Consensus 2018

Society

Amid Chaos, Our Decentralized Future Is Being Built

Michael J. CaseyMay 28, 2018

Blockchain can upend – not just the business models of recent decades – but a millennia-old societal practice of deep significance to civilization.

Square

Jack Dorsey Hopes Bitcoin Will Become Web’s ‘Native Currency’

Morgen PeckMay 16, 2018

Is bitcoin destined to become the default currency of the Internet? Square's Jack Dorsey hopes so.

Video

WATCH: The Joy of Blockchain

Evan EngelMar 30, 2019

Bob Ross takes you on a magical tour through one of CoinDesk's favorite Consensus topics: education.

Startups

Nokia Is Letting Consumers Monetize Their Data with Blockchain

David FloydMay 16, 2018

The long-anticipated launch of Streamr's real-time data platform was accompanied by two high-profile partnership announcements.

Barbados

ICO Project Polymath Is Trying to Buy a Stake In a Real Stock Exchange

Brady DaleMay 16, 2018

If one announcement summarizes the ambitions of crypto project Polymath, it might be Wednesday's acquisition of the domain Tokens.com.

Consensus 2018

App Store

Blockstack Announces ‘Universal’ Dapp Store for the Decentralized Web

Nikhilesh De

Blockstack announced app.co, a decentralized app store aimed at bringing together all dapps for users' convenience.

Ethereum

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Unveils Common Blockchain Standards

Stan Higgins

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance announced the release of a common technical specification at Consensus 2018 on Wednesday.

Investment

Wall Street Vet Brian Kelly Launches Blockchain ETF

Nikhilesh De

Investment manager Brian Kelly is launching a blockchain-focused exchange-traded fund, or ETF, he announced Wednesday.

Kraken

‘BitLicense Refugees’: ShapeShift, Kraken Talk Escape from New York

Marc Hochstein

Jesse Powell and Erik Voorhees delivered red-meat rhetoric but also made subtler points about New York's cryptocurrency regulations at Consensus 2018.

CFTC

US Regulators Say They Want to Avoid ‘Hindering’ Blockchain Innovation

Nikhilesh De

U.S. regulators don't aim to suppress innovation in the blockchain industry, representatives said during a panel at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.

Privacy

Blockchain Startup Enigma to Demo ‘Secret Contracts’ Privacy Tech

Annaliese Milano

Enigma will conduct the first public demonstration of its "secret contracts" protocol, which revamps smart contracts to provide data privacy.

ConsenSys

AWS Moves to Simplify Production-Grade Business Blockchains

Ian Allison

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ethereum startup ConsenSys to make enterprise blockchains easier to deploy.