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Andrew Yang Says Current Stimulus Payments to Americans Aren't Enough

Andrew Yang, ex-presidential contender and friend of crypto, says today's stimulus won't get Americans through the crisis. (Also, he might run for NYC mayor.)

Andrew Yang speaks at Consensus 2019. (Image via CoinDesk archives)

Tech

For Contact Tracing to Work, Americans Will Have to Trust Google and Apple

Critics have doubts that Google and Apple can make their contact tracing system work. Key issue: Trust.

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FBI Warns COVID-19 Scammers Are Targeting Crypto Holders

The FBI is warning that fraudsters are about to unleash a surge of coronavirus cryptocurrency scams.

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Finance

COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passport’ Unites 60 Firms on Self-Sovereign ID Project

The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is working on a digital certificate to help stop the spread of the virus without compromising user privacy.

A health worker conducts a COVID-19 test in Kuala Lumpur, April 12, 2020. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas

A candid conversation with Hidden Forces host Demetri Kofinas about Covid-19 response, media incentives, and the getting the economy back in action.

Demetri Kofinas

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US State Regulators Order 'Fraudulent' Crypto Mining Scheme to Shut Down

The Texas State Securities Board and Alabama Securities Commission filed an emergency action against Ultra Mining, alleging it offered unregistered securities by promising to double investments in a cloud mining scheme.

Texas flag. (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Community Funds Italian Red Cross Medical Facility to Combat Coronavirus

Bitcoin donations have funded a mobile medical center used to assess Italians potentially hit by the novel coronavirus.

A QR code used to raise bitcoin donations for the medical center effort. Credit: Helperbit

Markets

World Economic Forum Looks to Blockchain for Supply Chain Woes

The World Economic Forum said Monday that blockchain and digitization can help supply chains survive crises like COVID-19.

Businesses "usually have little to no knowledge of suppliers further up the [supply] chain,” wrote the WEF contributors. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Binance Donated $2.4M in Coronavirus Medical Supplies; CZ Pledges More

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said his exchange had donated $2.4 million in crypto to buying medical supplies to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, and plans to donate up to $5 million total.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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How Coronavirus Is Accelerating the End of Globalism, Feat. Peter Zeihan

The American-led global order has been unraveling for 30 years, and COVID-19 may be the blow that changes it once and for all.

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