Donald Trump

Election Security

Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 US Election, Senate Report Finds

Danny NelsonAug 18, 2020

Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne.

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Hits $12K as Trump Orders Checks for Unemployed (Voters)

Bradley Keoun Omkar GodboleAug 10, 2020

Bitcoin pushed above $12,000 as President Donald Trump ordered emergency economic aid measures that might just be a precursor to a new spending bill worth trillions of dollars. 

Congressional Blockchain Caucus

US Lawmakers Advocate for Blockchain Use in COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Sandali HandagamaSep 2, 2020

Lawmakers are urging President Trump to consider blockchain solutions in the fight against COVID-19.

content moderation

Social Media Bans ‘Highlight the Profound Censorship on Web 2.0’

Benjamin PowersJul 6, 2020

Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.

US Elections

First Mover: As Bitcoiners Watch Dollar, Deutsche Bank Sees Trump Win Hurting Reserve Status

Bradley Keoun Omkar GodboleJul 6, 2020

Add the U.S. presidential election to the growing list of volatility drivers as the bitcoin market enters the second half of 2020.

Donald Trump

Podcasts

6 Things Jobless Claims Tell Us About the State of the Real Economy

Nathaniel Whittemore

Persistent unemployment and fears of further layoffs are the real economic counterpoint to the financial market’s unbridled enthusiasm.

Podcasts

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 18, 2020

Adam B. LevineJohn BiggsLyllah Ledesma

With an Austrian app that aims to track COVID-19 now including blockchain, CoinDesk's Markets Daily Bitcoin news roundup is back!

Politics

Trump Told Treasury Secretary to ‘Go After’ Bitcoin, Bolton Book Reportedly Claims

Paddy Baker

Former national security adviser John Bolton is said to have revealed the conversation in his book, scheduled for publication next week.

Election2020

The Decentralized Web Has Plans, if Not Solutions, for the Misinformation Nightmare

Daniel Kuhn

Donald Trump's recent spat with Twitter over the limits of free speech poses a question: Could decentralized media do better? It hasn't yet, as Civil and TruStory show, but Jack Dorsey wants to test some ideas.

Section 230

In Trump Versus Twitter, Decentralized Tech May Win

Benjamin PowersDaniel Kuhn

Campaigners against Section 230 said Trump’s intervention might derail their cause, but it could offer an opportunity for decentralized tech.

U.S. Dollar

After Coronavirus ‘War,’ Bretton Woods-Style Shakeup Could Dethrone the Dollar

Bradley Keoun

Seismic shifts might be in the offing for the global monetary system — a phenomenon that historically has occurred in the wake of world wars.

Donald Trump

Trump’s 2021 Budget Proposal Seeks to Optimize Crypto Policing

Danny Nelson

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed 2021 budget would shift the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security back to the Treasury Department, creating "new efficiencies" in investigations including crypto.

Election2020

New ‘TRUMP’ Token Giving 62% Odds of US President’s Reelection

Bradley Keoun

Crypto traders outside the U.S. now have a way to weigh in on President Trump thanks to a new digital token, the TRUMP.

Iran

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? US-Iran Tensions Rekindle Debate

Bradley Keoun

Bitcoin’s recent price jump after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian official has rekindled a long-running debate among investors: whether it will work as a safe-haven asset like gold in times of heightened geopolitical and economic turmoil.

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