John Biggs

John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future.

He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Bloq Labs' Titan Aims to Simplify Crypto Farming

Titan is a one-step crypto miner management system from Bloq Labs.

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Poloniex, Fearing Regulatory Backlash, Prevents Sale of 9 Crypto Assets In US

Poloniex has stopped US customers from buying and selling nine potentially non-regulated tokens.

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CoinDesk's John Biggs Walks the Exhibit Halls of Consensus 2019

Meet the exhibitors in the Consensus 2019 exhibit halls.

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Study Finds Most Ransomware Solutions Just Pay Out Crypto

A study has found that most ransomware recovery services are actually just paying crypto ransoms to hackers.

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Hyperledger Announces Aries, a Toolkit for Blockchain-Based Identity Management

Aries is a new, open-source toolkit for identity management by the makers of Hyperledger.

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Emberfund Turns Your Phone Into a Crypto Hedge Fund

Emberfund is a new mobile app that lets anyone buy into an index of cryptocurrencies that automatically balances itself over time.

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The Elk Is a Tiny Prototyping Board for Building Blockchain-Connected Devices

Elk aims to make it easy to connect hardware devices to blockchains and control electronic components or accept payments.

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Hacked Crypto Exchange Binance to Resume Deposits and Withdrawals on Tuesday

New security efforts will improve Binance as it plans to reopen withdrawals and deposits on Tuesday.

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Munich Re Insures Curv’s Crypto Wallet To the Tune of $50 Million

Crypto wallet firm Curv has obtained up to $50 million of insurance coverage for institutional customers from Munich Re.

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Canaccord Analysts Predict Bitcoin Price Return to $20K In 2021

Analysts predict that bitcoin's price will return to its $20K high in March 2021.

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