Saturday, December 7, 2019

• Why Bitcoin Mining Is Being Touted as a Solution to Gas Flaring · Bloomberg News
• As Workers Become Harder to Find, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs Hope Neurodiverse Talent Can Be the Missing Piece · Gwen Moran

Friday, December 6, 2019

• A Famous Hacker Was Arrested for Giving a Talk in North Korea Called “Blockchain and Peace” · Josephine Wolff
• Bitcoin set for positive Christmas according to latest price prediction · Anthony Cuthbertson
• Our Annual Reflection on the Future: 10 Health Care Predictions for 2020 · Sy Mukherjee
• Banks shouldn't worry about Libra's big promises
• Invest in Crypto Stocks Instead of Actual Cryptocurrency · Lisa Rowan on Two Cents
• Millennials would rather cop Bitcoin than Disney and Netflix stocks · Matthew Beedham
• HSBC’s plan to move $20B in assets to blockchain could be a watershed moment · Lucas Mearian
• Move over Libra, DAI stablecoin comes to Coinbase's debit Card · Stan Schroeder
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is rising again’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• No Libra style digital currencies without rules, say EU finance ministers · Natasha Lomas
• Ugandan cryptocurrency startup promises jobs — steals employees’ money instead · Matthew Beedham
• Bitcoin's bumpy revolution may be only just beginning · Anthony Cuthbertson

Thursday, December 5, 2019

• What You Should Know About Billionaire Steve Cohen, the Potential New Owner of the New York Mets · Chris Morris
• A blockchain expert is accused of helping North Korea’s leaders. But what would they want from him? · Mike Orcutt
• Bitcoin battered: The worst crypto catastrophes of 2019 · Charlie Osborne
• ‘Godman’ fugitive establishes island nation, plans to use crypto instead of fiat · David Canellis
• Bitcoin-hungry hackers ‘target major US data center firm’ with ransomware · Yessi Bello Perez
• 24 Chinese nationals arrested in Thailand over alleged Bitcoin call center scam · Yessi Bello Perez
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler appointed as US senator’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• Bitcoin money laundering is a classically dumb crime · Matthew De Silva
• 70 cryptocurrency hedge funds have closed so far this year, investors weary of Bitcoin · Matthew Beedham

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

• “The Indian government’s stand on data localisation is a bit of an overkill” · Sangeeta Tanwar
• Cryptocurrencies proving to be a threat to US government · John Crudele
• Bitcoin shopping app Lolli has quietly added big names like Walmart and Ulta
• Here's why the FBI arrested a cryptocurrency developer for speaking in North Korea
• This new app is leveraging blockchain to help sexual assault survivors · Cara Curtis
• North Korean hackers may be behind malware distributed by cryptocurrrency trading platform · Matthew Beedham
• Drugs stashed in kids toys lead to $1 million cryptocurrency seizure by police · Charlie Osborne
• Disrupt Berlin 2019 opens in just one week · Leslie Hitchcock-Stone
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin’s market cap is now on par with Netflix’s’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• Drugs hidden in child’s toy lead police to massive $1M cryptocurrency stash · Matthew Beedham

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

• Smashboard app is using blockchain to help victims of sexual abuse in India · Manavi Kapur
• Amazon Touts Machine Learning, ‘Local Zones,’ and A.I. Tool as Cloud Competition Heats Up · jonathanvanian2015
• Ecstasy in toy kit leads WA cops to record cryptocurrency seizure
• Blockchain Developer Gets Busted After Talk in North Korea · Timothy B. Lee
• Is Blockchain the Future of Academic Credentials?
• Fortune’s Most Memorable Interviews This Decade · Rachel Schallom
• Bitcoin is boring now · Matthew De Silva
• House Democrats Poised to Rubber-Stamp the “Achilles’ Heel of Dodd-Frank” · Rebecca Burns
• In Zero-Fee Era, Wrestlers and Astronauts Help Funds Fight Back · Rachel Schallom
• Come to Disrupt Berlin if you care about fintech · Romain Dillet
• Arguing About Artificial Intelligence Killing Jobs · jonathanvanian2015
• Danish bank staff banned from buying Bitcoin with their own money — urged to dump holdings · Matthew Beedham
• Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions · Romain Dillet
• From algae to AI, the 12 themes experts predict will shape the world in 50 years · Alexandra Ossola
• Russia’s FaceApp Is a “Counterintelligence Threat” · Lucinda Shen
• Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank · Thom Dunn
• Telegram shills refuse to accept OneCoin is a scam as websites go offline · Matthew Beedham
• WisdomTree launches its first bitcoin exchange-traded product · Reuters
• Ethereum dev to be released pending trial amid claims charges against him are exaggerated · Yessi Bello Perez
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin’s price should be $150,000 now, according to John McAfee’s prediction’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• South Africa’s central bank is setting up new rules for cryptocurrency · Matthew Beedham

Monday, December 2, 2019

• American cryptocurrency expert charged with helping North Korea evade US sanctions: DOJ · Bradford Betz
• Bitcoin facing major crossroad as sell-off proves relentless · Vildana Hajric
• Report: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Picks GOP Donor Kelly Loeffler for Senate Seat · BEN NADLER and ANDREW TAYLOR / AP
• U.S. Charges Cryptocurrency Expert for Allegedly Helping North Korea Evade Sanctions With the Blockchain · Jennings Brown
• IT analyst, 22, admits trying to blackmail Apple for £130,000 in Bitcoin and £800 in iTunes vouchers
• Research: Blockchain must overcome hurdles before becoming a mainstream technology · Melanie Wolkoff Wachsman
• How Blockchain Will Disrupt Business (free PDF) · Melanie Wolkoff Wachsman
• When Stocks Are So Expensive, Even Facebook and Warren Buffett Won’t Pay · Jen Wieczner
• Meet the artist building a crypto-inspired art museum on the blockchain · Matthew Beedham
• Vitalik stands by Ethereum dev arrested for advising North Korea on cryptocurrency · Yessi Bello Perez
• Programmer arrested by U.S. authorities after North Korea cryptocurrency talk · Stan Schroeder
• 2020 Crystal Ball: Predictions for the Economy, Politics, Technology, and More · Defne Gencler
• How blockchain will kill fake news (and four other predictions for 2020) · Lucas Mearian
• Moonday Mornings: US arrests Ethereum dev for teaching North Korea about cryptocurrency · Matthew Beedham
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Coinbase users hold nearly 1 billion Bitcoin in their wallets’ · Matthew Beedham

Sunday, December 1, 2019

• Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC · Jake Bright
• Crypto expert arrested for allegedly helping North Korea evade sanctions · Jon Fingas
• SoFi founder Mike Cagney’s already well-funded new startup is raising another $100 million · Connie Loizos
• Europe Is Terrified of Digital Currencies in the U.S. and China—But Can’t Manage to Develop Its Own · Geoffrey Smith
• How the Interior Department Got Swamped · Chris D’Angelo