Biweekly Headlines 2024 Mar W3 – W4
“Bitcoin Is Going to Eat Gold” – Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy CEO Biweekly News Roundup 1. Bitcoin’s Market Performance and Valuation ● Bitcoin surpassing silver in market cap: Bitcoin on March 11 became the world’s eighth most valuable asset, surpassing silver as its market cap rose above $1.4T. ● Record...
Biweekly Headlines 2024 Feb W1 – W2
“As blockchain technology advances, there is a decentralized alternative for every centralized option.” – Nick Johnson, founder and lead developer of Ethereum Name Service Biweekly News Roundup 1. Bitcoin Market Movements ● Bitcoin’s recovery from a breakdown below $42,000: Starting its first full week of February, BTC rebounded from...
Biweekly Headlines 2024 Jan W3 – W4
“With their increasing importance, dollar-backed stablecoins are set to have a profound impact on the financial sector, potentially reshaping how money is moved across borders.” – Andrew Peel, Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets Biweekly News Roundup 1. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Market Trends 2. Global Cryptocurrency Adoption and User...
Weekly Headlines 2023.5 W4
“Bitcoin really doesn’t care about what anyone thinks and it offends VCs the most.” – Jimmy Song Weekly News Report: News 1. Visa, Microsoft and others join Brazilian CBDC pilot – Both national and global companies will participate in the upcoming pilot project of the Brazilian central bank digital currency....
Weekly Headlines 2023.5 W3
“The intransigent minority is intransigent because they believe in something. The wishy-washy majority are wishy-washy because they’re opportunists. The future belongs to those who have conviction.” – Jimmy Song Weekly News Report: News 1. Jack Dorsey’s TBD announces new Web5 toolkit – TBD, a division of fintech company Block,...
Weekly Headlines 2023.5 W2
“Don’t think of it as buying Bitcoin. Think of it as giving yourself the ability to plan for the future.” – Jimmy Song Weekly News Report: News 1. Binance Announces Exit from Canada, Citing Regulatory Tensions – Binance has announced that it would cease operations in Canada, citing the challenging...
Highlights and Trends from Consensus 2023
The annual Consensus crypto conference, which has been hosted by Coindesk since 2015, concluded successfully in Austin from April 26 to 28. As a major event in the crypto industry, the conference drew the attention of industry leaders, developers, KOLs, government officials, artists, and more. As one of the...
Weekly Headlines 2023.4 W4
“It takes great virtue to keep anything, whether it’s your reputation, integrity, or Bitcoins.” – Jimmy Song Weekly News Report: News 1. What to Expect at Consensus 2023 – April 26-28 conference in Austin run by CoinDesk, Consensus 2023 brings together major figures in crypto, finance, Web3, regulation, entertainment and...
Weekly Headlines 2023.4 W3
“#Bitcoin is the most interesting intellectual development on the Internet.” – Julian Assange Weekly News Report: News 1. Microsoft Working With Space and Time to Add Real-Time Blockchain Data for Azure Cloud – The agreement comes seven months after the tech giant led a strategic funding round for the...
Weekly Headlines 2023.3 W1
“General purpose zero knowledge blockchains have been positioned as the next big thing to scale Ethereum.” – Ganesh Swami, co-founder and CEO of Covalent Weekly News Report: News 1. ConsenSys, Developer of Ethereum Software, Says zkEVM Public Testnet to Go Live March 28 – Zero-knowledge, or ZK, a type of...