UK’s NHS Taps Blockchain Tech to Monitor Coronavirus Vaccine Cold Chain
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Coronavirus Vaccines Certified With VeChain’s Blockchain Tech in Cyprus
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Continue ReadingLessons in Failing to Apply Blockchain and AI to Combat COVID
This year 2020 has seen quite a variety of exciting developments in the blockchain space. To name just a few: the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as major economic forces and sources of crypto network user tractions, the maturation of layer 2 Ethereum solutions and the rollout of a variety of […]
Continue ReadingWhy Crypto Crosses ‘The Chasm’ in a Post-Coronavirus World
It is often said that Julius Caesar brought the Roman Republic to an end when he crossed the Rubicon River with the 13th Legion of the Roman Republican Army on Jan. 10, 49 BC, starting the civil war that would leave him dictator. This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2020 Year in Review – a […]
Continue ReadingGovernments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021
Reflecting on 2020, I struggle to think of another year in recent decades with both so many all-time highs and all-time lows. From the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the global population to record-setting wildfires in the western United States to numerous other calamities, the world this year has often appeared figuratively and literally in flames. […]
Continue ReadingBalaji Srinivasan: The Man Who Called COVID
At first, Balaji Srinivasan held his tongue about the coronavirus. Years before he became an angel investor and intellectual firebrand of the cryptocurrency community, Srinivasan had co-founded a genetic testing company that was eventually sold for $375 million. He had also written papers on microbial and clinical genomics and taught bioinformatics at Stanford. So even […]
Continue ReadingGold Lags Far Behind Bitcoin as Vaccine Optimism Buoys Markets
Bitcoin is outshining gold by a significant margin in price terms as expectations soar of a swift global economic recovery enabled by promising coronavirus vaccines. While the top cryptocurrency by market value has risen 22% to cross $17,000 this month, the precious metal is up just 0.5% at the current price of $1,890 per ounce. […]
Continue ReadingFirst Mover: Stimulus Seen (for Bitcoin) Since Moderna Won’t Save Spirits from Third Wave
Bitcoin was higher, climbing back above $16,000 on Monday after dipping below the mark over the weekend. “Should we trade back above $16,490, then we expect to see the bulls take the market by the horns and drive prices to a $17,000 handle,” Matt Blom, head of sales and trading at the cryptocurrency financial firm […]
Continue ReadingFirst Mover: What’s Next for Bitcoin as Wall Street Gets Vaccine Booster
Bitcoin was higher for a second day, staying in a range between roughly $15,200 and $15,600, as news of progress in developing a coronavirus vaccine appeared to touch off a rally in U.S. stocks. With the outcome of last week’s U.S. presidential election now mostly settled, crypto analysts turned to other market factors, such as whether investors […]
Continue ReadingMarkets Spike as Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Success Rate
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