Former senior editor at Forbes, senior writer at Fortune. Founder Media Luna Creations, Knight-Bagehot Fellow, writing about borderlessness, learning to farm.
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It’s happening so fast…The British Museum, home to the Rosetta Stone and Parthenon Marbles, now accepts ethereum for NFT versions of their exhibits, and is integrated with @MetaMask and @Fortmatic. For 148,000 euros you can buy a digital Katsushika Hokusai.
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BLOWS MY MIND that if you go to Goldman Sachs' main website right now, THIS is what you see. I literally can't believe my eyes.
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Just left the unveiling of @Forbes' epic new cover design featuring @serenawilliams. What do you think? "Inside Serena Williams’ Plan To Ace Venture Investing" forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenha… by @kbadenhausen
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BREAKING: PayPal makes its first blockchain investment: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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BREAKING: The New Jersey Attorney General is preparing a cease and desist order against multi-billion dollar bitcoin financial services platform BlockFi: forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli…
@Steven_Ehrlich and @DelRayMan via @ForbesCrypto
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Had a nice chat with @Ripple chiefs @JoelKatz and @bgarlinghouse as a construction crew put the finishing touches on their fancy new NYC offices. They say they've got a plan to remove all doubt about XRP being truly decentralized or not. More to come... #BlockchainWeekNYC
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In 1991, almost 20 years before Satoshi Nakamoto, Ripple's chief cryptographer, @JoelKatz, was granted this patent for a distributed computer network that worked together to accomplish a singular task: patents.justia.com/patent/50…
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EXCLUSIVE: Google adds support for bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, zcash, dash, bitcoin cash, ethereum classic and dogecoin: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto @Forbes
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin on zcash's zero knowledge proof's widespread use: "It's really mindboggling." #BlockchainSummit via @ForbesCrypto
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BREAKING: Fidelity's president and head of strategy and planning today filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informing the regulator of a new fund dedicated exclusively to bitcoin: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan
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BREAKING: A staffer from U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis’ office says EVERY U.S. exchange—and the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance—are in various stages of being investigated by the SEC: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin is a last minute addition to the #BlockchainSummit panel on emerging technologies. Says he is mining ethereum with his son. Via @ForbesCrypto
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are buying a coffee at Starbucks using a cryptocurrency they invented. But that's just the beginning of this story, with Nordstrom and Whole Foods now officially accepting bitcoin, ethereum and more: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto @Forbes
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EXCLUSIVE: After two years of work, Visa is opening up its network to USDC, a digital dollar created by Circle Internet Financial and issued on the public ethereum blockchain: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Anyone else wondering why Starbucks is working with @NYSE crypto exchange @Bakkt? Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler says it was "to be able to give their customers more options in their ability to pay...to be able to pay with bitcoin." at #ConsensusInvest tweeting via @ForbesCrypto
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JUST OUT: PayPal increased bitcoin and ethereum limits to $100,000 per week, and removed annual limits altogether. You know who has $100,000 to invest? Institutions and accredited investors: forbes.com/sites/emilymason/… by @emilymason00 via @ForbesCrypto
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JUST OUT: The venture capital firm of billionaire Steve Cohen, is now in the bitcoin game, leading a $21M Series A investment in cryptocurrency analytics firm Messari: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Just out: HTC is integrating full bitcoin nodes into a surprise new smartphone: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @Forbes @ForbesCrypto #Consensus2019 #NYBlockchainWeek
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Watch out Coinbase. After raising $176 million in venture capital US-based Robinhood could eat your lunch. This report answers questions about custody, business model, and much more: coindesk.com/micro-finance-g… via @coindesk
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Waiting for the train and saw my 1st cover sticking out of this guy's bag. I stopped to tell him thanks for buying it. His name's Desmond and he says it's the 1st magazine he bought in 5 years and inspired him to change his life. Love meeting readers! forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc…
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EXCLUSIVE: Visa grants Coinbase the power to issue bitcoin debit cards (to OTHER companies): forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto @Forbes
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The CEO of @NYSE crypto exchange @Bakkt says she delayed the launch because "the pipeline filled up with customers." At #ConsensusInvest from @coindesk via @ForbesCrypto
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IBM's new head of cryptocurrency strategy say's he's met with 20 central banks to explore issuing a fiat currency on a blockchain: coindesk.com/ibm-evolution-b… via @coindesk
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BREAKING: Firm with ties to former ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ just disclosed a $140 million bitcoin fund: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Today is my first day at @Forbes! Looking forward to working with @ForbesCrypto to tell the continuing story of how blockchain is being adopted by enterprises, and in some cases making them altogether unnecessary.
