go is a lightweight version of Android for crazy cheap phones
There are 2 billion Android devices currently in use around the world. Google is now thinking about the next 2 billion devices. In...
Shapeheart is an armband that senses your heart rate without bulky chest straps
Not everyone wants to place a heart-rate monitor on their chest or wrist. Sometimes you want a meaty sensor, something that won’t...
Bitcoin’s Price Edges Back Above $1,800 After Near $100 Gain
The price of bitcoin is up nearly $100 on the day, rising more than 5% to reach a high of $1,814 on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price...
Amazon upgrades its Fire tablet line, a rare bright spot in the struggling category
Amazon’s continuing its month-long spree of hardware announcements by refreshing its line of low cost slates. The Fire 7 is...
Despite a fickle market for fancy home appliances, new investors get behind Brava Home
Customers are notoriously fickle when it comes to sophisticated kitchen devices. On the one hand, there’s undoubtedly a market for...
DC Blockchain Advocates Seek Distance From Bitcoin Amid Ransomware Wave
Amid a flurry of negative publicity for bitcoin, technology advocates are trying to distance themselves from the digital...
Time to Sell Ripple? Analysis: Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash & Zcash
Litecoin I will go out on a limb here and say it’s time to buy ltc. There is a little bit of room to the Fibonacci vortex support,...
Chile’s Largest Stock Exchange Plans to Implement IBM Blockchain Tech
A major blockchain trial is moving toward implementation in Chile. Revealed today, global tech giant IBM is making public a project...
Hacking Continues but Bitcoin Looses Dominance
The hacking continues today with the WannaCry virus claiming more victims across the globe but another type of hack was reported...
Bragi’s new Dash PRO headphones are true wearable head computers
Bragi has some new headphones coming out, and they have more in common with the original Bragi Dash than with the minimal Headphone...
Ripple’s XRP Token Sets New All-Time Price High
The price of XRP, the token that powers the Ripple Consensus Ledger, continued its upward movement today, building on recent gains...
Apple could release MacBook updates soon
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is about to release updated MacBook and MacBook Pro models. The company could...
Apple could stop updating the iPad mini
Rumor has it that Apple is about to unveil a brand-new iPad in just a few weeks. But what about the iPad mini? According to a new...
Watts is a huge battery that powers your home
Like Tesla’s Powerwall, Watts is a big battery that can power your home. One Watts cell can support a few small appliances...
Ripple Pledges to Lock Up $14 Billion in XRP Cryptocurrency
Distributed financial technology firm Ripple is on the verge of locking up billions of dollars worth of its native XRP...
Amazon to bring opt-in notifications to Alexa
Amazon is going to be adding notifications to its Alexa service, so that skills can provide you with information as it becomes...
Lost item finder Tile grabs another $25 million in funding
Tile, the company that makes connected devices – which you add to keychains, bags, suitcases, laptops, or keep in your wallet in...
Daily Analysis: Ripple Explodes Again as EUR/USD Surges Past 1.10
Tuesday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2401 0.10% DAX 12825 0.15% WTI Crude Oil 48.95 0.18% GOLD 1234.00...
Hacking Continues but Bitcoin Losses Dominance
The hacking continues today with the WannaCry virus claiming more victims across the globe but another type of hack was reported...
My Trading Blunders: A Lesson in Overconfidence and Risk Management from 2008
The Background This story happened in January 2008 in what proved to be the early days of the biggest financial crisis of our...
Don’t Click Anything Day | Hacked: Hacking Finance
So this gives a whole new meaning to the term Cyber-Monday. Imagine coming into work only to find that your entire workplace has...
Blockchain Regulation: Is Europe Getting It Right?
Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis and corporate finance, and a member of CoinDesk's product team. The...
Boost VC Will Now Invest Directly in Crypto ICOs
Boost VC is opening up its portfolio to cryptocurrency startups in a whole new way. One of the first institutional investors to...
Daily Analysis: Oil Surges on OPEC-Deal Extension as Ripple Tests Highs
Monday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2397 -0.43% DAX 12760 -0.05% WTI Crude Oil 49.55 3.24% GOLD...
Healthy Correction? Bitcoin Prices Retreat to $1,700
Bitcoin prices suffered what analysts largely called a correction today, falling nearly $100 to a low of roughly $1,650, almost 7%...
Meet the German Baron Who Thinks Blockchain Will Beat the Middlemen
The former head of Germany's armed forces is now helping to bring blockchain tech to some of the world's largest financial...
Intel could be about to release a very expensive Core i9 CPU
Computex is right around the corner. While we don’t generally cover PC component updates, this leak about Intel’s plan is...
Norway’s Internet-Only Skandiabanken Launches Coinbase Integration
An internet-only banked based in Norway has integrated with digital currency exchange startup Coinbase. According to local news...
Libratone’s Q Adapt On-Ear headphones pack noise cancellation into a small package
I’ve been playing around with Libratone’s on-ear headphones for a while, and I have to say that they sound quite convincing. I’m...
Buy a Green Card With Bitcoin? US Officials Weigh Impact on EB-5 Program
US immigration services are actively weighing the question of whether bitcoin can be used to pay for obligations tied to a...
ICO Analysis: Storj’s Move to Ethereum – Time to Buy In?
Storj is a decentralized cloud solution which has been in the works for quite a long time. They have gone through multiple...
