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Monero, the popular privacy-focused cryptocurrency protocol, has completed a long-awaited major network upgrade. Justin Ehrenhofer, VP of Operations at Cake Wallet, the first open-source Monero wallet, discusses the upgrade and what this means for preserving privacy on the blockchain. Plus, the potential impact of the Tornado Cash U.S. ban on privacy coins.

Aug 15, 2022

Bitcoin’s weakening correlation with equities. SHIB and DOGE on a roll. Ethereum Merge anticipation growing, but just when will it happen? Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Aug 15, 2022

Ethereum miners will likely face an abrupt change after the network moves to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism from a proof-of-work (PoW) system. Prominent Ethereum miner Chandler Guo shares his insights into the mining business and why it’s “very hard work.”

Aug 12, 2022

Ethereum miner Chandler Guo supported Ethereum Classic (ETC), and now he supports ETHW, the potential native asset of the Ethereum Proof-of-Work (ETHPoW) fork. Guo weighs in on the similarities and differences between the two forks and why this time around, it's more "difficult."

Aug 12, 2022

Cryptocurrencies are mostly higher Friday as bullish sentiment returns into the weekend, with bitcoin (BTC) trading around $24K. CoinDesk’s Brad Keoun and Christie Harkin discuss this week’s developments potentially driving upward momentum of the crypto markets, including BlackRock’s partnership with Coinbase and the Tornado Cash saga.

Aug 12, 2022

New data shows an increasing number of the world’s central banks hiking rates. The historically unprecedented synchronized monetary tightening across countries indicates the path of least resistance for risk assets, including bitcoin, is to the downside. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

Aug 12, 2022

CoinDesk’s Markets Managing Editor Brad Keoun discusses what the crypto sphere can expect from bitcoin (BTC) in the coming week. Plus, CoinDesk’s Tech Managing Editor Christie Harkin on the launch of Vinteum, a nonprofit Bitcoin research and development center dedicated to supporting Bitcoin developers in Brazil and the wider Latin American region.

Aug 12, 2022

The U.S. Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken legal action against an Ohio resident it says ran a $12 million Ponzi scheme involving bitcoin. Plus, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweets the crypto exchange has frozen or recovered $450,000, which was stolen from decentralized finance protocol Curve.Finance earlier this week.

Aug 12, 2022

Ethereum miner Chandler Guo discusses why he's forking Ethereum, which Guo calls the ETHPoW chain, as the network nears a historic transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus.

Aug 12, 2022

Last September, Chinese authorities ordered a crackdown on crypto mining and outlawed virtually all crypto trading activities, leading to the migration of crypto miners out of the country. Ethereum miner Chandler Guo discusses the future of crypto and mining in China and why he sees all miners ultimately moving to Canada and the U.S.

Aug 12, 2022