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Tech

Privacy

The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics

The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.

By Benjamin Powers

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Aug 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 12, 2020

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Markets

Irs

IRS Seeks Elliptic’s Crypto Tracing Software in Response to COVID-19

President Donald J. Trump invoked the Stafford act in March, authorizing federal agency funding.

By Danny Nelson

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Jul 17, 2020 at 4:07 p.m. UTC

Jul 17, 2020

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Markets

London

Binance Gives 27,000 COVID-19 Masks to UK National Health Service

Binance has donated 27,000 KN95 masks worth over $60,000 to the U.K. National Health Service’s Pru Trust to aid the fight against COVID-19.

By Ian Allison

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Jul 7, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2020

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Markets

Exchanges

To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper's Business Is Still Thriving

Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.

By Anna Baydakova

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Jun 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

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Markets

Economy

Welcome to the Groundhog Day Economy (PS, It Sucks)

As states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

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Jun 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 27, 2020

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Markets

Apple

Is Scam Selling Suppressing the Price of Bitcoin?

Scam selling, a big win for privacy from Apple, new jobless claims in the “whack-a-mole” economy and the biggest BTC options expiry ever.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Sponsored

Jun 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 25, 2020

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Markets

Kadena

Kadena Launches Blockchain App to Verify COVID-19 Tests

Hybrid blockchain maker Kadena wants to verify COVID-19 testing kits by recording their provenance on its network.

By Jaspreet Kalra

Sponsored

Jun 25, 2020 at 6:27 p.m. UTC

Jun 25, 2020

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Markets

Russia

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 18, 2020

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

By Adam B. LevineJohn BiggsLyllah Ledesma

Sponsored

Jun 18, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 18, 2020

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Business

Austria

Austrian Government Funds Development of Blockchain-Based COVID-19 App

Austria's economic affairs ministry awarded a $67,600 grant to a project called QualiSig, which uses the Ardor blockchain to verify COVID-19 testing.

By Ian Allison

Sponsored

Jun 17, 2020 at 6:55 p.m. UTC

Jun 17, 2020

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Business

Indonesia

An Indonesian Chef and the Remittance Industry's $554B Problem

When the coronavirus forced Chef Bagus to conduct his cooking classes online, he needed a good payment system. There wasn't one, but his customers helped find a workaround.

By Leah Callon-Butler

Sponsored

Jun 13, 2020 at 10:59 a.m. UTC

Jun 13, 2020

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