European Stability Mechanism Floats Possible Blockchain Integration
Will the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) someday run on blockchain? This was a hypothetical recently offered by Kalin Anev...
Singapore gets a gigantic ‘vending machine’ for buying luxury cars
Singapore is a country known worldwide for both a very high cost of living and limited real estate space — that combination makes...
‘Big Four’ Irish Banks Join Blockchain Payments Pilot
Two of Ireland's 'Big Four' banks are taking part in a blockchain payments trial organized by professional services firm Deloitte....
$1,700? Bitcoin’s Price is Up Even as its Tech Progress Stalls
"Honey badger don't give a shit." Sometimes referred to as the 'honey badger of money' (after a famous viral video), bitcoin...
Bank of Japan Fintech Head: Don’t Expect Central Banks to Lead DLT
While central banks around the world are taking an active interest in blockchain and digital ledger technology (DLT), we shouldn't...
Government-Backed Firm to Launch Blockchain IDs in Luxembourg
A major digital identity firm backed by the government of Luxembourg is building a new platform alongside US startup Cambridge...
ICO Analysis: BitCAD | Hacked: Hacking Finance
As it matures, Ethereum becomes increasingly interesting from both a financial and a cryptocurrency/cryptographic perspective. The...
EEG hardware hack uses blink detection and predictive text for hands-free typing
Hardware is hard at the best of times. But software developer Patrick Morris-Suzuki set himself the ambitious challenge of creating...
RoboWaiter wants to make American restaurants great again with robots
RoboWaiter’s crack team, consisting of a developer, designer and a robotics expert, came together at last night’s Disrupt NY...
5 Things to Watch Next Week: NASDAQ, Cryptocurrencies, China, Euro & Trump
Asset Current Value Weekly Change S&P 500 2398 0.88% DAX 12675 1.76% WTI Crude Oil 46.47 -5.75% GOLD 1228.00 -3.21% Bitcoin...
Get ready for a new iPad and a mysterious Siri speaker at WWDC
According to reliable analyst KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo and 9to5mac, Apple is about to launch not one but two new hardware devices at its...
Crypto Utopia? Defining the Greater Good in a Blockchain World
Cecile Baird and Simon Chan are founding partners of Blockchain For Good (BC4G), a think tank that aims to bring together minds...
Traditional IRAs Are Coming to the World of Bitcoin
New consumer interest in bitcoin is trickling up into traditional retirement savings products and tax-advantaged vehicles like...
Analysis: Money is Still Pouring In – Bitcoin, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, Augur, Dash and Ethereum
As you all must know by now, I am a trader at heart, not an investor. It’s always been difficult for me to buy-and-hold, because I...
Global Malware Campaign WannaCry is Affecting Bitcoin’s Price
As CCN earlier reported, WannaCry has infected more than 36 000 computers. Users of affected machines are prompted with the...
Amazon made landline phones trendy again
When is the last time you used your landline phone? Chances are that your smartphone is the one and only device you need....
$600k for an Ethereum Name? A Thriving Auction Market is Underway
After a shaky start this spring, a project called the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) appears to be attracting serious capital....
Bitcoin’s Scaling Debate: The View From China’s Miners
Dr Paul Ennis is a research assistant at The Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organization at University College Dublin,...
Trading 101: 10 Essential Investment Rules For Rookies
As you saw in our Trading vs. Investing article, in several ways, value investing is the polar opposite of trading. That said, in...
Regulating Ethereum? EU Parliament Weighs Blockchain’s Big Issues
"When and how should governments intervene?" With that question, MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker kicked off a session of discussion...
The PayPal Moment: When Bitcoin Met Mainstream Payments
Steve Beauregard is serial entrepreneur, co-founder of cryptocurrency payment processing startup GoCoin and chief revenue officer...
Pieter Wuille’s Latest Project: Making Bitcoin Harder to Lose
One of bitcoin's most prolific developers is attempting to help with one of the payment network's longest-running issues. Today,...
US Government Awards $2.25 Million to Blockchain Research Projects
The US government has awarded research contracts to three startups working with blockchain worth a total of about $2.25m. The...
Ethereum Exchange Protocol Race Heats Up With ‘Swap’ Launch
Members of the ethereum development community ConsenSys have unveiled a new peer-to-peer exchange protocol. Dubbed "Swap", the...
UK’s National Health Service Hit in Global Ransomware Wave
Multiple outlets are reporting a wave of ransomware attacks affecting the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) as well as other firms...
Back to Reality? Bitcoin’s Price Drops $100 Amid Meteoric Month
The price of bitcoin saw something it hasn't seen much of lately today – a 24-hour decline to the tune of triple digits. According...
Echodyne’s pocket-sized radar may be the next must-have tech for drones (and drone hunters)
Just because we live in an age of many sensors doesn’t mean we always have the right one for the job. One in particular we’ve been...
Palestinian Government Said to Be Considering a Bitcoin-Like Currency
Palestine's monetary authority is reportedly looking to create its own digital currency. Reuters reported today that, according to...
If you suck at taking photos with your iPhone, Apple has tips for you
Apple just released a dozen of videos on its website (and some of them on YouTube) about the camera on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7...
Bitcoin’s Price Slides After Surpassing $1,800
Bitcoin prices slid this morning, a day after crossing the $1,800 mark according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). Markets...
UK Land Registry Plans to Test Blockchain in Digital Push
The UK’s national land registry is looking to test blockchain technology as part of a wide-ranging digitization effort. Last month,...