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Coinbase Broke Traffic Records and Saw Massive Volume During Market Collapse

Coinbase reported record site traffic and a massive surge in 24-hour trading volume during last week’s coronavirus-driven market swings.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong image via CoinDesk archives

Politiche

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don't Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

Mark Zuckerberg image via Facebook

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Bitcoin News Roundup for March 18, 2020

How can you help during the COVID-19 crisis? Some techies have an idea. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.

MD FEB 27 RELEASE

Mercati

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)

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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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Tecnologie

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.

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Mercati

Ether Suffers Record-Setting 33% Drop Amid Global Market Turmoil

Ether fell from $197 to $132 in early morning trading Thursday.

MARKET FLUX: In percentage terms, ether suffered its largest drop ever Thursday as the broader crypto market tanked. (Image via CoinDesk Research)

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New York Crypto Companies Move to 'Work From Home' in Face of Rising COVID-19 Threat

The New York metropolitan area’s surging coronavirus count is forcing more of the region’s cryptocurrency and blockchain companies to act decisively.

DECENTRALIZED DESK: New York-based crypto companies are asking or mandating employees work from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

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