Pete Rizzo

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Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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Civic's ICO Sells Out Before Sale, But Crowd to Get Second Chance
Decentralized identity startup Civic has already sold out of its planned token offering – even before the sale took place.
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Russian Central Bank Group Prepares 'Masterchain' Ethereum Fork for Testing
Russia's financial incumbents are moving ahead with work on a new distributed ledger platform designed for enterprise use.
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Hong Kong and Australia's Securities Regulators Strike FinTech Agreement
A new fintech agreement in the Asia-Pacific region could ease collaborative burdens for blockchain and distributed ledger startups.
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Bitcoin Drops $300 in One Hour as Price Falls Abruptly and Rebounds
The price of bitcoin saw renewed volatility today, just hours after setting a new all-time high above the $3,000 mark.
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Bitcoin Price Crosses $3,000 Milestone to Set New All-Time High
The price of bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, rising above $3,000 for the first time on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index.
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Blockchain Consortium Draws Enterprise Giants to Revolutionize Digital Identity
The Digital Identity Foundation is seeing interest from key players like IBM who see potential in using blockchain for seamless online identity.
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A Dispassionate Defense of ICOs as an OK Thing
Everyone seems to have an opinion on cryptographic 'tokens' of late. But maybe we should save the moral outrage?
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Bitcoin's 'Segwit2x' Scaling Proposal: Miners Offer Optimistic Outlook
A proposal to boost the capacity of the bitcoin network is gaining traction. But what do miners think about what's on the table?
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Skeptical of ICOs? Investor Vinny Lingham Can Change Your Mind With a Marker
The blockchain startup launched by Gyft founder Vinny Lingham is planning to launch an ICO.
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Consensus 2017: Bitcoin Exchange Execs See Promise in Multi-Token Future
Exchange operators take the stage at Consensus 2017 to talk tokens, ICOs and building an exchange from scratch.
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