George Kaloudis

George Kaloudis was a senior research analyst and columnist for CoinDesk. He focused on producing insights about Bitcoin. Previously, George spent five years in investment banking with Truist Securities in asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions and healthcare technology coverage. George studied mathematics at Davidson College.

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A Brief Overview of Crypto Payments in 5 Charts

Bitcoin launched as a purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash, inspiring the rise of other cryptocurrency payment options: Here is what the data shows. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

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Lightning Payments Come to Mobile Games, Fueling Bitcoin Adoption

THNDR CEO Des Dickerson sees gaming as fertile ground for layer 2 payments and a big avenue for bringing new Bitcoiners into the fold. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

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But Exchanges, What Low Volumes You Have!

Even though bitcoin’s price is range-bound and crypto exchange volumes are at yearly lows, there is no reason to worry … yet.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin's Exchange Balance Hits 3.5-Year Low

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 18, 2022.

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Is Bitcoin a Risk-On or a Risk-Off Asset? Maybe It’s Neither

So, we have high inflation and everyone piled into bitcoin and its price shot up, right? Not quite…

Risk on? Risk off? Or something else altogether? (Szabo Viktor/Unsplash)

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Beyond the Bitcoin Conference Hype: Pleb.Fi Builds Inclusivity

The intensive inclusivity-meets-tech hackathon is one Bitcoin developer’s “love letter to the community.”

Pleb.Fi Signage (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

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Reminder: The Merge Won’t Solve Ethereum’s Scaling Woes by Itself

Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake might finally be around the corner, but true scale won’t come from a single upgrade.

Avail is a scaling system designed for developers. (Christopher Adrianto/Unsplash)

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While You Were Out Partying, I Studied Bitcoin Development

Open-source software discussions were the best-kept secret at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.

The most underrated part of Bitcoin 2022 (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

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Block's Cash App Rolls Out Service to Automate Getting Paid in Bitcoin

Users will be able to invest a percentage of their paycheck in the cryptocurrency.

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Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin

The Taproot-powered “Taro” protocol aims to bring low-fee stablecoin and asset transfers to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

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