NPR
The 'Strange, Unduly Neglected Prophet'
6 min · · Meet Silvio Gesell, who inspired a worldwide movement to create money that expired. After nearly a century of obscurity, he's making a comeback. · Shared by 480, including Ward Plunet, Emin Gün Sirer🔺, 瑞拿頭, ahg, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola, Matthias Lampe, Marcos
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
Why Everyone Missed the Most Mind-Blowing Feature of Cryptocurrency
17+ min · · There’s one incredible feature of cryptocurrencies that almost everyone seems to have missed, including Satoshi himself. · Shared by 306, including Lukas Stickelberger, Mathias Böhm, Marcos, Alain, Rhys, Michael R. Nall, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Manos Hatzimalonas, Chintan Shah, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Leslie D, Björn Ognibeni, Christopher Allen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, David Smooke, Bernhard Huessy, Thomas Euler, Martin Howard, DonDahlmann, Daniel Bentes
medium.com
12 Graphs That Show Just How Early The Cryptocurrency Market Is
7 min · · From the time the first website was published in 1991 until today, the internet has profoundly reshaped humanity. · Shared by 214, including Remo Uherek, jz, Jonas Kamber, Esther Schindler, Paolo Sinelli, Klaus Eck, John Hues, Dmitry Solovyev, Alain, Vinny Lingham, Dino, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Dima Cloud, Thomas Power, Jeff Sutherland, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, 瑞拿頭, Mo Schuster, Marc Garriga, Ha Duong
Forbes
Bitcoin’s Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong’s Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All
Summary · 10 min · · Coinbase serves as an exchange for investors and traders of digital currencies such as bitcoin. The firm provides users with the tools to conduct cryptocurrency transactions, but for co-founder Brian Armstrong, that is just the beginning of a greater aspiration to upend the global financial system. In this informative article, journalists Michael del Castillo and William Baldwin take a deep dive into Armstrong’s mind-set and ambitions for Coinbase. Financial professionals and blockchain enthusiasts will glean some important insights about this fintech’s disruptive plans. · Shared by 178, including Version One Ventures, Paul Graham, getAbstract, 瑞拿頭, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
medium.com
A most peaceful revolution
20+ min · · Bitcoin is a slow-burning but potent nonviolent rebellion. · Shared by 156, including Jameson Lopp, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, Oleg Baskov, Ryan Selkis 🪳, notsofast, Matthias Lampe, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, 瑞拿頭, Jon Matonis
The Independent
Coronavirus will bankrupt more people than it kills — and that's the real global emergency
16+ min · · We may look back on coronavirus as the moment when the threads that hold the global economy together came unstuck · Shared by 148, including Faik Ersoy, MΛRC VIDΛL, Draven, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Jeremiah Owyang, 瑞拿頭, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Vikram Dutt, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Nils Hitze
VANITY FAIR
The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes
3 min · · The BitMEX cofounder created a cryptocurrency exchange that has traded trillions. Now he’s wanted by U.S. authorities, and insiders wonder whether he and his partners are villains—or victims of a two… · Shared by 135, including Laura Shin, Pronounced Sher-Elle, Josh Felser, 瑞拿頭, IamNomad, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, The Crypto Dog🫐, Anna Irrera, Nicola Duke, LucJodet.eth 🇫🇷 in Paris 🦇🔊, CyberCodeTwins
The Guardian
Australian who says he invented bitcoin ordered to hand over up to $5bn
2 min · · US court orders Craig Wright to share cryptocurrency haul with the estate of American programmer David Kleiman · Shared by 100, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Dean Anthony Gratton, Jonathan Kogan, 瑞拿頭
a16z
Crypto Fund II
5 min · · We’re excited to announce a new $515 million fund that will be used to invest in crypto entrepreneurs, networks and businesses. · Shared by 92, including علي, Thomas Power, Marc P. Bernegger, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Billeter, Meltem Demirors, 瑞拿頭
Coinbase 🛡️
The 2019 Leaders in Crypto Education
14+ min · · The second annual Coinbase Report on Higher Education · Shared by 92, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Yvette Dubel, Thomas Power, Tuur Demeester, Thomas Billeter, 瑞拿頭, Eric Elliott, Jonathan Kogan, DEALS🏃♂️🏃♀️, Emin Gün Sirer🔺
d.tube
DTube
8 min · · Shared by 86, including Jan Firsching 🆒, 瑞拿頭, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Remo Uherek, Bare Metal Gamer 💜💙🖤, Korben, BrendanEich
vitalik.eth
Endnotes on 2020: Crypto and Beyond
15+ min · · 2020 Dec 28 See all posts I'm writing this sitting in Singapore, the city in which I've now spent nearly half a year of uninterrupted time - an unremarkable duration for many, but for myself the… · Shared by 84, including lehrjulian, ben, Devon ☀️, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Bas Grasmayer, tylercowen, Casey Newton, Patrick Collison, 瑞拿頭, Brian Armstrong 🛡️, Noah Smith, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
Visual Capitalist
All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization
10 min · · Did you know you can use this visualization? · Shared by 67, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Ben Collins, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Artnome, Chris Gledhill, erik spiekermann, Thomas Power, Ste Davies, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Pippa Malmgren, Stefan Weber, BrendanEich, krisdahn.eth, 瑞拿頭
medium.com
Rise of the New Crypto Mafia
16+ min · · Disclaimer: this is not an article intending to promote organized crime within crypto. · Shared by 66, including 瑞拿頭, no, Ste Davies, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa
CoinDesk
Nic Carter: The Last Word on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption
6 min · · What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist. · Shared by 64, including Sebastien Meunier, Stephan Werner, notsofast, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, Ric “el pony esponjoso”, Ser Jeff Garzik, 瑞拿頭, Christopher Mims 🤌, Neeraj K Agrawal, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Antonio Vieira Santos
BBC News (World)
Blockchain: The revolution that hasn't quite happened
4 min · · Blockchain was hyped as a secure and cheap way to store or retrieve data, but it is yet to take off. · Shared by 64, including 瑞拿頭, Bertrand Maltaverne, Sebastien Meunier, Jonathan Kogan, Stephan Woodtli