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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Microsoft Explores Adding Ripple Tech to Blockchain Toolkit

Microsoft has issued an update to its blockchain toolkit offering, revealing it is exploring how to add Ripple's Interledger protocol.

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Hard Fork Question Divides Developers at Scaling Bitcoin Day 2

Highlights of day two of Scaling Bitcoin included the debut of segregated witnesses and a roundtable discussion between developers and China's miners.

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Purse Raises $1 Million, Plans ‘Secret Bitcoin Project’

Bitcoin e-commerce startup Purse has raised $1m in seed funding in a round led by investor Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group.

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China’s Miners Heat Up Debate at Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong

Day one of Scaling Bitcoin Hong Kong saw discussion and debate on proposals aiming to increase the processing power of the bitcoin blockchain.

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Bitcoin Price Tops $400 to Reach One-Month High

The price of bitcoin topped $400 on the CoinDesk USD Bitcoin Price Index today, its highest value over the last four weeks.

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Bitcoin Mining Giant BitFury is Being Sued By its Former CFO

Bitcoin mining firm BitFury is currently being sued by its former chief financial officer (CFO), according to court documents obtained by CoinDesk.

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Fidelity Charitable: Investors Want to Use Bitcoin to Do Good

Fidelity Charitable senior vice president Matt Nash discusses his organization's decision to accept bitcoin donations.

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Expectations High For Blocksize Debate Ahead of Hong Kong Summit

Bitcoin's block size debate will be given renewed life this weekend when some of the industry’s most influential stakeholders gather in Hong Kong.

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Dogecoin Startup Goes Open Source as Creator Says ‘Peace Out’ to Crypto

Dogetipbot has announced it will go open-source just over one year after raising $445,000 from investors including Blackbird Ventures.

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Bitcoin Reputation Startup Bonafide to Shut Down

Bitcoin reputation startup Bonafide has elected to cease operations and commence liquidation less than one year after raising $850,000.

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