Bitcoin News Roundup for June 1, 2020
With bitcoin and ether both headed up, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.
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With bitcoin and ether both headed up, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.
This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace
Today's stories:
Ether Leads Bitcoin on Price as Investors Prepare for Staking Arrival
Bitcoin has put in a positive June performance in six out of the last eight years. But Ethereum is drawing new investors with the start of staking due this year.
Bug in 'Timelocked' Bitcoin Contracts Could Spur Miners to Steal From Each Other
A widespread bug has compromised a special type of bitcoin transaction that is supposed to discourage miners from cheating, new research shows.
Chase Bank to Refund 95% of $2.5M It Allegedly Overcharged Crypto Buyers
The JPMorgan subsidiary has agreed to repay most of $2.5 million it took in credit card fees for cryptocurrency purchases.
Russia Is About to Drop the Crypto 'Iron Curtain,' Industry Warns
Russia's crypto community is pushing back against a set of bills that could impose onerous restrictions on startups and individuals in the country.
HOST
Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.
Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.
With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

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