Pete Rizzo

Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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What If One Bitcoin Isn't Like the Others? Fungibility Debated At Scaling Conference

The fungibility of bitcoin emerged as a central topic of debate on day one of the annual Scaling Bitcoin conference in Milan.

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Federal Reserve Governor to Address Blockchain in New Speech

Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard is scheduled to issue new remarks on blockchain technology later this week.

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No R3: Overstock Plots Blockchain Consortium For 'Everyone Else'

Online retail giant and upstart blockchain innovator Overstock has begun working to build its own blockchain consortium.

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Sydney Stock Exchange Completes Blockchain Prototype

The Sydney Stock Exchange has successfully prototyped a blockchain for equity securities.

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The Full Lineup for Scaling Bitcoin is Now Available

The event schedule for next week's Scaling Bitcoin conference is now available.

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50 Attorneys Form Blockchain Legal Defense Coalition

A group of 50 leading blockchain legal experts has launched the Digital Currency and Ledger Defense Coalition.

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R3 Adds Bitcoin Exchange Veteran to Research Lab

Former itBit client group director Antony Lewis has officially joined banking consortium R3.

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Bitcoin Unlimited Announces Research Grant Program

The team behind a long-contentious proposal to upgrade the bitcoin protocol is making new funding available for research.

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In Formal Verification Push, Ethereum Seeks Smart Contract Certainty

CoinDesk spotlights the factors driving ethereum's coding community to embrace the concept of formal verification for smart contracts.

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CME Group Adds New Exchange to Bitcoin Index

CME Group has added China-based digital currency exchange OKCoin to its bitcoin pricing indexes, first announced in May.

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