Very excited to announce our newest addition to the Forbes Money team: staff writer Michael Del Castillo —@DelRayMan joins us today from CoinDesk to cover all-things crypto and brings with him a penchant for blockchain enterprise reporting. Stay tuned for his work!
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JUST OUT: Bitcoin Donations To Ukrainian Army Surpass $4 Million forbes.com/sites/forbesstaff…
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BREAKING: Winklevoss Brothers Launch Ethereum Token Backed By U.S. Dollars: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto $ETH
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“Web3 was really meant to be the service without the service provider,” says @ethereum and @Polkadot co-founder @gavofyork at @CollisionHQ. Tweets from @ForbesCrypto
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On Friday, Fatburger quietly raised $39.7 million in a historic deal that not only involved securities issued on #ethereum, but the first crypto-ratings from investment giant Morningstar: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @Forbes @ForbesCrypto
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BREAKING: The SEC has issued its historic first letter saying it will not take action against a cryptocurrency business: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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After much help from the $XRP community, it appears 100B XRP were created between the winter equinox of 2012 (which happens to be the end of the Mayan calendar, if you remember the apocalypse memes) and Christmas. I'd still love an exact b-day if anyone has other info. Thanks!
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BREAKING: $10 billion asset manager Stone Ridge spins-off bitcoin subsidiary managing more than $300 million in bitcoin, ethereum, XRP and more:: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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TODAY: Ethereum and EOS blockchains are being used by the Associated Press to prove the election results you see are official: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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BIG NEWS: 650 U.S. banks and credit unions can now offer bitcoin purchases to an estimated 24 million total customers: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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JUST OUT: Whistle-blower Edward Snowden acknowledges he was the sixth person who participated in an elaborate 2016 ceremony that led to the creation of zcash, a privacy-protecting cryptocurrency now valued at $2 billion: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto #CryptoBahamas
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Breaking: Winklevoss Brothers Bitcoin Exchange Adds Zcash, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan #BlockchainWeekNYC #Consensus2018 #BUIDL via @ForbesCrypto
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Coinbase is laying out its plans for institutional adoption at its New York ribbon-cutting ceremony today. Via @ForbesCrypto
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Just out: Alibaba, Tencent and the largest bank in the world are among the first enterprises that will receive the Chinese government's new cryptocurrency: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @Forbes @ForbesCrypto
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Today was a good day. My first @Forbes cover arrived in the mail, just hours after an NFT version sold for $333,333, with proceeds going towards two journalism non-profits: theblockcrypto.com/linked/10… Credit due to coauthors @susanadamsnyc & @AntoineGara & editor @schifrin
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BREAKING: The first ever LedgerX long-term bitcoin futures option pegs the cryptocurrency price at $10,000 by next December. bit.ly/2j7syXR via @coindesk
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In 1996 @Visa founder Lee Hock gave this speech, which is now preserved by the @FederalReserve, explaining why he founded Visa. The same rationale was just used by Visa to explain why they're getting into cryptocurrencies: fs.fed.us/im/philos/chaordic… h/t @cuysheffield @fold_app
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"After 6 weeks living & reporting in Kenya I’ve got 2 main takeaways: 1) Many of Kenya’s so-called unbanked don’t want to be banked. 2) There’s more crypto innovation than the reporters can handle, and much of the rest the world — myself included — isn’t paying enough attention."
It's the end of January — and that means a new newsletter! 🎉 acjr.substack.com/p/-new-yea…
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This is so depressing. An entire nation's wealth, just evaporating. I imagine Argentinians working so hard to save only to see the fruits of their labor disappear into a downward-facing red-line of Morningstar data.
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The Nairobi sky scape, 3:30am, after a 17 hour commute from Greenwich Village. This is my office for the next six weeks, as I look for the best crypto leaders Kenya and Africa at large have to offer. Who do I need to know?
