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Charles Barkley Is Disgusted by Cavs’ Treatment of John Beilein, and He’s Right John Beilein resigned as Cleveland Cavaliers coach earlier this week. NBA personality Charles Barkley held no punches in his assessment of how the Cleveland Cavaliers treated him. The post Charles Barkley Is…

Elon Musk Is Making Hay While the Sun Shines on Tesla & SpaceX Elon Musk is probably the smartest guy in the room when it comes to generating excitement around his products. But even he wouldn't be immune to fundraising issues if the stock market were to crash next week. The post Elon…

When I first started poking around Decentraland on its launch day this week, I found myself with little guidance as to what I should be doing. The gamer’s instinct, if one could call it that, is to seek out some objective or next step that would then carry them onto the next thing. But at the…

Quick Take Commissioner Hester Peirce of the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission proposed a safe harbor rule for crypto startups earlier this month Peirce has made space for public comment and has received a range of feedback, which she said she hopes to synthesize into a revision The proposal is…

Despite losing two significant publishers, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard, the fledgling cloud gaming platform landed a big name title earlier this week. NVIDIA confirmed that GeForce Now would support Cyberpunk 2077 from day one. The post Bethesda Exit Unlikely to Spell Disaster for Geforce Now…

Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021. Sweden’s Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode written by Danny Nelson @…

The number of new Bitcoin addresses with a non-zero balance is at an all time high, surpassing the number of new addresses hodling BTC when prices hit $20K back in 2017. Bitcoin’s Richest addresses: Not as many as you might think Twitter user @IncomeSharks shared charts from Bitcoin onchain…

Trump Economist: Ignore This Indicator of an Epic Stock Market Crash Trump economist Larry Kudlow says you can ignore record low long-term bond yields, but they're a leading indicator of a stock market crash. The post Trump Economist: Ignore This Indicator of an Epic Stock Market Crash…

The Dow Is Plummeting Because Coronavirus Killed Trump’s Trade Deal The Dow Jones plummeted on Friday as the impact of the coronavirus battered U.S. data and shattered Donald Trump's phase one deal with China. The post The Dow Is Plummeting Because Coronavirus Killed Trump’s Trade Deal…

New Italian Fintech Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card Monaco-based financial firm Bitsa has enabled users to top-up their crypto cards with major privacy-focused coin Monero Posted by Cointelegraph By Helen Partz on February 21, 2020 @…

A lawmaker New Jersey has introduced a new bill that, if passed and signed into law, would mandate that cryptocurrency businesses must obtain a license to operate in the state. The new bill – the "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act" – aims to strengthen consumer…

Quick Take Bakkt was, by all appearances, a bitcoin company when it launched The latest signals and statements indicate that Bakkt’s take on “digital assets” is far more expansive than just crypto. This feature story is available to subscribers of The Block Daily. You…