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Consensus 2017 Recap: Panels Cast Wide Net for Blockchain Discussions
CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017 blockchain conference was alive with activity last week, so don’t feel bad if you missed some of the...
The Biggest Main Stage Moments at Consensus 2017 Blockchain
While Consensus 2017 blockchain conference may be over, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the action that took place on the...
Is the Crypto Asset Class Finally Coming Into its Own?
It's no secret that bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies have been on a tear. But, is this sharp uptick in value a sign that...
The Marc Newson Hourglass For Hodinkee shows us time is a nanoball
“Can anyone tell me what this is?” the teacher asked. Outside the rust rains had come again and the building reacted by assembling...
Bitcoin Price Rebounds to Near $2,640 Following Yesterday’s Losses
The price of bitcoin has rebounded after a notable fall yesterday that saw the digital currency lose over $400 to a low of around...
These flat-pack turtlebots will crawl across minefields for safety’s sake
The threat of minefields is an ongoing and horrifying one, and the duty of clearing them is as difficult as it is dangerous. All...
Feast your eyes on this 600-DPI e-paper screen
I have to say, I really like e-paper. And it’s come a long way since the crude early Kindles — nowadays you have e-readers that are...
Crypto Traders See Red As Profit Taking Fuels Price Pullback
The cryptocurrency markets are full of ups and downs – but perhaps there hasn't been a day in history quite like today. Just hours...
Bitcoin’s Price Tumbles More Than $400 From New High
Bitcoin prices fell sharply today after setting a new all-time high above $2,700 on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The BPI...
This ultra-twee soft robotic gripper was inspired by Venus flytraps
The problem with tiny robots, if there can really be said to be one, is that you can’t put enough stuff on them. Cameras and motors...
Sony’s revamps its Digital Paper tablet with new screen and interface
Sony’s mammoth 13-inch Digital Paper tablet, essentially a huge Kindle you can write on, is still a pretty rare sight, but I’ve...
Bitcoin, Ether Set New All-Time Highs Amid Market Boom
The price of bitcoin and ether, the digital tokens that power the bitcoin and ethereum blockchains, reached new all-time highs...
Boeing will build DARPA’s XS-1 experimental spaceplane
You can hear the champagne corks popping here in Seattle as Boeing is awarded the contract to make DARPA’s cool experimental...
Circle with Disney raises $10 million for its parental control device for families
Circle Media, the company behind Circle with Disney – a device that helps parents enforce their home’s internet rules and...
DJI’s GO 4 control app adds automated flight modes to its new Spark drone
At today’s media event in NYC, DJI announced its new Spark drone, destined for the entry-level market as an everyday portable...
Xbox Game Pass launches June 1 with over 100 titles
Xbox One owners get a new reason to fire up their consoles on June 1: Xbox Game Pass, the download service Microsoft created to...
Robotic toymaker Sphero unveils Ultimate Lightning McQueen — a chatty, smartphone-controlled car
While Sphero has released a whole lineup of robotic, Internet-connected toys, it remains best-known for its BB-8 droid from Star...
8Bitdo’s retro Bluetooth controllers now work with Nintendo Switch
Need more controllers for your Nintendo Switch? If you already have some of 8Bitdo’s excellent Bluetooth, classic system-inspired...
The FAA gets a case study with a drone crash inside an MLB stadium
PSA: Flying your drone over a baseball stadium with tens of thousands of fans is a really, really bad (and probably illegal) idea....
Google’s huge 4K touchscreen whiteboard is now on sale for $5K
Google’s Jamboard is not a kitchen app for curating PB&J recipes – it’s a 55-inch digital whiteboard, with pen and touch input,...
Crunch Report | Microsoft Announces New Surface Pro
Microsoft announces new Surface Pro, Apple and Nokia settle patent dispute, Uber underpaid NYC drivers, Snapchat allows...
Alexa, don’t talk to strangers!
This story began when I was giving a TV interview about a recent incident where police in the U.S. obtained a search warrant for an...
Minibrew raises $2.8 million to help you make your own beer
Netherlands-based Minibrew has raised $2.8 million in seed funding after completing a successful $350,000 crowdfunding campaign to...
Keep on swimming with BIKI, the underwater drone
Meet BIKI, the world’s first wireless bionic underwater drone that captures high-quality footage. BIKI is just as cute as it it...
Apple and Nokia bury patent hatchet
Well that didn’t last long. A fresh patent spat between Nokia and Apple which fired up at the back end of last year when Cupertino...
131 Countries: BitPay Goes International With Bitcoin Prepaid Card
BitPay is expanding its prepaid bitcoin card offerings to more than 100 new countries. Unveiled today by BitPay chief commercial...
How to Invest in a Decentralized Economy?
Australian-born Michael Dunworth, CEO of Silicon Valley-based blockchain Wyre, has said that financial advisors should invest in...
ShapeShift Breaks New Ground With ‘Prism’ Digital Asset Portfolio Product
Amid a booming market for cryptocurrencies, Swiss startup ShapeShift is launching a new kind of exchange that specializes in the...
Daily Analysis: Ethereum and Bitcoin Skyrocket while Stocks Remain Stable
Monday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2381 0.05% DAX 12588 -0.40% WTI Crude Oil 51.08 0.73% GOLD 1256.00...
Analysis: Ripple, Dash, Stellar Lumens, Bytecoin & Gnosis
Ripple Ripple gave a false break (highlighted) when it closed above the arc. It was a buy signal which I tweeted, but then price...
Market Overview: 5 Things to Watch Next Week
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 2.11% Bitcoin...
ICO Analysis: Much Ado About OneGram
Hacked received a tip about an upcoming ICO called OneGram. We began our investigation and immediately noticed more than one red...
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...