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EXCLUSIVE: Satoshi Nakamoto candidate Craig Wright shares business strategy behind 765 bitcoin-related patents in jurisdictions including the United States, Europe and China: forbes.com/sites/digital-ass… via @ForbesCrypto
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BREAKING: Bitcoin Core developer joins forces with former Morgan Stanley director to warn SEC of enterprise adoption risks: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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EXCLUSIVE: Hedge fund giants BlackRock and Citadel have denied trading the cratering TerraUSD stablecoin: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto $UST
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Ethereum developers are already exploring a way to undermine FCC decision to kill #NetNeutality: coindesk.com/plan-b-ethereum… via @coindesk
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"If it can be hacked, it will be hacked. So if you leave a lot of cryptocurrency on an exchange, it's a honeypot for hackers." - @starkness #BlockchainSummit via @ForbesCrypto
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BREAKING: XRP is NOT a security, declares former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan
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Breaking: Nasdaq is now working with 7 cryptocurrency exchanges: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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Published today: The Central Banks of Canada, England and Singapore explore what would amount to a new world order, "a single, universal" cryptocurrency "backed by a basket of currencies" (see model 3c): mas.gov.sg/News-and-Publicat… w/ @bankofengland @bankofcanada @MAS_sg @HSBC
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Sierra Leone has secretly held the first blockchain-powered presidential election: coindesk.com/sierra-leone-se… via @coindesk
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple are implementing a browser API for bitcoin, ethereum and more: coindesk.com/bitcoin-browser… @w3c @ibjacobs
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This new Ripple deal could make XRP compliant with FATF anti-money laundering regulations: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @Forbes @ForbesCrypto
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Days before the FCC killed #NetNeutrality two ethereum developers were already exploring alternatives to ISPs with the help of something called "mesh networks": coindesk.com/plan-b-ethereum…
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CoinDesk is partnering with Yahoo Finance for this crypto event in Manhattan. Looking forward to an impressive line up! Via @coindesk
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We are launching Binancechain very soon, in a couple months or so, and you will be able to issue tokens on that....I think there will be millions of coins and thousands of blockchains." @cz_binance at @ForbesAsia #ForbesBlockchain @ForbesCrypto
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As cryptocurrency prices evaporate, investor interest at #ConsensusInvest shows not everyone is panicking. It's definitely not the standing room only of the past, but this room looks about 80% occupancy. Tweeting for @ForbesCrypto
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Thanks to everyone who has reached out wondering why I'm not at #Consensus2018. Yesterday, I learned that my former employer @CoinDesk had RESCINDED my press pass. Sad to not be able to see you all in person, but rest assured, @Forbes and @ForbesCrypto are on the beat!
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Bitcoin ETF hilarity: An actual note posted to the SEC comments section about the application: sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-…
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“Bitcoin has always been about uncensorable money, and now we have uncensorable communications as well.” @Excellion describing @Blockstream 's new satellite broadcast functionality in an interview with @adam3us: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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The first architect of Ripple's technology didn't get a cut of the XRP he helped create. But now he's in a position to help the company's actual stock increase in value: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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T-Mobile has 69 million subscribers, and has been quietly exploring blockchain for months. Now the cat is out of the bag and only @CoinDesk had the story: coindesk.com/t-mobiles-steal…
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XRP futures volume is now at about $125 million per month, an increase from $30 million in February, at FCA-regulated Crypto Facilities, and total futures trading volumes are up 84% in Q1 2018 compared to Q4 2017 forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Seen today on on the New York subway A Train, @Gemini makes a huge play for mainstream adoption:
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EXCLUSIVE: After two years of work, Visa is opening up its network to USDC, a digital dollar created by Circle Internet Financial and issued on the public ethereum blockchain: on.forbes.com/6019HzEu5 via @ForbesCrypto tip: @Techmeme
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Wow! A senior VP of the Federal Reserve Boston just showed slides for Abra and Ripple on stage at the Fed in Philly.
