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Yesterday, Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies announced they would begin targeted attempts of removing Russian disinformation, one of the aggressor nation’s most potent weapons in its attack on Ukraine. As harmful as “fake news” and propaganda ca

A coalition of countries including the U.S. and European Union want to freeze the Russian central bank’s international reserves and lock (some) Russian banks out of the global financial system.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the inters

We hear from Matthew Spradlin, Certified Financial Planner with Godfrey & Spradlin Private Wealth of Steward Partners, about the New Parents Pyramid he and his team created for new parents, as well as the different ways first-time and seasoned parents manage their money and think

The Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI™) will be adding two new constituent assets, The Sandbox’s SAND and Axie Infinity’s AXS, when its quarterly reconstitution goes effective at the market close on March 1, 2022.

To say February was a tumultuous ride would be quite an understatement, with what seemingly was routine +/- 2% moves in the broader indices daily.

Crypto had a breakthrough 2021, and 2022 is looking equally promising.

The 5th annual 2022 Synapse Summit returned to Tampa’s Amalie Arena this February calling together Florida’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, which consists of startup founders, funders, tech talent, executives, educational institutions, and more.

In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, humanitarian and military-adjacent organizations have received millions of dollars in charitable contributions from overseas – a massive outpouring of international support for Ukraine’s resistance.This article is excerp

A new web user interface (UI) is under way for JoinMarket, an open-source Bitcoin privacy project that has been around since 2015.Using Bitcoin normally isn't very private, unless you really know what you're doing. Once the JoinMarket UI is finished, developers hope it will give

In response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine this week, transnational Western authorities have taken significant actions to restrict the Eurasian kleptocracy’s access to the global financial system. It remains to be seen whether Russia might face the ultimat

Cryptocurrency is, depending on who you listen to, either the future of finance or a fool’s game. Even among the die-hard fans, you will find a mix of opinions as to whether it is a good investment at any given time.

These last few weeks have underscored how difficult it is to achieve absolute privacy in our digital lives, including in crypto.Maybe it’s time to acknowledge we can’t just rely on technology to protect this important right. It's time to also take on the difficult tas

The real winners of the Super Bowl this year weren’t the Rams, who played a great game to win the title. They were cryptocurrencies, which in a few years have gone from nerd obsession to powerhouse advertiser buying airtime on the most watched television event of the year.B

zkSync, a protocol responsible for implementing Ethereum scaling platforms, accomplished the unexpected yesterday, announcing the test network release of an Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible Zero-Knowledge rollup (zkEVM) years ahead of schedule.The EVM is the environment in whi

In spite of it all, the vibes were indomitable.Between the Thursday Schelling Point mini-conference and the Sunday ETHDenver closing ceremony, Ethereum’s price fell as much as 15%. Meanwhile, Russian military equipment and personnel continued amassing on the Ukrainian borde

The stage was set in New York City last night. The Champagne had been poured, the lights were up, collectors sat ready and waiting.At the Sotheby’s Upper East Side saleroom, NFT enthusiasts prepared to witness what the auction house had framed as a “truly historic&rdq

UPDATE (Feb. 24, 2022 21:00 UTC): Shortly after this article was published Biden indeed announced expanded sanctions.The U.S. is moving to cut Russian oligarchs and officials off from their offshore funds and their ability to transact within the global financial system after Russ

The U.S. is moving to cut Russian oligarchs and officials off from their offshore funds and their ability to transact within the global financial system after Russian forces invaded Ukraine late Wednesday.Unlike previous sanctions, the new measures may go as far as expelling Russ

Bitcoin is an energy-intensive protocol designed for serious cypherpunks. Alas, bitcoin has been mobbed by unserious speculators, pushing up its price and blowing up its electricity usage. It’s time to enact a tax on proof-of-work. The tax would drive the tourists away, bri

While crypto airdrops are often considered to be "easy money," they also come with responsibilities.In recent months, projects like Ethereum Naming Service (ENS) and LooksRare delivered airdrops of ENS and LOOKS tokens, respectively, to their users. Both of these token networks a