Coronavirus


Markets

Can Open Source Networks Address Medical Shortages? Feat. Bruce Fenton

In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW talks open source ventilators, overreactions in monetary policy and the slippery, sticky slope towards helicopter money with Bruce Fenton.

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Policy

Controversial Group Behind Coronavirus Tracking App Has Crypto Ties

The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry.

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Markets

Thieves Swindle $2M From Coronavirus Preppers With Hand Sanitizer, Face Mask Scams

Scammers purporting to sell face masks, hand sanitizer and medication have stolen at least $2 million in cryptocurrency from panicking consumers, claims blockchain security firm AnChain.AI.

CORONA SCAMS: Malicious actors offered to sell face masks and hand sanitizer, creating phony shipping labels and, on occasion, sending victims an empty box. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

Experts Say the Fed's QE Program Will Strengthen Bitcoin – One Way or Another

While QE may be anathema to crypto hardliners, some experts agree the net effect on bitcoin prices is positive.

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Markets

Ethereum Community Grapples With Coronavirus as EthCC Cases Tick Upward

A number of attendees who contracted COVID-19 at an Ethereum conference in Paris have gone public with their diagnoses in what some are calling an act of "radical transparency."

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Markets

SingularityNET, Ocean, Algorand, Triffic, Enigma Add To Fight Against Coronavirus

Featuring Matthew Graham, Vinay Gupta, Meltem Demirors, Sky Guo, Bruce Fenton, Ryan Zurrer, and more. Have something to add? Tweet @CoinDesk #CoronaEfforts

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Markets

The Fed's $700B Bazooka Misfires, Feat. CoinDesk's Michael Casey and Noelle Acheson

Far from reassuring the markets, the Fed’s dramatic action over the weekend seems to have spooked them instead.

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Policy

In Fight Against Coronavirus, Governments Face Trade-Offs on Privacy

Safeguarding privacy rights is tricky during a time of pandemic and panic.

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Markets

Extreme Social Distancing: Self-Quarantine Diary, Day 1

How did we get in this mess? How do we get out of it? What will the post-coronavirus world look like? First in an occasional series.

IN-N-OUT: Workers in hazmat suits greet visitors to the drive-through coronavirus testing facility in New Rochelle, N.Y., before sticking swabs up their noses. (Photo by Michael J. Casey)

Finance

Crypto Prepped Before Coronavirus Went Global

Attuned to meltdowns, crypto companies reacted quickly to the coronavirus threat.

Many companies are affected by the spread of coronavirus, including CoinDesk, which instituted a work from home policy in mid March 2020. (Photo by Danny Nelson)