Coronavirus


Technologies

The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics

The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.

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Juridique

FinCEN Warns on Coronavirus Scams Demanding Crypto

FinCEN is warning cybercriminals are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic, and asks firms to be especially vigilant regarding their dealings with virtual currencies.

Coronavirus (CDC/ Unsplash)

Marchés

First Mover: UK Economy Setback Renews Questions of Bitcoin's Resilience

The U.K. is recovering from the economic effects of the coronavirus more slowly than expected. Would a fresh market drop pull down bitcoin, too?

London, U.K. (pisaphotography/Shutterstock)

Marchés

Electroneum Mines Multi-Country Charity Donations During COVID-19

U.K.-based Electroneum is helping students in Nigeria and India with block rewards reaped from its token, ETN. The strategy also helps its business.

Hundreds of women are receiving training with Indian NGO Kamalini. (Electroneum)

Finance

How Apple's COVID-19 Policy Limited a Public Health App in Taiwan

Bitmark's experience in Taiwan raises questions about censorship and access in the age of COVID-19.

Taipei, capital of Taiwan

Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Still Stuck in a Rut, Trading Below $10K

Traditional markets slide as coronavirus cases spike, and crypto follows because its correlation is still unbroken.

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Marchés

Kadena Launches Blockchain App to Verify COVID-19 Tests

Hybrid blockchain maker Kadena wants to verify COVID-19 testing kits by recording their provenance on its network.

The Kadena team

Marchés

Bull vs. Bear: Who Has the Economy Right?

From markets to real estate to the dollar to retail, the data on whether the market is recovering or not is hella confused.

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Marchés

Bitcoin Sees Small Gain as Gold Rallies to One-Month High

Bitcoin is reporting moderate gains on Monday as gold, a safe haven asset, rallies amid renewed coronavirus concerns.

btc chart 22 jun

Marchés

First Mover: As US Stocks Defy Economic Gravity, Bitcoiners Shudder at March Memory

With the global economy in deep water amid the coronavirus crisis, some cryptocurrency analysts are starting to wonder if a correction in U.S. stocks might prompt another "Black Thursday" crash.

Defying gravity (lucas_moore/Shutterstock)