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In several countries throughout Africa, citizens are spending an average of 27 cents to top up their mobile airtime, and they’re using a crypto token to do it. Advertisements That might sound strange to many in the crypto industry, since the vision of today’s blockchains allowing the movement of millions of microtransactions across the globe […]

“[For the] entirety of the history of technology, open-source software developers have had to live like paupers.” Advertisements While this is a bit of an exaggeration, Kevin Owocki has a point: making a living can be rough for developers of open-source software, that is, software for which the code is made freely available to use, […]

The cryptocurrency that will soon help power the popular Kik messaging app is making a big technology shift — again. Advertisements Kik’s crypto token, kin, currently exists as an ethereum-based ERC-20 token, yet CoinDesk recently reported that’d the company would be moving to a two-chain system whereby its tokens were supported on both the ethereum blockchain […]

One crypto token on two different blockchains? Advertisements While it might sound unlikely, social messaging app Kik has announced it’ll be doing just that with its “kin” token, which allowed the company to raise $98 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) in September. After some back and forth about which blockchain the company wanted […]

Strobes pulsed through fog as a tightly packed audience sought to get a shot of the DJ. Advertisements Revered for his contributions to electronic dance music, Gareth Emery was in the box at London’s Ministry of Sound last weekend, there to show off the synths that have helped him win the prestigious “A State Of Trance Tune […]

There’s a gap in the vision for the decentralized internet. Advertisements At least that’s according to Bluzelle, which recently raised $19.5 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) aimed at creating a network of decentralized online databases. While several companies, including Filecoin and Storj, are already working on decentralized file storage, Bluzelle is targeting the […]

“We look at ethereum like AOL or Myspace.” Advertisements That’s how Mobius Network co-founder and CEO David Gobaud explains why his startup ran its initial coin offering (ICO) on the Stellar network instead of ethereum, the most popular blockchain for token sales. The comment underscores the growing interest in some corners of the crypto community […]

Roger Boodoo, MD, is a radiologist and clinical informatics fellow actively seeking opportunities where blockchain technology might be applied to challenges in healthcare. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. Let’s start with the problematic scenario. Advertisements A medical researcher stands behind the podium at a prestigious healthcare conference […]

Shawn Wilkinson is the co-founder and chief strategy officer at Storj Labs where he oversees strategy, vision and architecture for the Storj network. Advertisements It’s pretty clear that 2017 was the year of the token. Whether you’re reading the news, attending a trade show or just minding your own business working in your preferred coffee […]

Nolan Bauerle is a former researcher and writer for the Canadian Senate Banking Committee, for which he drafted a 2015 report on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He currently heads CoinDesk research division. Advertisements CoinDesk is today announcing the release of its latest deep-dive report on the state of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. The most recent […]