May 2020

Consensus:Distributed speaker and CoinDesk columnist Ajit Tripathi argues the pandemic will normalize the use of CBDCs and cryptocurrencies.

The lawsuit alleging Ripple violated U.S. securities laws comes from a company that previously accused FTX of price manipulation.

David Birch’s book “The Currency Cold War” foresees a world of competing digital currencies. COVID-19 brings that future closer, he says.

Thanks to an improvement in risk sentiment, the Pound Sterling was able to recover some earlier losses during Tuesday trading in London.

Bitcoin is beating stocks this year, but it’s also crushing the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, whose billionaire CEO said in February that the cryptocurrency had “no value.”

The cryptocurrency has again failed to keep gains above $9,000 even as active bitcoin addresses spike to 11-month highs.

Mastercard, IBM and the provincial government of British Columbia are among the founding members of the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation.

IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy.

A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines.

The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to hold the cash rates steady at 0.25 percent.