Coronavirus


Policy

In Fight Against Coronavirus, Governments Face Trade-Offs on Privacy

Safeguarding privacy rights is tricky during a time of pandemic and panic.

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Markets

Extreme Social Distancing: Self-Quarantine Diary, Day 1

How did we get in this mess? How do we get out of it? What will the post-coronavirus world look like? First in an occasional series.

IN-N-OUT: Workers in hazmat suits greet visitors to the drive-through coronavirus testing facility in New Rochelle, N.Y., before sticking swabs up their noses. (Photo by Michael J. Casey)

Finance

Crypto Prepped Before Coronavirus Went Global

Attuned to meltdowns, crypto companies reacted quickly to the coronavirus threat.

Many companies are affected by the spread of coronavirus, including CoinDesk, which instituted a work from home policy in mid March 2020. (Photo by Danny Nelson)

Finance

Bitcoin Shopping Gets a Boost From Social Distancing

State-imposed quarantines and policies set to work-from-home are boosting bitcoin-based shopping.

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk archives)

Coindesk News

CoinDesk Takes Consensus 2020 Virtual

Consensus 2020 will be a virtual experience, bringing together the entire community.

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Policy

New York Regulator Tells Crypto Firms to Develop Coronavirus Contingency Plans

NYDFS is asking all crypto firms operating in New York to prepare detailed plans in case day-to-day operations are disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.

NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Makeup Mogul Michelle Phan's Coronavirus Strategy Is Educate and HODL Bitcoin

Although the coronavirus-induced economic slowdown is hitting every sector, beauty mogul Michelle Phan has a plan.

Michelle Phan poses in the Em Cosmetics office. (Photo by Mark Sacro for CoinDesk)

Markets

In Echo of 2008, Fed Pledges $1.5 Trillion Injection to Aid Reeling Markets

The pumping of trillions of dollars of fresh liquidity into the financial system recalled the central bank’s unprecedented efforts during the last crisis.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is taking a more cautious approach towards CBDCs than in many other countries, including China.

Markets

Cash Is the New Safe Haven as Crypto, Gold Continue to Tank

It turns out cold, hard cash with a helping of government bonds - not bitcoin or gold - is where people turn in the face of a pandemic and "apocalyptic" market turmoil.

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Tech

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.

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