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Headphones Maker Monster Is Quietly Planning A $300 Million ICO

A longstanding company in the consumer products business wants to fund its own distribution service with a giant ICO, hoping to lure peers to join it.

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'Layer 2' Blockchain Tech Is an Even Bigger Deal Than You Think

The rise of solutions like the lightning network suggests crypto can have its cake and eat it too. Transactional scaling may just be the icing.

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EOS Is Coming, If Anyone Can Figure Out How to Vote

After a roughly year-long initial coin offering (ICO), what has become perhaps the most hotly anticipated blockchain is scheduled to launch on June 2.

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6 Outrageous Moments In Crypto Twitter Scam History

It's getting really strange out there on crypto Twitter, as these six notable examples amply illustrate.

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Meet Kakao: How Korea's Largest Mobile Giant Is Embracing Blockchain

Jason Han, CEO of Kakao's blockchain subsidiary Ground X, tells CoinDesk his thoughts on how crypto could impact big business.

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Japan's Ban Is a Wake-Up Call to Defend Privacy Coins

To advocate for regulatory leniency, we must consider the advantages, not the disadvantages, that privacy coins will provide to the greater community.

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A New Twist On Lightning Tech Could Be Coming Soon to Bitcoin

The lightning network is still new, but a group of its devs are already thinking about an alternative technology to better protect users' funds.

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Amid Chaos, Our Decentralized Future Is Being Built

Blockchain can upend – not just the business models of recent decades – but a millennia-old societal practice of deep significance to civilization.

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What to Expect When Ethereum Classic Defuses Its 'Difficulty Bomb'

The upcoming ethereum classic fork will disable a 'difficulty bomb,' committing the network to a proof-of-work consensus algorithm.

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ZombieChain Comes Alive: Can Ethereum Sidechains Save the Dapps?

Loom Network, which came up with the idea of dedicated "dappchains" for scalable decentralized apps, is embracing sharing.

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