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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Huiyin Adds $60 Million to Blockchain Startup Fund
Huiyin Blockchain Venture is doubling down on its commitment to invest in industry startups, increasing the size of its fund to $80m.
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Trader Sues OKCoin Over Lost Litecoin
A trader based in China's Hunan province is bringing a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin.
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Bitcoin's Price is Back Within $100 of its 2017 High
The price of bitcoin continued recent gains in an early morning session today, rising nearly 3% on warming sentiment.
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Drugs, Code and ICOs: Monero's Long Road to Blockchain Respect
CoinDesk explores the alternative digital currency monero and its long road to becoming of the industry's most talked-about projects.
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OKCoin Publishes, Then Withdraws Bitcoin Exchange Fee Update
One of China's 'Big Three' bitcoin exchanges issued an update on its fee policies today, only to later remove the statement from its website.
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Webjet's Travel Bookings Blockchain Will Move to Pilot in 2017
A notable travel blockchain proof-of-concept being spearheaded by Microsoft is stepping up a gear.
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A New Version of OpenBazaar is Just Months Away
OpenBazaar's development team has detailed forthcoming upgrades and a potential launch timeline for v2.0 of the decentralized e-commerce platform.
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R3 Director: 2017 is the Year of the DLT Pilot
Banking consortium startup R3 has predicted 2017 will be the year enterprises dive into testing pilot versions of DLT and blockchain apps.
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Greg Maxwell Breaks Down Blockchain: The 'Uncontrollable Noun'
Blockstream CTO Greg Maxwell addressed the growing blockchain hype in a nuanced talk at Construct 2017 today.
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Bitcoin Lightning Network Creator Joins MIT Digital Currency Effort
Tadge Dryja, one of the developers behind a popular bitcoin scaling proposal, has joined MIT's blockchain and cryptocurrency group.
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