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Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Passes $12K, Dollar Worries Grow, OMG Jumps, Portnoy's Orchid #Pump

Bitcoin rises, Warren Buffett buys a gold miner, Wall Street dollars worry grow, OMG's price jumps, Orchid gets #pump tweet, Ethereum Classic's possible delisting.

(Images Money/Flickr Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinList Launches 'Pro' Exchange for Token Sale Buyers

The new CoinList Pro exchange aims to help institutional traders participate in the platform's dozen or so token sales in 2020.

CoinList co-founder Andy Bromberg (CoinList)

Finance

Orchid VPN Goes Live With Desktop App for Mac Users

An Ethereum-based service for privately browsing the web now has a desktop app for Mac users.

Orchid (Isaac Quesada/Unsplash)

Policy

Hong Kong Citizens Turn to Stablecoins to Resist National Security Law

Hong Kong's national security law enables the government to seize and confiscate assets if one commits a "political crime." Some local citizens are turning to stablecoins for protection, while exploring other decentralized technology to resist censorship.

CoinDesk Archive

Markets

Crypto-Enabled VPN Provider Orchid Launches on Apple’s App Store

Orchid announced Thursday its newly launched app would allow users to buy VPN bandwidth using in-app purchases powered by cryptocurrency.

Orchid has launched its  VPN application on Apple's app store. (Orchid)

Finance

Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR

Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.

HOPR's founding team: Robert Kiel, Sebastian Bürgel and Rik Krieger.

Videos

Foundations: Orchid

Foundations is a new program within Consensus designed to put the spotlight on thriving blockchain ecosystems. It’s a chance for protocols and projects to design a series of conference sessions specifically aimed at their community: which means developers and other technical contributors as well as the investors, customers and founders. Section 1: Tune in to hear the technical progess over the last few months and roadmap over the next 12 months Section 2: Tune in for a quick Q&A with Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) and Bobby Ong Section 3: Orchid has a panel with Orchid Supporters to delve in why they are excited about the Orchid Project

Recent Videos

Videos

Foundations: Orchid

Foundations is a new program within Consensus designed to put the spotlight on thriving blockchain ecosystems. It’s a chance for protocols and projects to design a series of conference sessions specifically aimed at their community: which means developers and other technical contributors as well as the investors, customers and founders. Section 1: Tune in to hear the technical progess over the last few months and roadmap over the next 12 months Section 2: Tune in for a quick Q&A with Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) and Bobby Ong Section 3: Orchid has a panel with Orchid Supporters to delve in why they are excited about the Orchid Project

Recent Videos

Tech

Pantera Partner Paul Veradittakit's Crypto Predictions for 2020

And a look-back at how his 2019 predictions fared.

Paul Veradittakit speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018, image via CoinDesk archives

Tech

Orchid's Decentralized VPN Network Set for Early-December Launch

Decentralized VPN provider Orchid will debut its app, network and token (OXT) during the first week of December.

Orchid CEO Steven "Seven" Waterhouse speaks at Token Summit III, photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk

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