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Coinbase is preparing for a big institutional push with the opening of its new New York offices today. via @ForbesCrypto
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JUST OUT: This new Visa proposal would bring #Ethereum users one step closer to being their own bank: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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BREAKING: Barry Silbert's Grayscale embraces ethereum with fund of top five most valuable cryptocurrency market caps: coindesk.com/grayscale-dcg-l… via @coindesk
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Whoa! JPMorgan just published a report that says bitcoin is UNDERVALUED by 28%. Going even further America's largest bank says cryptocurrencies are now MORE PREFERABLE than REAL ESTATE: forbes.com/sites/ninabambysh… by @ninabambysheva via @ForbesCrypto
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"Bitcoin is probably the most secure financial system that has ever existed." -Nick Szabo speaks with @ChamberDigital
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has confirmed they've now accepted bitcoin for payment for four tickets to outer space. Read more here: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Months of research, over a hundred submissions, billions of dollars in market caps, one list: The Blockchain 50 forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… #Blockchain50 via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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BREAKING: SEC launches new fintech hub to engage with cryptocurrency startups and more: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Multiple Financial Institutions Reveal Unpublished Information about XRP Pilots: coindesk.com/words-real-comp… via @coindesk
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At the Federal Reserve, acting OCC boss Keith Noreika say he's open to bitcoin companies applying for bank status.
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EXCLUSIVE: Adam Back, Charlie Lee, Riccardo "@FluffyPony" Spagni and @WhalePanda invest in a historic crypto-securities offering: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto h/t @adam3us and @SatoshiLite
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Wait, Ripple's XRP already has futures? That's what I thought too: coindesk.com/ripples-xrp-jus… via @coindesk
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BREAKING: Fidelity Investments launches first institutional trading platform for bitcoin and ethereum: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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Someday, a kid getting paid in cryptocurrency to play video games is going to look at me wonder why I ever bothered to play video games in exchange for tokens that disappeared when the game turned off. I'll look down at them, and say with great sadness, "For fun."
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It's official! LedgerX's institutional bitcoin trading platform is open for business, and traded $1m its first week: coindesk.com/ledgerx-trades-…
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Aaron Swartz committed suicide after being relentlessly pursued as a criminal for his work to ensure even poor people have access to the best scientific research. His work carries on thanks to this young scientist and bitcoin:
coindesk.com/blackballed-by-… by @baidakova via @CoinDesk
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BREAKING: Chinese private equity firm to invest $270 million in Overstock blockchain subsidiary: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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EXCLUSIVE: Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan join $32M series B in enterprise blockchain startup Axoni: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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"I try not to predict the future bitcoin price, because anything is say will be seen as manipulation. So I lost that part of free speech." @cz_binance at @ForbesAsia #ForbesBlockchain
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BREAKING: Samsung, Merck, Toyota, Broadridge, and the DTCC among 86 new members of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance coindesk.com/enterprise-ethe…
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EXCLUSIVE: Google And Goldman Sachs invested in a bitcoin startup that aims to replace the massive correspondent banking industry: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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I've been writing about bitcoin for 9 years, and never thought I'd see mainstream media publish such a beautiful magazine as the @Forbes #Blockchain50 issue. To request a complimentary copy, register for this event, and keep an eye out for what's next! forbes.com/connect/event/202…
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"Bitcoin users were left disappointed in March when Samsung released its latest Galaxy S10 and Note10 models without the expected bitcoin support...Now, Samsung has suddenly added bitcoin support to its Blockchain Keystore." forbes.com/sites/billybambro… by @BillyBambrough via @Forbes
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When people say they don't like bitcoin, but love blockchain, this is what I hear: "I don't like words. But letters are awesome, and we should use them to make sentences no one has ever imagined before."
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WOW! 24% of #Blockchain50 Symposium attendees say their companies are going to buy bitcoin THIS year: forbes.com/connect/event/202… "We went from 0% adoption to 24% in one year," says @michael_saylor from @MicroStrategy with @Steven_Ehrlich
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EXCLUSIVE: Nasdaq today made its largest investment in enterprise blockchain, leading a $20 million Series B in Symbiont, a startup working to bring a new kind of assets that are custodied by blockchain to mainstream adoption. forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto and @Forbes
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XRP enthusiasm is almost blinding. So @BLR13 and I addressed pretty much every perspective we could think of, and hope it helps bring some clarity: coindesk.com/100-billion-con… via @coindesk
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BREAKING: $13 billion data storage giant Seagate is building a system using IBM Blockchain designed to fend off computer counterfeiters: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… via @ForbesCrypto
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On Tuesday, January 28, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs quietly conducted what some will consider a historic transaction: the first equity swap on a new blockchain built using tools originally designed for ethereum: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan via @Forbes
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