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Coin Desk Technology reporter Frederick Munawa discusses Bitcoin's major achievements this year as outlined by the Bitcoin Operations Technology Group The paper covers dozens of milestones from ambitious scaling proposals such as validity rollups and the Taro test software to captivating events like the establishment of a Bitcoin legal defense fund by Block CEO Jack [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Dec 28, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 28, 2022

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions executives of the nation's largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing for annual oversight of the nation's largest banks. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit

Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss The Point.

By George Kaloudis

Dec 18, 2022 at 3:50 p.m. UTC

Dec 18, 2022

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Jack Dorsey Gives Grants to Signal App and Social Network Nostr

Jack Dorsey donated roughly 14 BTC about 245 000 to further fund development of Nostr an open protocol that aims to create a censorship resistant global social network This comes as Dorsey pledged to donate 1 million annually to encrypted messaging app Signal The Hash panel discusses the implications for the future of decentralized social [...]

By CoinDesk Staff

Dec 16, 2022 at 6:22 p.m. UTC

Dec 16, 2022

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Jack Dorsey Gives Decentralized Social Network Nostr 14 BTC in Funding

The former Twitter CEO has donated roughly 14 BTC worth $245,000 to fund Nostr's development, after recently publishing his views on a native internet protocol for social media.

By George Kaloudis

Dec 15, 2022 at 10:02 p.m. UTC

Dec 15, 2022

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Jack Dorsey's Block Invests in East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless

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Jack Dorsey's Block Invests in East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless

Gridless, a bitcoin mining company helping generate new sources of energy in East African rural communities, secured $2 million in a seed investment round led by bitcoin VC firm Stillmark and Block, a payments company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the global bitcoin mining industry.

By CoinDesk Inc

Dec 6, 2022 at 6:29 p.m. UTC

Dec 6, 2022

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Jack Dorsey-Backed East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless Raises $2M

Dorsey’s Block and bitcoin venture-capital firm Stillmark co-led a seed funding round.

By George Kaloudis

Dec 6, 2022 at 7:45 a.m. UTC

Dec 6, 2022

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Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Web5

Jack Dorsey's TBD Reverses Plan to Trademark 'Web5' After Backlash

The move was meant to prevent confusion about the meaning of Web5 and deter misuse of the term.

By Aoyon Ashraf

Nov 30, 2022 at 12:24 a.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2022

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Twitter Reportedly Halts Work on Crypto Wallet

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Twitter Reportedly Halts Work on Crypto Wallet

Social media platform Twitter has halted its plans to build a crypto wallet as part of ongoing changes kickstarted last week by its new owner Elon Musk according to online publication Platformer Mask Network CEO Suji Yan shares his insights about the future of Twitter as Bluesky the decentralized social network initiative backed by Twitter [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Nov 4, 2022 at 2:36 p.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2022